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If you’re a Mariners fan trying to figure out how to watch games this season, you’re not alone. The whole landscape just changed. ROOT Sports Northwest — the regional sports network that aired Mariners games for over 37 years — shut down at the end of the 2025 season. Starting in 2026, MLB took over broadcasts directly, and the Mariners launched their own streaming service. The old playbook (get a live TV streaming service that carries ROOT Sports) is obsolete. ...

Dipoto wants an experienced manager, four more coaches are out, and the candidate board keeps moving — Lovullo’s off it, Espada’s a free agent, Pujols is available, and Mattingly’s staying in Philly. The 2027 Mariners are being rebuilt from the dugout up.

The Mariners made their first move of the offseason on Friday, and for once I can point at it on a map: they claimed first baseman/outfielder Michael Toglia off waivers from the Reds. Toglia is from Gig Harbor. Gig Harbor High School, class of 2016, then three seasons at UCLA. As far as I can tell, he’s the most local Mariner in recent memory — the kid grew up in my town. ...

Dan Wilson won’t return as Mariners manager in 2027. The 2025 division title is his forever — but 76-86 ended the era.

Let’s not sugarcoat it: 76-86. That’s the final tally on the 50th season of Mariners baseball, and no one in that ballpark on Sunday was pretending otherwise. The Mariners beat the Angels 7-3 in Game 162, splitting the four-game farewell series 2-2 and handing Los Angeles the first 100-loss season in franchise history — a 62-100 finish for a club that had been the only team in Major League Baseball never to lose 100 games. Somebody had to end the streak. It might as well be us. ...

ROOT Sports Northwest is gone. After 2025’s final broadcast, the regional sports network that carried Mariners games for years went dark — and honestly? It’s time to talk about what replaced it and whether it’s actually better. Spoiler: for most Mariners fans, Mariners.TV is a straight upgrade. Cheaper than your old cable sports tier, no blackouts, and you don’t have to keep a cable subscription just to watch baseball. Let me break it all down. ...