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Shannon Drayer

Shannon Drayer is the Mariners Insider for Seattle Sports. She hosts the Mariners pregame and postgame shows as well as the Hot Stove and Cactus League Report shows on Seattle Sports, and also heads up an offseason podcast for SeattleSports.com. A University of Washington graduate, she joined Seattle Sports for the station's launch in 2009 and has covered the Mariners since 1999. Follow Shannon: @shannondrayer

SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 20, 2017
Notebook: Hisashi Iwakuma says Mariners have offered him a contract

Hisashi Iwakuma may be back with the Mariners in 2018 as he told reporters in Japan he has been offered a contract to return to the team.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 18, 2017
Mariners add bullpen arm as Jerry Dipoto makes his third trade this week

Jerry Dipoto has made his third trade of the offseason, acquiring right-handed reliever Nick Rumbelow from the Yankees in exchange for minor league pitchers J.P. Sears and Juan Then.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 15, 2017
Drayer: Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto maintains budget flexibility by adding Ryon Healy to play 1B

The Mariners have checked first base off their list of offseason needs after acquiring Ryon Healy, a 25-year-old power hitter who comes much cheaper than other options in free agency.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 14, 2017
Scott Servais: Mariners aim for a different balance to coaching staff with new assistant Jim Brower

Scott Servais talked to Shannon Drayer about the newest addition to the Mariners' coaching staff, assistant coach Jim Brower, who brings a different background than usual to the position.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 13, 2017
Notebook: Slow start to Mariners’ offseason shouldn’t last much longer

This has been the slowest start by far to a Mariners offseason under Jerry Dipoto, but things should pick up soon with MLB's GM meetings underway in Orlando.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 9, 2017
Mariners’ Nelson Cruz picks up second career Silver Slugger Award

Nelson Cruz has been recognized as the best designated hitter in the American League, awarded the Silver Slugger Award as determined by a vote of Major League managers and coaches.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 8, 2017
Drayer: What we know about potential Mariners target Shohei Ohtani

Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani will be perhaps the biggest name available on the market this offseason. Shannon Drayer breaks down what is known about his motivations.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 3, 2017
Mariners notebook: A new role for one of the longest-tenured Mariners

After 35 years of the day in, day out baseball grind, both in and out of season, one of the longest tenured Mariners is taking a step back
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 2, 2017
Notebook: Mariners add UT Andrew Romine, plus free agents and important dates

The not-so-offseason is officially underway. To get you up to date on your 40-man scorecard, this is what…
SEATTLE MARINERS | Nov 1, 2017
Drayer: Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto talks about lessons learned from trading away Chris Taylor

"We are hopeful the next time Chris Taylor happens, he happens as a Mariner instead of some guy that the Mariners traded," Jerry Dipoto said about the player who broke out for the Dodgers in 2017.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 30, 2017
Mariners take a new approach in player care, introduce High Performance model

The Mariners will take analytics to the next level with their new High Performance department, headed by Dr. Lorena Martin.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 30, 2017
Mariners call top prospect Kyle Lewis back from Arizona Fall League

Absent from Arizona Fall League games for the better part of the last week, the Mariners have called top prospect Kyle Lewis back to Seattle after he experienced discomfort in his surgically repaired right knee.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 26, 2017
Mariners notebook: Work on the 40-man roster has begun

Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto started work in earnest on the team's roster Thursday, outrighting Ryan Garton to Triple-A Tacoma and losing Jacob Hannemann to the Cubs on a waiver claim.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 11, 2017
Drayer: Mariners CEO John Stanton weighs in on 2017 season

Looking back helps in moving forward, and while the Mariners won just 78 games this year, CEO John Stanton does not see the 2017 season as a step back.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 9, 2017
Mariners outfielder Guillermo Heredia expected to be ready for spring training after shoulder surgery

The Mariners announced Monday afternoon that outfielder Guillermo Heredia had undergone successful surgery on his right shoulder to repair a Bankart lesion.…
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 5, 2017
Drayer: Mariners not taking injury-plagued season lying down

There were several reasons for the Mariners' plague of injuries in 2017, and they've already gone to work to address how to avoid the same problems next season.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 3, 2017
Drayer: Dipoto, Mariners preparing to take totally new approach to pitching staff in 2018

After a season in which injuries to pitches including James Paxton and Felix Hernandez had a profound effect on the Mariners' pitching staff, Jerry Dipoto spoke Tuesday of a whole different approach.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Oct 1, 2017
Scott Servais ready to find solutions to what held back Mariners in 2017

After a disappointing year that saw the Mariners fall short of the playoffs again and plagued by pitching injuries, manager Scott Servais shared what he takes away from the season.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Sep 28, 2017
Drayer: Mariners’ Felix Hernandez preparing for a very different offseason

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez will look to the offseason to find solutions to the shoulder problems and bad mechanics that plagued him in 2017.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Sep 26, 2017
Notebook: Felix Hernandez, Mike Leake done for 2017 as Mariners scramble the rotation one last time

The Mariners will let Felix Hernandez put his ailing shoulder to rest as well as allow Mike Leake a break as Marco Gonzales and Andrew Moore will take their spots in the rotation this weekend.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Sep 20, 2017
Kevin Cremin nears the final out after 35 years as the man behind Mariners radio broadcasts

"I have enjoyed it immensely, but it will be interesting to not think about it all the time," said producer/engineer Kevin Cremin about his 35 years running the Mariners' radio broadcasts.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Sep 18, 2017
Drayer: AL West champion Astros had the Mariners’ number in 2017

Houston was a problem for the Mariners in 2017, as they went just 5-14 against the Astros, including a loss on Sunday that was the final meeting of the season between the two teams and clinched the division for Houston.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Sep 14, 2017
Felix Hernandez set to make his return to the mound for the Mariners

Felix Hernandez will be the first of two big returns to the Mariners' rotation on their current road trip, taking the mound Thursday before James Paxton comes back on Friday.
SEATTLE MARINERS | Sep 11, 2017
Mariners notebook: Jarrod Dyson done for the year, and where’s Jerry?

Jarrod Dyson's first and most likely last season with the Mariners has come to an end as he will undergo surgery to repair a core muscle injury.