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Mariners' Julio Rodriguez: Not expected to play this weekend
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Rodriguez (concussion) is not expected to be activated from the 7-day injured list for this weekend's series against the Rays, Shannon Drayer of SeattleSports.com reports.
Rodriguez is eligible to come off the injured list Friday, but he's already not in the lineup for the series opener against the Rays, and it sounds like he's going to take the entire weekend set along with the All-Star break to rest up before the second half of the season. Luke Raley is starting in center field and batting sixth for Seattle against right-hander Nick Martinez on Friday.
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Mariners' Colt Emerson: Not in lineup Friday
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Emerson is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Rays.
It appears to be a routine day off for the 20-year-old infielder after making 15 consecutive starts. Emerson is slashing just .206/.282/.404 with seven long balls, 19 RBI, 17 runs scored, three stolen bases and a 13:54 BB:K across his first 156 big-league plate appearances. With Emerson getting the night off, J.P. Crawford is manning shortstop and leading off for the Mariners, while Buddy Kennedy bats ninth and plays third base.
Naylor went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and a run scored in Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Marlins.
Naylor, who extended his hitting streak to five games Thursday, now has three stolen bases in his last two games. He's up to 18 steals in 21 attempts this year, putting him well in range to pass his career-high of 30 set last season. At the plate, Naylor's managed a .251/.312/.353 slash line with eight homers, 36 RBI and 34 runs scored across 375 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Dominic Canzone: Homers in loss
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Canzone went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Marlins.
Canzone cut Miami's lead to 8-4 in the eighth inning with a 421-foot blast off William Kempner, his 15th homer this season. Canzone, who's been batting third of late in Seattle's order as their regular DH against right-handed pitching, has gone 6-for-22 with two homers and five RBI in his last five games. Overall, he's slashing .269/.341/.543 with 39 RBI, 33 runs scored and a steal across 246 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Randy Arozarena: Reaches 10 homer mark
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Arozarena went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, two walks and an additional run scored in Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Marlins.
Arozarena took Janson Junk deep in the fifth inning for his 10th home run of the season. The outfielder has continued to produce since returning from the injured list on June 23, batting .264 (14-for-53) with a .391 OBP over that span. On the year, Arozarena closes in on the All-Star break batting .287 with an .835 OPS through 86 games.
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Mariners' Bryce Miller: Tagged for six runs Thursday
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Miller (4-3) took the loss Thursday against the Marlins, allowing six runs (four earned) on nine hits and four walks while striking out three over five innings.
Miller surrendered a leadoff solo homer to Griffin Conine in the second inning before allowing another run later in the frame on a double. Things unraveled in the fourth, when he was charged with four runs, though two defensive errors played a major role in the damage. The right-hander issued four walks Thursday, almost matching the total (five) he had allowed over his previous 52.2 innings. Despite the rough outing, Miller has still enjoyed a strong start to the campaign with a 2.18 ERA, 0.83 WHIP and 65:9 K:BB through 10 appearances.
Kirby (7-8) took the loss Wednesday against the Marlins, allowing two runs on eight hits across six innings. He struck out seven.
It was another strong outing from Kirby, who's now held opponents to two runs or fewer in each of his last three outings, though he ultimately came away with the loss as Seattle failed to generate any runs in a 3-0 defeat. Kirby's turned in five straight quality starts, allowing 11 earned runs across 32 innings during that span. The right-hander will head into the All-Star break with a 3.76 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 98:24 K:BB across 18 starts (110 innings) this year.
Mariners' Brendan Donovan: Closing in on rehab assignment
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Donovan (groin) will work out Wednesday for a second straight day at the Mariners' spring training complex before starting a rehab assignment later this week, assuming all goes well, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
Previous reports suggested Donovan would begin playing rehab games in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. That's been pushed back a couple days, but Donovan should still have a good chance to be activated immediately after the All-Star break. The 29-year-old has been sidelined since mid-May with a left groin strain.
Fairchild signed a minor-league contract with the Mariners on Sunday.
Fairchild elected free agency Friday after being outrighted off Cleveland's 40-man roster, and it didn't take long for him to find another home. He'll begin his tenure with the Mariners in the Arizona Complex League, but he'll likely end up landing in Triple-A, where he slashed .289/.417/.479 across 176 plate appearances while in the Guardians' farm system.
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