Can Edgar save the Mariners?

Mark Matassa • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Can Edgar save the Mariners?</h1>
                <h2><p>Today is baseball’s annual All-Star Game, with pitcher Felix Hernandez and designated hitter Nelson Cruz representing the Mariners. The game marks the traditional halfway point of the season and a good time to assess the hometown nine. Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone, holding out hope, says the Mariners’ recent</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://avalancheghost.one/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/c01-martinez-05-4_3.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Credit:" loading="lazy" width="300" height="225"></figure><p>Today is baseball’s annual All-Star Game, with pitcher Felix Hernandez and designated hitter Nelson Cruz representing the Mariners. The game marks the traditional halfway point of the season and a good time to assess the hometown nine. <em>Seattle Times</em> columnist Larry Stone, holding out hope, says the Mariners’ recent hiring of Edgar Martinez as hitting coach <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/how-edgar-martinez-is-already-making-mariners-hitters-better/?ref=avalancheghost.one">already is helping the lackluster offense</a>, and should improve the stats of some of the team’s light-hitting younger players. The Ms, with a 41-48 record, are one game out of last place in the weak American League West.</p>
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Today is baseball’s annual All-Star Game, with pitcher Felix Hernandez and designated hitter Nelson Cruz representing the Mariners. The game marks the traditional halfway point of the season and a good time to assess the hometown nine. Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone, holding out hope, says the Mariners’ recent hiring of Edgar Martinez as hitting coach already is helping the lackluster offense, and should improve the stats of some of the team’s light-hitting younger players. The Ms, with a 41-48 record, are one game out of last place in the weak American League West.

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