SEATTLE — Mitch Garver is a bit player in this raging, Mr. Rager Mariners act.

Garver is the 34-year-old veteran back-up catcher to MVP candidate Cal Raleigh. He is a part-time designated hitter. He’s started just two of Seattle’s seven playoff games so far.

Yet he has a leading role in the Mariners’ clubhouse right now.

Since their return home early Tuesday from winning both games in Toronto to take a stunning, 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series, and into Wednesday before the Mariners host the Blue Jays in Game 3 at T-Mobile Park, Garver has had the floor.

Unlike any of the 25 other Mariners players, Garver has been here before. Exactly here.

He was a starter on the 2023 Texas Rangers. They took a two-games-to-none lead in the ALCS by doing what his current team just

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