Mariners Spring Training Recap: Day 12

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Happy commencement eve of Cactus League play, everybody! Tomorrow our Seattle Mariners will send out everyone’s favorite tall Canadian to the bump to face the San Diego Padres. It’s important to note that Nelson Cruz will not start in tomorrow’s game due to soreness in his knee. Nothing to worry about now, but something we should be aware of coming into the season. Here’s the lineup the M’s are expected to employ Wednesday afternoon:

Thanks to the accounts of our always wonderful beat writers and reporters in Arizona, we have gotten an excellent view into what camp has been like thus far. I don’t know about you but tomorrow is boasting first day of school feelings for me, as it is our first look at the Mariners playing a very real(ish) baseball game in 2016. If you haven’t already, you should listen to last night’s Cactus League Report. It’s full of lots of good stuff, and lots of Jerry Dipoto. Now, let’s move on to today’s activities: 

Today started off with a very special visitor. According to Shannon Drayer, Jamie Moyer will be in camp all week helping out. Moyer was elected into the Mariners Hall of Fame last August, and he is also an excellent teacher and leader. Young pitchers should be eager to take advantage of what he has to offer. 

It seemed to be a rather goofy day on the field because the Mariners got a visit from baseball personality, Domingo Ayala. There is a myriad of videos from him participating in camp today including this one, and this one. What is important to remember is that even the professionals have to have a little fun every once in awhile. You should too. Fernando Alcala provided the video below, which was my favorite from the day.

There wasn’t a ton of new stuff going on in camp today. As you can imagine, the day before the first game is a little light on the workouts. Among the preparations were two of our best, Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, throwing bullpens. We’ve seen both of these guys pitch many, many times, but it is still fun to watch them deal. It’s comforting. It’s what home feels like.

Here’s Felix:

Here’s a cool slow-mo shot of Iwakuma:

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As mentioned before, today was a pretty light day in terms of coverage and actual baseballing. It’s the calm before the storm. It’s the day before we get to see our very own take the field against another real baseball team. There is a lot of good coming in the next couple weeks and we should all take the time to enjoy every minute. The regular season is just minutes away…

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