Christian Yelich brings a different perspective than Carroll or Kwan. Yelich played three seasons as Ichiro’s teammate in Miami. He remembered playing catch with Ichiro the day after he collected his 3,000th hit in the majors, one of those pinch-me kind of moments.

The Seattle Mariners jump-started the trade deadline for the second consecutive year, with a trade for Josh Naylor on Thursday. In return for Naylor, the Mariners sent Brandyn Garcia and Ashton Izzi to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/mariners as Seattle Mariners Star Accomplishes Something Never Before Seen in Baseball History. The Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Thursday night, earning a much-needed victory after a difficult loss on Wednesday against the Milwaukee Brewers.

For the greater part of the 2000s, Ichiro single-handedly filled Seattle's gap in star power. He's a true Hall of Famer — emphasis on the fame.

Ichiro Suzuki began his U.S. professional career in Seattle with the Mariners and played a total of 14 seasons with the organization. Born in Japan, Ichiro played nine seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league before crossing the Pacific Ocean to join the Mariners.

The Mariners have eight prospects in the MLB Pipeline Top 100, but are there certain players they aren't willing to move?

The Mariners will need to trade some prospects in order to become World Series contenders, and here are two that should be on the move.

No one has ever done more damage to the Seattle Mariners than Mike Trout. That's the honor that Trout, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim legend, got to claim on Thursday. In that game, Trout became the new record-holder for Mariners' opponents in both total bases and runs scored.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh has been setting franchise and MLB records consistently this season, and that trend continued against the Milwauk