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The Seattle Mariners are trying to stay on the fringe of the American League wild-card race and will get another chance to do so when they take on the Baltimore Orioles in the second game of their series on Tuesday at Safeco Field.Seattle won the first contest of this three-game series by edging the Orioles 2-1 Monday night. The Mariners got the winning run in the fifth on a Dee Gordon sacrifice fly that snapped a 1-1 tie and handed Baltimore its fourth straight loss.The Mariners came into Monday’s series six games behind the final wild-card spot Hunter Pence Jersey , so they don’t have much room to play with as the season is in its final month. But they’ve been perfect against the Orioles in 2018, coming into this game with a 5-0 record.Article continues below ...Alex Cobb (4-15, 5.11) will start for Baltimore on Tuesday against Wade LeBlanc of Seattle. LeBlanc (8-3, 3.71) has been having a strong season while helping the Mariners remain in the playoff hunt.The second half of the season has been much kinder to Cobb. He had some problems with a blister and being able to grip the ball right in his last start, where the right-hander came away with a no-decision in a 10-5 victory over the Blue Jays even though he allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings.Cobb has a 2-4 career record with a 7.14 ERA versus Seattle.LeBlanc has changed from a relief pitcher back to a starter for the first time in several years this season, and it’s a move that’s paid off handsomely for the Mariners.He’s been effective in most of his starts and a pleasant surprise for Seattle this season. LeBlanc has a 1-2 career record with a 4.58 ERA versus Baltimore.The Mariners kept Nelson Cruz in the lineup Monday despite the former Oriole dealing with a sore ankle and struggling while running. He was pulled for a pinch-runner in the eighth.“It was pretty sore,” Mariners manager Scott Servais told the media. “You’re not going to get Nelson out (of) the lineup, but it wasn’t pretty on the bases.”Josh Rogers (1-1) may be shut down for the season after his start for Baltimore on Monday night. He went 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs in his second major league start and appearance with the Orioles — but the club doesn’t want to push him any harder.Also, for Baltimore, first baseman Chris Davis (illness) was pulled from the lineup before Monday’s game. He appears to be day-to-day.“He wants to play but he’s dragging http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-williams-jersey ,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter told the media. “(I’m) going to seize that opportunity to get a young player some at-bats.”The Orioles also made a few roster moves on Monday. They called up catcher Chance Sisco from Triple-A Norfolk. He’s been with Baltimore a few times this season but struggled badly at the plate, hitting only .158 in 68 games.Baltimore also brought up pitcher Jimmy Yacabonis from Norfolk. They’ve been converting him into a starter this season, and Yacabonis has pitched in seven games for the Orioles this season — making his third appearance in relief Monday with 1 2/3 scoreless innings.He’s now got an 0-2 record along with a 7.71 ERA. Yacabonis made 21 starts in Triple-A. The Phillies, Yankees and Chicago White Sox are the three teams that have been prominently linked to Manny Machado this offseason. Vinnie Duber of NBC Sports Chicago recently laid out the case for him to land on the South Side of Chicago:"The White Sox seem to remain in good position to actually win this thing. They have made their offer, while it's unclear if other teams have or haven't. They have a strong pitch of Machado as the centerpiece playing alongside Eloy Jimenez, Michael Kopech, Dylan Cease, Luis Robert and others for the better part of the next decade. They can offer what no other team can in the opportunity to play alongside Yonder Alonso and Jon Jay, two of Machado's good friends from Miami and, in Alonso's case Bruce Bochy Jersey , his brother-in-law."After a flurry of reports emerged that the White Sox's offer was for $175 million over seven years, Machado's agent, Dan Lozano, released a statement (via Mark Feinsand of MLB.com) in which he called those reports "inaccurate and reckless" and panned the media's handling of the situation.The rebuilding White Sox seem ready to turn a corner, and with a loaded farm system and a bright future, their pitch is a compelling one. It would be a transformative move for the franchise, and the steep price it will take to get a deal done looks like one worth paying.We'll say an eight-year deal with an annual value of $34 million gets Machado in a White Sox jersey.Bryce Harper: Returns to the Nationals on a 10-Year, $350 Million Deal8 of 8Dustin Bradford/Getty ImagesThere's a good chance Bryce Harper is going to wait until Manny Machado signs to let him set the market. If Machado winds up with a $34 million annual salary, Harper is going to want $35 million-plus. That's just how this thing works.So if we're predicting an eight-year, $272 million deal for Machado http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-willie-mays-jersey , would two extra years and an extra $1 million annually be enough to get Harper to sign on the dotted line?The Nationals offered Harper a 10-year, $300 million deal in September that he turned down, according to Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post.Jim Bowden of The Athletic reported at the beginning of January that the Nationals had made another offer that was "much more" than their initial proposal.So even though the Nats gave left-hander Patrick Corbin a six-year, $140 million contract in early December, it sounds like they are still willing to spend.Once the dust settles on a Machado deal and Harper has a better idea of his target contract, Washington could move quickly to make its final offer and try to bring back its homegrown star.Based on these predictions, that means the Phillies would wind up without either superstar, an outcome that seemed impossible when the offseason began. Now it at least looks like a reasonable bold prediction. All stats courtesy of Baseball Reference and FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.