A record 9,956 people showed up to see the Seattle Mariners open their spring training slate at the Peoria Sports Complex on Friday. Presumably, most of them were there to see Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez and other established stars in the lineup.
Instead, what they got was a reminder of the good news/bad news thing going on with Michael Arroyo.
On the good side, MLB Pipeline's No. 67 prospect brought the rake that has turned him into a productive minor leaguer. The righty swinger got the scoring started with a two-run homer to right-center in the bottom of the second and later added a hard-hit double to roughly the same spot.