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• Mariners' Cole Young: Leading candidate for second base

  18D ago • By RotoWire

  Young is the leading candidate to start at second base for the Mariners next season, Adam Jude of the Seattle Times reports. Young's playing time tapered off for the Mariners down the stretch of the regular season and he did not play during the playoffs. However, Seattle remains high on the 22-year-old's potential despite a .211/.302/.305 batting line in 77 games this season. The Mariners could acquire a second baseman from outside the organization, but if they don't, the left-handed-hitting Young is the top candidate to start at least against righties. Leo Rivas and Ryan Bliss (knee) will also be in the mix.

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• Mariners' Cole Young: Losing grip on starting job

  09/08/2025 • By RotoWire

  Young is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Cardinals. The left-handed-hitting Young has now been out of the lineup for five consecutive games, and Monday marks the third time during that stretch that he's sat against a right-handed starting pitcher (Miles Mikolas). Leo Rivas will get the nod at the keystone in the series opener with St. Louis and may have overtaken Young as the Mariners' preferred option at the position. Young's drop in playing time comes while he's gone just 2-for-38 (.053 average) over his last 15 games.

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• Mariners' Cole Young: Not in Wednesday's starting lineup

  09/03/2025 • By RotoWire

  Young is not in the Mariners' starting lineup against the Rays on Wednesday. Young will be on the bench for beginning of Wednesday's game while Jorge Polanco shifts to the keystone, Cal Raleigh serves as the designated hitter and Mitch Garver gets the start behind home plate. Young struggled at the plate in August and has gone 1-for-25 over his last 10 games, which has lowered his season OPS to .639 across 240 plate appearances.

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• Mariners' Cole Young: Sitting against another lefty

  08/26/2025 • By RotoWire

  Young is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Padres. The left-handed-hitting Young will be held out of the starting nine for the second straight day while the Mariners take on another lefty starter (JP Sears). Jorge Polanco will spell Young at the keystone.

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• Mariners' Cole Young: Idle for series finale

  08/24/2025 • By RotoWire

  Young is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics. The left-handed-hitting Young had started in each of Seattle's last three games, but he'll head to the bench Sunday while the Athletics send southpaw Jacob Lopez to the hill. Jorge Polanco will replace Young at second base and will bat seventh.

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