Felnin Celesten's impressive streak ends | Mariners extra

Welcome to The Seattle Times' Sunday inside baseball page, where we review the week that was on the diamond, highlight key trends with the Mariners and present our weekly MLB Power Rankings.

Stat of the Week

12

The Mariners have played in more one-run games than any team in the majors the past five years, and that trend has continued this season. The Mariners are 7-12 in one-run games this season, and those 12 losses are more than any other team in one-run games. (The M's are also 1-4 in extra-innings games this season.)

Prospect Watch

Everett AquaSox shortstop Felnin Celesten had his 25-game hitting streak snapped Friday night, ending the longest streak in the minor leagues this season. The 20-year-old switch-hitter finished 0 for 3 with a walk, a run and a stolen base. He was three games away from matching the Northwest League record and entered the weekend leading the league in batting average (.340), on-base percentage (.451) and OPS (.969).

AquaSox reliever Brock Moore has not allowed a run in seven straight outings, allowing only one hit over his last 7 2/3 innings pitched and lowering his season ERA to 1.13. Moore, 26, a 6-foot-6 right-hander out of Oregon, has allowed just four hits with a 32-to-3 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 16 innings pitched, leading all of the minors with a 58.2% strikeout rate.

Who's Hot

Mariners reliever Matt Brash, activated from the injured list Wednesday, has not allowed an earned run in 13 1/3 innings pitched this season.

Who's Not

Rob Refsnyder is just 2 for 32 in May, with 16 strikeouts, two walks, two RBI and one run scored.

Ex-Mariner of the Week

Chris Taylor, 35, announced his retirement Friday after 12 seasons in the big leagues. The Mariners' fifth-round pick in 2012, Taylor was a light-hitting utility player in Seattle for a couple of seasons before being dealt to the Dodgers for right-hander Zach Lee in June 2016. What seemed to be a relatively minor trade turned into gold for the Dodgers, and Mariners executive Jerry Dipoto would later tell The Times that it was "the worst deal I ever made." Taylor had a breakout season in 2017 and was named co-MVP on the NLCS that fall (with Justin Turner, a future ex-Mariner). An All-Star in 2021, Taylor would sign a $60 million extension with the Dodgers and finish his career with a 16.2 bWAR.

Mariners Top 5: Speed kings

As part of the M's 50th season, we'll look back each week at the team's all-time leaders in various statistical categories. This week, the top five leaders in stolen bases. Source: Baseball Reference.

Career

1. Ichiro, 438

2. Julio Cruz, 290

3. Harold Reynolds, 228

4. Ken Griffey Jr., 167

5. Alex Rodriguez, 133

Season

1. Harold Reynolds, 60 (1987)

2. Julio Cruz, 59 (1978)

3. Ichiro, 56 (2001)

4. Julio Cruz, 49 (1979)

5. Julio Cruz, 46 (1982)

5. Alex Rodriguez, 46 (1998)

5. Mallex Smith, 46 (2019)

Success rate*

1. Henry Cotto, 84.3%

2. Julio Cruz, 83.1%

3. Ichiro, 81.9%

4. Willie Bloomquist, 80.2%

5. Julio Rodríguez, 80.1%

*among qualified players

Power Rankings

MLB's definitive weekly rankings, from The Times' Adam Jude

1. Braves (Last week: 1)

2. Rays (5)

3. Dodgers (3)

4. Guardians (8)

5. Brewers (6)

6. Yankees (4)

7. Padres (7)

8. Cubs (2)

9. Cardinals (11)

10. Phillies (9)

11. Pirates (10)

12. A's (13)

13. Mariners (12)

14. Blue Jays (18)

15. White Sox (15)

16. Diamondbacks (19)

17. Reds (14)

18. Rangers (16)

19. Tigers (17)

20. Twins (24)

21. Nationals (20)

22. Red Sox (25)

23. Marlins (22)

24. Orioles (21)

25. Mets (27)

26. Royals (23)

27. Astros (26)

28. Giants (28)

29. Rockies (29)

30. Angels (30)

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