TODAY
Seattle used five strong innings from Carlos Silva and an offensive explosion to bury San Diego, 18-3, ending their Arizona portion of spring training with a 16-16-2 record.
FRIDAY
Seattle flies into Las Vegas to spend the last 30 hours or so of spring training there. Tonight they’ll play Colorado in a 7:05 p.m. game that will be broadcast on KIRO and televised on FSN. Probable starting pitchers: Franklin Morales vs. Jarrod Washburn.
NOTABLE
No word yet on Ichiro or his visit to the doctor. The Mariners and their fans are understandably anixous. ...
Silva’s five-inning start was impressive enough that, when he came out after five innings, teammate Mike Sweeney hugged him and delivered a manly peck on Silva’s cheek. Coming off a particularly bad outing, Silva said he worked with pitching coach Rick Adair and manager Don Wakamatsu – and listened. “They said when I was in Minnesota, I was throwin the ball nice and easy, and I’d been trying to do too much down here,” he said. “I worked on that in the bullpen today and took it into the game and hit my spots.” When he got in a little trouble, Silva induced a double play. Twice. “Long time since I got two double plays,” he said. “This game was important for me and important for my team. They have to see I can pitch.” Silva’s next start will come against his former team, Minnesota, in the third game of the year.” …
Think the Mariners have embraced little ball? With one out in the third inning, Chris Woodward walked and Endy Chavez bunted for a single - with both runners moving up a base on a throwing error. Ronny Cedeno then bunted for a hit and an RBI and set off a four-run rally. "When those guys play like that, we get a lot out of it," Wakamatsu said. ...
Add Chavez: Though he only played in 10 games with Seattle because of the World Baseball Classic, Chavez made the most of those – batting .500 in 32 at-bats. …
Ah, the Big League Life: Reliever Mark Lowe was ‘packing’ for the season, and threw – not folded, mind you, but threw – more than a half dozen shirts on hangers into a box, sealed the top and sent it on to Seattle via a team truck. Won’t that lead to wrinkled dress shirts? “You hang ‘em the shower, let ‘em steam a little, they’re good,” Lowe said. “I wear mostly t-shirts, anyway.” Lowe worked two innings later, allowing one run. …
Sweet family moment after Ken Griffey Jr. left the game. From the end of the dugout, he waved into the crowd – and 6-year-old son Tevin came flying down and jumped onto the field. Father and son then returned to the dugout for an inning. Both got a big ovation when they walked toward the clubhouse together in the sixth inning. …
Seattle has also embraced big ball: After Yuniesky Betancourt singled and Woodward doubled o open the fourth inning, Chavez homered for a 7-0 lead. One out later, after Griffey Jr. walked, DH-for-the-day Jose Lopez homered and it was 9-0. …
When the Mariners fly to Vegas today, they’ll take a handful of minor leaguers with them: outfielder Tyson Gillies, infielder Carlos Triunfel and pitchers Denny Stark, Eric Hull and Sean White. …
Mariners third baseman Matt Tuiasosopo, who batted .404 in 22 spring games, was named the Peoria Rookie of the Year by the group that hosts Seattle and San Diego here each spring. “I just wanted to come here and work hard and make a good impression on Wak and the staff,” Tuiasosopo said after accepting the award. “I knew what was going on with Adrian Beltre, it maybe being his last year. I wanted to make a good first impression, have a good campp and do what I could do.”
QUOTABLE
From Carlos Silva, after being asked how well he had to pitch to get a kiss from Mike Sweeney: “I don’t know, bit Felix kisses me every day.”

Ichiro Suzuki, missing his third consecutive game, is seeing a doctor this afternoon to determine whether his symptoms – he’s been light-headed and without energy – are more serious than general weariness.

The team expects Ichiro to accompany it to Las Vegas on Friday, and to Minnesota for opening day on Monday.

Ichiro played for Team Japan during the World Baseball Classic, then appeared in four spring games with Seattle. The Mariners suspect the intense pressure Ichiro felt during the WBC – he is the face of Japanese baseball – wore him down.

But they’d also hoped a few off days would reinvigorate their right-fielder.

According to manager Don Wakamatsu, Ichiro reported still feeling weary today, so the team scheduled a doctors visit.

We’ll know more later today

No decisions will be made in camp today, which means the final roster won’t be set until the team is ready to leave Las Vegas on Saturday.

Not that there’s much left to decide. Bottom line, only questions remain are whether the Mariners get to keep Rule 5 draftee Reegie Corona as a minor and which pitchers – Roy Corcoran or Luis Delgado – sticks in the bullpen.

For the record, here’s the 24-man roster for opening day, with the 25th man still up in the air:

Catchers (2) – Kenjj Johjima and Rob Johnson.

Infielders (6) - Adrian Beltre, Yuniesky Betancourt, Russell Branyan, Ronny Cedeno, Jose Lopez and Mike Sweeney.

Outfielders (5) - Wladimir Balentien, Endy Chavez, Ken Griffey Jr., Franklin Guttierrez, Ichiro Suzuki.

Starting pitchers (5) – Felix Hernandedz, Erik Bedard, Carlos Silva, Jarrod Washburn, Ryan Rowland-Smith.

Relievers (6) – Brandon Morrow, David Aardsma, Miguel Batista, Chris Jakubauskas, Shawn Kelley, Mark Lowe.

To be determined (1) – Luis Delgado or Roy Corcoran.

No huge surprises, although if you’d said the day camp opened that Jakubauskas would make the team, most fans would have replied “Who?” And, of course, Griffey wasn’t a Mariner when camp opened, nor was Delgado.

Keep this in mind, too. By June 1, the bullpen almost certainly will include closer Chad Cordero and – if he doesn’t implode – situational lefty Tyler Johnson, a certified looney.

This team is a work in progress. By August 1, after the trading deadline, you may not recognize the roster.