Mariners' Big Bats Cold, But No Panic

0:00It's April 2nd. I'm Corey with the story, and this is Seattle Mariners News Today, your AI-powered team report. Seattle Mariners fans, the heart of the order is ice cold, seven games into the season. Catcher Cal Raleigh batting second is 4 for 25, with 15 strikeouts and no homers. Julio Rodriguez in the three hole is 2 for 26, with 10 whiffs. Cleanup hitter Josh Naylor sits at 1 for 27, with 5 strikeouts. Combined, these big bats are 7 for 78. They kept struggling in recent losses to the Yankees, going 1 for 12 combined on Wednesday and a 5 to 3 defeat and 2 for 11 the day. Before and a 5 nothing shut out, the Mariners sit at 3 wins and 4 losses after facing playoff teams from last year like the Guardians and Yankees. No need to hit the panic button yet though. Raleigh and Rodriguez had slow starts last season 2. Raleigh at 125 through 7 games, Helio at 182, but both crushed it.

1:01Later, with Raleigh blasting 60 homers and finishing second in ALNBP voting, Naylor usually starts hot, so this is just an outlier. Meanwhile, other stars from the World Baseball Classic are scuffling like Aaron Judge at 150 and Shohei O'Tani at 200 with no dingers. Raleigh had clutch hits, including a walkoff single Monday and a two run knock Wednesday, even if Helio struck out right after. It's way too early with 155 games left baseball's fickle, so Judge, month by month. These guys will find their timing and the Mariners will roar back strong.