Unlike many teams around major league baseball, the Seattle Mariners have been relatively healthy this spring. They’ve had a few minor dings and dents – a stiff neck here, some tight legs there – but they’ve avoided the season-affecting injuries that can cripple a team.

It looked as though that run of good fortune was going to come an end on Saturday afternoon at Peoria Stadium in a 10-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

In the top of the second inning, starting pitcher Blake Beavan delivered a 1-0 fastball to touted Indians prospect Francisco Lindor. The switching-hitting infielder – batting …

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The Seattle Mariners had it all planned out.

Youngster Jesus Montero would assume the catching duties this season after spending 56 games behind the plate in 2012. Sure, it would be a lot of responsibility for a 23-year-old with just 153 games of big league experience. But the Mariners figured it was time to see whether Montero would live up to his expectations as a slugger and progress as a defensive catcher.

To help, the Mariners acquired a veteran backup, Kelly Shoppach, to serve as a defensive replacement, a sometime starter and a mentor.

But on Tuesday, those best laid …

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About 2 a.m. this morning, the New York Daily News posted a story that Mariners catcher Jesus Montero has been linked to the performance enhancing drug scandal at the Biogenesis Clinic in Miami.

You can add Montero’s name to the list players that include Melky Cabrera, Alex Rodriguez, Nelson Cruz, Gio Gonzalez and now even Ryan Braun have been linked to it.

From the story ...

More bad news for agents Seth and Sam Levinson: Their client, former Yankee catcher Jesus Montero, is named in records from a South Florida anti-aging clinic linked

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