Garver went 0-for-1 in his lone plate appearance Sunday in the 3-2 win against the Cardinals. Garver came in as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and struck out right after his teammate Rob Refsnyder hit the go-ahead home run. The 2019 Silver Slugger is operating as the primary backup catcher to Cal Raleigh, and has gotten most of his starts against left-handed pitching. The 35-year-old had a rough last two seasons for the Mariners but won the backup catcher job out of spring training, but will not see a ton of playing time due to Raleigh's superior defense behind the plate.
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Mitchell Garver Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB3/23L 10-3200000000050003/22W 4-2211000120050043/19W 6-4312110000050033/17L 9-6300000000040003/17W 10-6000000000000003/15W 6-3400000000060003/13L 10-7200000002070003/11L 11-7110000001110003/9L 2-1300000000060003/7L 5-1201100000030013/5L 27-6200000000030003/3L 7-620110000003001
Preseason Totals 2635310123148009 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB5/9L 6-1310000001080005/6W 2-1000000000000005/5L 3-2210000001070005/4W 5-4310000001040005/2L 3-2401100000080015/1L 6-3200000000030004/28W 7-1200000000010004/27L 11-4201100012050014/26W 3-2100000000020004/25W 11-9432200001060024/22W 5-4201010000040024/21L 5-2401100000050014/19W 5-2310000001060004/17L 5-0200000000000004/16L 5-2200000000060004/13W 6-2401100000040014/8L 3-0301100000050014/5L 8-73000000010110003/30W 2-120000000202000
Regular Season Totals 48787100110087009
Mitchell Garver Splits 2026
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SplitsHRRBIHAVG1B2B3BBBHBPSBCSTBOBP
Overall 0180.1677101200090.333Away 0140.200400500040.360Home 0040.143310700050.314Night 0130.107300900030.324Day 0050.250410300060.348March 0000.000000200000.500April 0170.219610500080.324May 0010.071100500010.316Opponent vs HOU 0 0 1 0.250 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.250 vs STL 0 0 2 0.400 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.500 vs TEX 0 0 1 0.125 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.222 vs CWS 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 vs LAA 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 vs MIN 0 1 1 0.250 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0.500 vs ATL 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.286 vs SD 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 vs KC 0 0 1 0.167 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0.375 vs NYY 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.500 vs ATH 0 0 2 0.333 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.333 Venue @ Seattle 0 0 4 0.143 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 5 0.314 @ Texas 0 0 1 0.333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 @ St. Louis 0 0 2 0.400 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.500 @ Minnesota 0 1 1 0.250 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0.500 @ Los Angeles 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 @ Chicago 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 @ San Diego 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mitchell Garver Player Profile
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Mitchell Garver: Breaking News
Added to roster
The Mariners selected Garver's contract from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. Garver re-signed with Seattle as a non-roster invitee after camp opened and beat out Jhonny Pereda and Andrew Knizner for the backup catcher job. The 35-year-old will see some starts at catcher on days Cal Raleigh serves as the designated hitter, but Garver's playing time should be fairly limited.
Set to win No. 2 job
Garver is expected to begin the season as Seattle's No. 2 catcher, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports. The 35-year-old re-signed with the Mariners as a non-roster invitee in February and will once again served as the backup catcher to Cal Raleigh. Garver still needs to be added to the big-league roster, but the club isn't expected to finalize the roster until Wednesday. He played in 87 regular-season games last year and clubbed nine homers with a .640 OPS.