On Tuesday night against the San Diego Padres, Julio Rodriguez will be back in the lineup for the Seattle Mariners.
Rodriguez will be hitting cleanup and playing center field behind starting pitcher Logan Gilbert. With his leg issues hopefully behind him, the hope is that Rodriguez can finally start to gain some consistent traction at the plate. It's been a terribly frustrating year for Rodriguez, who has just eight home runs and failed to make the All-Star Game for the first time in his career. He's hitting just .247 and is running a strikeout rate of nearly 27 percent.
If the M's are going to hold onto win the American League West this year, they'll need Rodriguez to get going. When he's right, he's an MVP-caliber player that is capable of leading a lineup, but when he's scuffling, the lineup doesn't have many answers to turn to. Seattle needs more out of Cal Raleigh, Luke Raley and JP Crawford, but the situation starts with Rodriguez, who is a two-time Silver Slugger in his young career.
The Mariners enter play on Tuesday at 49-43 and with a 2.0 game lead in the division. They'll take on the Padres at Petco Park with first pitch coming at 6:40 p.m. PT. All-Star Logan Gilbert will pitch for Seattle against right-hander Adam Mazur. Gilbert is 5-5 on the year with a 2.91 ERA. This will be his first All-Star appearance. Mazur is 1-2 on the year.The first episode of the "Refuse to Lose" podcast is out! We talk with @MarinerMuse about the future of Scott Servais, the M's hitting woes and run through various Mariners-related issues in a rapid fire segment. New episodes out each Tuesday and Friday.After clearing waivers, veteran catcher Seby Zavala is back with the Tacoma Rainiers.
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