Game 162 was as good a day as any to rest – necessary or not – for Julio Rodríguez, who found himself not in the starting lineup for just the second time this season. With just over an hour until first pitch Sunday, Rodríguez looked remarkably fresh for a player who had tallied the most plate appearances in the American League.

“I honestly feel really good,” he said. “I’m excited for only one more.”

Seattle Mariners will scrimmage in front of fans as they prep for ALDS

Sunday morning there was only one more game standing between him, the Seattle Mariners and playoff baseball. The short-term reward: the rest, both physically and mentally, the team earned in surging at the right time and wrapping up the second seed in the AL with games still left to be played. It’s a very different positi

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