Crawford went 2-for-6 with a double and four RBI during Saturday's 15-7 win over the Tigers.
Crawford has been red-hot at the plate as the first half comes to a close, knocking in four runs in a game for the third time this season. He is also the owner of a 13-game hit streak, which he extended Saturday with a third-inning single and followed up with a bases-clearing double in the ninth. The 30-year-old's hot streak has contributed to a quality slash line of .287/.388/.387 with one game to go before the All-Star break.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Pushes hit streak to seven games
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Crawford went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Pirates.
Crawford extended his hitting streak to seven games and has now registered at least one hit in eight of his last nine. The 30-year-old shortstop continues to offer the Mariners some stability at the leadoff spot while Victor Robles (shoulder) sits on the injured list. Crawford hasn't supplied much in the way of power -- he's slugging just .383 over his last 58 outings -- but he's batting .287 with 19 RBI, 23 runs scored, 32 walks and four stolen bases across his last 267 plate appearances.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Three knocks Friday
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Crawford went 3-for-6 with two runs scored in Friday's 7-6 extra-innings win over Texas.
Crawford tallied multiple hits for the 10th time in the month of June. The 30-year-old shortstop has led off for the Mariners consistently since the end of April, batting .286 with four home runs, eight doubles, 22 runs scored, 31 walks and four stolen bases across his last 196 at-bats (50 games).
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Idle against lefty
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Crawford is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
The left-handed-hitting Crawford typically starts against opposing southpaws, but he'll take a seat for the day game after a night game while the Red Sox send ace lefty Garrett Crochet to the bump. Dylan Moore will fill in for Crawford at shortstop and bat leadoff.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Lifts grand slam Sunday
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Crawford went 1-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk in Sunday's 6-0 win over the Guardians.
Crawford dominated this three-game set versus Cleveland, going 7-for-11 with two extra-base hits and three walks. The shortstop had the biggest hit of Sunday's contest when he went deep for a second-inning grand slam that gave the Mariners a 5-0 lead at the time. Crawford is now batting .296 with an .824 OPS, six homers, 29 RBI, 30 runs scored, 10 doubles and four stolen bases over 68 games. He's hit well since late May, so he's in little danger of losing the leadoff spot any time soon.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Racks up three hits in win
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Crawford went 3-for-5 with a double and one RBI in Friday's 7-2 win over the Guardians.
Crawford has six multi-hit efforts over his 11 games in June, going 16-for-43 (.372) so far this month. The double was his first extra-base hit in five contests. The shortstop continues to be steady atop the Mariners' order, and he's now at a .286/.399/.393 slash line with five home runs, 25 RBI, 28 runs scored, 10 doubles and three stolen bases over 66 games this season.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Logs steal Tuesday
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Crawford went 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Tuesday's 10-3 loss to the Diamondbacks.
Crawford has gone 18-for-42 (.429) with nine walks over his last 11 games, hitting safely in nine of those contests. The shortstop was able to make a rare contribution with speed Tuesday, logging his third steal of the season in the fifth inning. Crawford has maintained a .284/.401/.391 slash line with five home runs, 24 RBI, 28 runs scored and nine doubles across 64 games.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Homers in three-hit game
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Crawford went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double and a walk in Saturday's 5-4 extra-innings win over the Twins.
Crawford has gone 5-for-8 with two walks over the first two games of this weekend series versus the Twins. His seventh-inning blast Saturday gave the Mariners their first lead of the contest, and it was his first homer since May 16 versus the Padres. The shortstop is at a .267/.386/.377 slash line with five homers, 22 RBI, 27 runs scored, two stolen bases and six doubles over 55 games this season. Crawford continues to regularly hit out of the leadoff spot, where his on-base skills have been valuable despite a relative lack of speed.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Getting day off
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Crawford is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.
Crawford will get a breather for the series finale after he had started in each of Seattle's last nine games. Dylan Moore will replace Crawford at shortstop and atop the batting order.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Shines with bat, glove in win
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Crawford went 2-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run in Friday's 5-1 win over the Padres.
The shortstop set the tone for the night when he crushed the first pitch he saw from Stephen Kolek down the right-field line for a leadoff homer. Crawford also played his usual dazzling defense, highlighted by a 6-3 double play in the fourth inning to squelch a San Diego rally. Through 41 games to begin the season, Crawford's slashing .278/.385/.389 with four homers, two steals, 19 runs and 19 RBI.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: In Friday's lineup
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Crawford (shoulder) is starting at shortstop and batting out of the leadoff spot against the Padres on Friday, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Crawford was scratched from Wednesday's lineup against the Yankees due to shoulder tightness, but the veteran shortstop has been cleared to play in Friday's series opener. Crawford has gone 12-for-50 with one stolen base, one home run and four RBI since the beginning of May.
Crawford was scratched from the lineup before Wednesday's game against the Yankees due to shoulder tightness, Adam Jude of The Seattle Times reports.
The severity of Crawford's injury remains unknown, but he can be considered day-to-day until the team provides reason to believe otherwise. Leo Rivas and Miles Mastrobuoni are the leading candidates to pick up playing time at shortstop if Crawford has to miss any additional time.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Gets aboard four times Monday
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Crawford went 2-for-4 with two walks, one stolen base and one run scored in Monday's 7-6 extra-innings loss to the Athletics.
Crawford continues to sizzle -- he's hit safely in his last 13 games, going 20-for-52 (.385) with an 8:9 BB:K in that span. The shortstop is up to a .294 batting average with an .820 OPS, three home runs, 17 RBI, 18 runs scored, one stolen base and three doubles over 33 contests. His .417 on-base percentage ranks fourth among qualified hitters in the majors through Monday's games. While he doesn't have the speed of a typical leadoff hitter, he's taken over the role amid his recent surge after often hitting ninth to begin 2025.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Remains hot Saturday
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Crawford went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a loss to the Rangers on Saturday.
Crawford swatted the first pitch of the game -- an 88-mph sinker from Patrick Corbin -- over the right-field fence, but that proved to be the only run the Mariners managed to score in the contest. The long ball extended Crawford's hitting streak to 11 games, a span during which he's batting .386 (17-for-44) with three homers and 13 RBI. Prior to the red-hot stretch, the veteran shortstop had knocked in just four runs over his first 20 games of 2025.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Elevated to leadoff spot
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Crawford is starting at shortstop and batting leadoff in Wednesday's game against the Angels.
Crawford batted ninth in each of his first 26 starts this season before being moved up to the sixth spot for the last two games. He'll be tasked with batting leadoff Wednesday after slashing .370/.469/.519 across his previous 16 contests.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Production picking up recently
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Crawford went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored in Saturday's extra-inning win over Toronto.
Crawford has started each of Seattle's first 21 games of the season, and his offensive production has picked up recently. The veteran shortstop is hitting .310 (9-for-29) with two doubles, four RBI and six runs scored over his last nine outings, and he ranks among MLB's leaders in walks (15) on the campaign. The Mariners have a void at the top of their lineup while Victor Robles (shoulder) is sidelined, and Crawford's on-base skills could allow him to see some at-bats in the leadoff spot at some point this year.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Feeling healthy entering new season
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Crawford is batting just .214 with one home run and two RBI over 28 at-bats in the Cactus League, but he enters the 2025 season with a clean bill of health, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
Following an injury-plagued season that saw him deal with an oblique strain and a fractured hand, Crawford is looking to put his tough 2024 campaign behind him. "I couldn't get in a rhythm and every time I started to hit good, those injuries popped up," Crawford said this past Monday. "It pretty much hurt every time I swung the bat." However, the 30-year-old infielder believes he's "in a great spot" health-wise this spring, and he's set to reprise his role as Seattle's everyday shortstop after hitting a career-low .202 across just 105 games last season.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Wraps season with multi-hit effort
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Crawford went 2-for-3 with a run in a win over the Athletics on Sunday.
Crawford posted one of two multi-hit efforts for the Mariners in the regular-season finale, ending what has been a tough campaign for him on a good note. The pair of knocks coaxed Crawford's batting average back over the Mendoza Line to .202, but all three components of his final batting line -- he also generated a .304 OBP and .321 slugging percentage -- qualified as career lows. The 29-year-old shortstop has been a fixture in Seattle since 2019 and is signed through the 2026 campaign, but he'll presumably need a notable uptick in production to hold on to his starting spot for another full season.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Laces triple in big win
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Crawford went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run in a win over the Rangers on Saturday.
Crawford laced only his second three-bagger since the 2022 season as part of his third multi-hit effort during what is turning into a serviceable September. The veteran is hitting a modest .238 across 74 plate appearances this month, yet he boasts an impressive .351 on-base percentage thanks in part to his 12.2 percent walk rate in that same span. Crawford still has just a .205 batting average on the season, but that is an improved figure after his recent stretch of solid production.
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Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Back over Mendoza Line
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Crawford went 2-for-3 with a run in a win over the Rangers on Sunday.
Working out of the bottom of the order, Crawford provided one of four multi-hit efforts for the Mariners on the afternoon, and in the process, lifted his season batting average over .200 (.201) for the first time since Aug. 28. However, while he's shown some signs of life at the plate recently by hitting .280 (7-for-25) over his last seven games, Crawford remains mired in a power drought that's now seen him go 20 games without a home run.
