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Mariners pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. set to make MLB The Show 20 Players League debut tonight

SEATTLE- WA, - APRIL 9: T-Mobile Park is lit up in blue to honor essential workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on April 09, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Landmarks and buildings across the nation are displaying blue lights to show support for health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE- WA, - APRIL 9: T-Mobile Park is lit up in blue to honor essential workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on April 09, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Landmarks and buildings across the nation are displaying blue lights to show support for health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

Real baseball may be put on hold for the time being, but that hasn’t stopped some of the game’s biggest names to keep the game alive virtually.

MLB The Show 20 developer San Diego Studios and Major League Baseball have teamed up to put together an online league featuring representatives for all 30 teams, including the Seattle Mariners. Their rep is newly-acquired right-handed reliever Carl Edwards Jr., who has ironically never pitched in a regular season game for the M’s.

Edwards will make his debut tonight on his personal Twitch channel at 6:00 PM PST. He’s set to play four games on the night, matching up against Jesús Luzardo of the Oakland Athletics, Rhys Hoskins of the Philadelphia Phillies, Niko Goodrum of the Detroit Tigers, and Ty Buttery of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

All 30 reps are required to play as their own team, so Edwards may be at a bit of a disadvantage here, given the poor ratings most of the Mariners’ MLB roster received across the board.

The Players League got underway last night as players such as Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell, Cincinnati’s Amir Garrett, and Texas’ Joey Gallo did battle on stream for their hometown fans. Games have been competitive, and fast as each game is only three innings long. There’s even been some lighthearted bunt-driven controversy to boot.

It’ll be nice to see a Mariner compete against other Major Leaguers in something. I’m to the point in my starvation of current sports content to actually get myself to watch this with some form of intrigue. I’ll take anything at this point. If you’ll be watching, drop by the stream, say hello, and join me in rooting Carl on as he begins his gauntlet against the rest of Major League Baseball.

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