Felix Hernandez has been placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to his collision with Carlos Beltran in New York. He will be available on July 9th at the earliest.
This move wasn’t made because Felix’s injury turned out worse than expected, but mainly because the team is in desperate need of some arms. Cesar […]

A while back there was some talk about bringing Ken Griffey Jr. back to Seattle.  The logic was that he would slightly improve the offense (even during the worst year of his career) and would help curb Seattle’s slumping attendance.
Well, Griffey continues to struggle this season and the Mariners have decided not to pursue Seattle’s […]

As the trading deadline approaches the Seattle Mariners’ front office should be looking towards the future. Instead of having one megapost about all the players that are potentially on the trading block, I decided it would be best to go one player at a time.
When a team begins rebuilding you don’t expect to see […]

As if the boatloads of young talent received in recent trades wasn’t enough, the rival Oakland A’s made another upgrade by signing super-prospect Michel Inoa with a record breaking $4.25M signing bonus.
Oakland is already winning with what they have on the field right now, and I’ve already mentioned how nervous their minor league system makes […]

A Seattle Mariners fire sale is expected before the July 31st trade deadline.  Most of the young nuclease should be protected– Felix, Betancourt, Clement, Balentien, Morrow, Lopez, etc– and some believe all of the veteran players should be made available, including Ichiro Suzuki.
That isn’t the case, according to Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman.  He wrote that […]

Fans love to step in and submit resumes for their favorite retired players whenever a coaching position opens up on the home team, and Mariner fans are no difference. M’s fans love to fantasize about the possibility of Edgar Martinez or John Olerud stepping in as hitting coach, Jay Buhner and his fiery personality […]

Seattle’s young ace King Felix Hernandez gave us some interesting things to talk about tonight.  First of all, as mentioned in an earlier comments thread, he miraculously went deep to right center field for a grand slam in the second inning off none other than Johan Santana.  Follow this link for video.  On a side […]

Tonight’s starting line might be the best of the year. The best in the last two years. Etc. If you haven’t heard of it, now is the time.
Felix Hernandez (6-5, 2.87 ERA) vs. Johan Santana (7-5, 3.04 ERA)
This promises to be a good one.

Round 1, Pick 20 - Joshua Fields, RHP
In the 2006 June draft the Seattle Mariners took Brandon Morrow fifth overall, and Phillipe Aumont at number eleven last year. This year the Mariners continued the trend of using their first pick on a top talent arm by selecting Joshua Fields with the 20th pick overall. […]

I’m not home yet, not for a couple more weeks, but the busiest part of my mini-sabbatical is completed.  I’m currently in Orlando with some time on my hands, so I’m happy to report that I’m back to full-time blogging.
While I’m almost relieved to have missed most of the last month of atrocious Mariner baseball, […]

The Mariners crush the Braves in the opening game of the series 10-2 to give new skipper Jim Riggleman a win in his Mariners manager debut. The Mariners just flat out hit the ball in timely situations. It looked like it would be another long day when Beltre was robbed of a home run, but […]

Today, I have made the decision to resign as an author of this blog after realizing that my passion for blogging about the Mariners has disappeared. Though I’ve only been at it for about a year after beginning with my own blog called Mariner Nation last July, I just don’t have the time or the […]

I have just read that the Mariners have fired GM Bavasi. This came as a total shock to me. I was watching the College World Series and the bottom bar that updates ESPN viewers with all sports news flashed “Mariners fire GM Bavasi…” So I go to trusty ESPN online and find out that, sure […]

And we have a Jon appearance. Good to hear from ya. Yeah sorry about this last week and not getting anything up, I’ve had an extremely busy week. Getting out of school may seem like it has a lot of perks with free time, but I really don’t have much. I was able to watch […]

Hello all, Jon here!  In case you forgot, I’ve been traveling a bit since Memorial Day and have been unable to keep up with the Mariners and the blog during that time.  In fact, today is the first day I’ve found myself on the internet since the early stages of this trip.  Fortunately Dustin has […]

McLaren Loses It…
Pure gold. This makes me respect him a little bit more, which means my respect level is now at like negative 250%. Either way, there was a lot of truth in that. Yes, the fans are pissed off. Yes, it will take a total team effort.
Let’s see how that carries over into the […]

I came back from my Senior Retreat to find out that the Mariners were swept by the Angels. Wow, I don’t feel good anymore.

Positive Note of the Month
Brandon Morrow has been off the charts. Last year, I would have been okay with a trade centered around Morrow. I was completely for it. I wrote an old post….
Brandon Morrow - Morrow does not have what it takes to be a starter, yet. It will take time. He pitched 3, […]