Seattle Mariners right-handed pitcher Erik Swanson has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a forearm strain. He has struggled mightily thus far in 2020, yielding seven hits and nine runs -- including three home runs -- across his 5 frames, having blown one save and collected two losses. Swanson has added significant velocity to his fastball this year -- an average of 95.7 MPH as opposed to 92.9 -- but the pitch has been tagged to a .733 SLG. The Seattle bullpen remains a tricky ...

Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais revealed that there would not be a closer, at least to start the season. While the skipper indicated that different pitchers would be called upon to close on a game-to-game basis, several names have been rumored to claim the permanent role, including Matt Magill, Sam Tuivailala, Erik Swanson, and Yoshihisa Hirano. With the Mariners expected to have one of the worst records in the league, there may not be many save opportunities to go around regardless.

The Seattle Mariners will roll out pitcher Erik Swanson as an opener for Wednesday's game against the Athletics. Manager Scott Servais suggested that Swanson could go two innings if he pitches well before giving way to Tommy Milone. This will be the seventh start of the season for Swanson who has an 8.04 ERA and 1.44 WHIP on the year. He can be left on waivers in all formats.

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Erik Swanson (hamstring) went on the injured list on Friday with a hamstring issue in the minors. Swanson, the team's No. 9 prospect per MLB Pipeline, struggled in six starts and one relief outing for the M's earlier this year, going 1-5 with an 8.04 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, five walks and 24 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings. He's been better at Triple-A Tacoma with a 4.09 ERA, 1.46 [...]

The Seattle Mariners optioned starting pitcher Erik Swanson to Triple-A Tacoma on Friday. Relievers Matt Festa and Ryan Garton were also brought up from Tacoma, while reliever Zac Rosscup was designated for assignment. Swanson, the team's No. 9 prospect, struggled mightily in his last two outings and allowed eight runs on four home runs on Thursday in a loss to the Twins. He has a 1-5 record, 8.04 ERA, 24 strikeouts and five walks in 31 1/3 innings (six starts, seven games). Justus Sheffield[...]

Mid-May marks the fantasy baseball season's quarter pole, which can be exciting as data becomes robust, but also frightful for pitching as warmer air leads to long flies. Are you keeping tabs of park factors, team stats and pitchers tweaking with their repertoire? [...]

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Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of the projected starting pitchers for today (Thursday, May 9th) and tomorrow (Friday, May 10th).The concept is pretty straight forward. [...]

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of the projected starting pitchers for today (Saturday, May 4th) and tomorrow (Sunday, May 5th).The concept is pretty straight forward. [...]

It's almost midnight on Thursday night as I finish rewriting this column after a power surge caused me to lose almost all of my work, but I'm happy as a clam after watching a Nicky Delmonico walk-off homer for my White Sox.You know who else is happy as a clam? Owners who picked up Mike Minor for Week 4, as he was the clear winner from that week's column after going 1-1 with 17 strikeouts and a 3.46 ERA against Oakland and Seattle. Luke [...]