Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Friday - Nate Robertson (2-5, 5.88 ERA) vs. Carlos Silva (3-4, 5.14 ERA)
Saturday - Justin Verlander (2-7, 5.16 ERA) vs. Felix Hernandez (2-5, 3.60 ERA)
Sunday - Kenny Rogers (4-4, 5.88 ERA) vs. Miguel Batista (3-6, 5.98 ERA)
This ought to be interesting. A bunch of high ERAs, the last road stand we had against Detroit, no offense […]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
If a song were to describe the past 6 days, that song comes to mind. This roadstand was absolute destruction. The Mariners not only had their pride destroyed, but it was raped, abused, trampled. How much humiliation can one team endure? We’re about to find out. Boston comes to Seattle starting a 3 game series […]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
You throw Johjima under the bus. You say there are language barriers that make you pitch terrible when he catches. You get your wish and Burke catches.
You get blasted. Maybe it’s not the catchers at fault…
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
If you haven’t heard by now, Seattle’s uber-prospect Carlos Triunfel has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules of some kind. I’ve nosed around a bit, but everyone in-the-know is being very hush hush about the situation. He has been suspended for a week and a half so far.
From what I gather, the organization wants him to […]
Filed under: Jon Shields, Organizational, Prospects, Stats/News from the Farm
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Which team in the AL West has the distinct ability to fold once they find themselves losing 2-1 in only the 2nd inning?
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
I haven’t spent much time in front of the computer or in front of the TV lately. I have lots of family in town and I’m days away from embarking on a series of trips (some work, mostly vacation) that’ll have me away from Washington for 41 days consecutively, so sorry for the lack of updates! […]
Filed under: Jon Shields, Promotions/Demotions, Prospects, Transactions
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Over the last 13 years of my life, I have never become uninterested in the Mariners. That is, until about the last week of April, 2008. I typically would watch all 9 innings of a game. When I would go to games, I would stay until the very last pitch, including the Cleveland double-header last […]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
…in this video.
It’s an interesting proposition. Seattle has been interested in Carlos Delgado in the past, and his left handed bat would fit nicely into the lineup and Safeco Field, but I’m not sure such a deal would be in Seattle’s best interest.
While Delgado strikes out slightly less and is hitting for a better average, […]
Filed under: Jon Shields, Trade/Free Agent
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Can you believe that our Seattle Mariners are only 7.5 games back in the AL West? With the way they’ve been playing I keep expecting to see that they’ve fallen to 10 or 15 games back already. Seattle still has a shot thanks to sub-.500 play from the Angels and A’s. 7.5 games is a reasonable deficit […]
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
5/16: Miguel Batista vs. Chris Young
5/17: Erik Bedard vs. Randy Wolf
5/18: Felix Hernandez vs. Shawn Estes
If there is anyone who knows how Seattle is feeling this season, it’s the Padres. Like the Mariners, San Diego was picked by some to win their division, but have been in a dogfight with Seattle for Major League Baseball’s […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
It appears that the Seattle Mariners have no problem taking on Ken Griffey’s salary or next year’s option, meaning Cincinnati wouldn’t be on the hook for any of it.
To me, this is a good thing. If Seattle required Cincinnati to eat some of his contract, then high caliber prospects would have to be offered up […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The Seattle Mariners started digging themselves into a hole within the first couple of games this season and haven’t stopped. Their best winning streak has been just three games, and that happened once in April. At eleven games under .500, Seattle is the owner of the worst record in all of baseball.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Why Brandon Morrow can’t get it done consistently.
Monday was an absolute roller coaster of a game in which Seattle loses 13-12. Brandon Morrow picks up the loss after surrendering a walk-off blast to former Mariner Ramon Vazquez.
I’ve written several times about Morrow and how he doesn’t have what it takes to be a consistently successful […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
This is total speculation, but interesting nonetheless. Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker told the media that super prospect Jay Bruce would be recalled soon. If Bruce is called up to the big club then someone must be on their way out. This could mean that Cinci is about to trade one of their outfielders (most likely […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
No more speculation; the Seattle Mariners indeed have their eye on Ken Griffey Jr.
Seattle is the worst team in the American League right now, so it will be interesting to see this unfold. I’m not so sure that Griffey would accept a trade to Seattle at this point, but we’ll see. I wrote about the Griffey-to-Seattle scenario […]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
5/12 - Erik Bedard vs. Vicente Padilla
5/13 - Felix Hernandez vs. Kason Gabbard
5/14 - Carlos Silva vs. Scott Feldman
Seattle hopes to get a winning streak started as they hit the road to visit their good buddies, the Texas Rangers.
Filed under: Jon Shields, Series/Game Thread
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Richie Sexson’s suspension was cut down by one game, so he’ll miss the next five games starting tonight. As it turns out, he’ll miss the entire series down in Texas. Source Link.
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
A look at why it may make sense, despite Seattle’s current position in the AL West, and an indication of how much it would cost.
There has been a lot of talk about Ken Griffey Jr. returning to the Seattle Mariners ever since the Reds rolled into town for interleague play last season. There hasn’t been […]
Filed under: Jon Shields, Prospects, Trade/Free Agent
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Did anyone else have a chuckle when they saw this?
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Friday and Saturday’s games start at 7:10 pm PST, Sunday’s game starts at 1:10 pm PST.
Pitching Probables:
5/09 - Carlos Silva vs. Jose Contreras
5/10 - Jarrod Washburn vs. Javier Vasquez
5/11 - Miguel Batista vs. Gavin Floyd
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