Last night I dreamt that there was a winterball league in which MLB organizations fielded teams comprised of their best prospects, regardless of level, playing a short season in the southern states.
I woke up thinking that this would be a really cool idea.  Instead of having your prospects scattered throughout the Caribbean, Arizona and Hawaii, […]

I don’t plan on mentioning every single minor leaguer Seattle brings in, but that’s how it probably seems.  From here on out I’ll only be mentioning the notables.
Seattle has apparently signed 1B/OF Javier Brito and OF Mel Stocker to minor league contracts.
Stocker isn’t the notable one.  His ability to remain a professional baseball players lies […]

A bit early, but Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there.
A big thank you to all of you that frequent this site every day, and an extra big thank you to those of you anchoring the growing BBT community.  It’s the comments and debate that follow each post that make this whole project worthwhile.
I […]

The Seattle Mariners are on the verge of signing (or have already signed) Callix Crabbe, according to an unconfirmed source.  It is currently unknown whether this is a minor league, major league or split contract.
I have briefly mentioned Crabbe as a minor league free agent Seattle could take a look at to fill the utility […]

The Arizona Fall League came to a close a couple days ago.  Here is how some Mariner prospects came out.
Winners:
Carlos Triunfel: Seattle’s top prospect ended an up and down stint in the AFL with a .298/.339/.394 final line in 104 at bats.  This is very encouraging, considering that the AFL is advanced ballplayers with experience […]

The consensus is that Kenji Johjima is an untradeable player.  I mostly agree, but I think there might be a few matches out there in which a bad contract swap could make sense.  One of them is with the Boston Red Sox.
The Boston Herald’s Michael Silverman briefly mentioned in an article today that Seattle has […]

There are nearly 600 minor league free agents this offseason.  Most of them can be categorized as roster filler, but there are always a few diamonds in the rough.  Here is a small list of players that could help Seattle in 2009.  Obviously there are tons of players that could contribute later on down the […]

New manager Don Wakamatsu has continued GM Jack Zduriencik’s revamping of the organization as Mel Stottlemyre and Lee Elia have been dismissed.  Stottlemyre was the pitching coach and Elia served in three different capacities in 2008, including special assistant, hitting coach and bench coach.  Sam Perlozzo, Eddie Rodriguez and Jim Riggleman have already been taken […]

With the Rule 5 draft only a couple of weeks away I will profile some players that are eligible to be drafted that i think could warrant a pick by the Mariners.
Jordan Brown (Indians 1B)- In 2007 Brown was the 7th ranked Indians prospect and won the Eastern league MVP in 2007 with a line […]

As if new GM Jack Zduriencik hasn’t shaken things up enough, there could be a lot of swapping around going on between now and the Winter Meetings.
From the Prospect Insider sidebar:
A player agent and a front office member of a rival club both hinted strongly Saturday morning that the Seattle Mariners have instigated numerous trade […]

This is my list of the Top 25 Free Agents
 
1. CC Sabathia
2. Mark Teixeira 
3. Manny Ramirez
4. AJ Burnett
5. Derek Lowe
6. Adam Dunn
7. Ben Sheets
8. Rafael Furcal
9. Orlando Hudson
10. Milton Bradley
11. Pat Burrell
12. Brian Fuentes
13. Bobby Abreu
14. Raul Ibanez
15. Jason Giambi
16. Francisco Rodriguez
17. Junichi Tazawa
18. Kerry Wood
19. Brad Penny
20. Joe Crede
21. Casey Blake
22. Randy Johnson
23. Randy […]

Early in the offseason there was a big debate as to what direction the Seattle Mariners franchise would head after GM Bill Bavasi was fired.  Would they rebuild?  Perhaps they’d just reload/retool?
The consensus was that a rebuild was coming, simply because that’s what bad teams do.  But then the point was made that Seattle can’t […]

JJ Putz’s name has been coming up in trade rumors with the New York Mets all offseason, and Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News is just the latest to stoke the hot stove, reporting that the Mets have made a Putz acquisition an offseason “priority.”
All offseason the Mets have appeared front runners for Putz, but […]

GM Jack Zduriencik and the Seattle Mariners made some more roster moves today in preparation for the Rule V draft coming up next month.  The deadline for setting the roster is today.
Four players were added to the 40-man roster, including pitchers Gabby Hernandez, who was acquired in the Arthur Rhodes trade, Stephan Kahn and Marwin Vega, […]

Catcher: Filled long term.  Kenji Johjima is under contract for three more seasons, Jeff Clement has five or six years under team control, and Adam Moore should be ready for MLB action towards the end of 2009.  Rob Johnson is Major League ready as well if the team ever decides to with a defensive backstop.
First […]

A lot of people around the blogosphere are in love with the idea of signing Rocco Baldelli this offseason to fill one of the Mariners’ outfield vacancies.
As you know, Baldelli was supposed to be a one of the game’s next stars after being picked 6th overall in 2000 and showing promise in his first two […]

King 5 news is reporting from sources close to the M’s that Don Wakamatsu is the front-runner for the M’s managerial job and all that’s left is the owner’s approval before its official.
Wakamatsu– who’s full name is Wilbur Donald Wakamatsu  (which is an awesome name)– was the A’s bench coach this year and before that was […]

Arne Christensen, aka hatomama, runs 1995mariners.com and has provided a few retrospective posts to help us get through the offseason.  This one is the follow up to his November 13th post.
Derek Lowe came out of high school in Dearborn, Michigan, as an eighth-round pick of the Mariners in 1991. Lowe’s first-ever Mariners spring training […]

Arne Christensen, aka hatomama, runs 1995mariners.com and has provided a few retrospective posts to help us get through the offseason.  His first post on BBT was about Raul Ibanez’s days as a catcher.
When Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek were dealt from the Mariners in a deadline deal at the close of July 1997, everyone’s focus was on […]

Jack Zduriencik has brought in his second player as Seattle GM, inking independent leaguer Ian Bladergroen to a minor league deal.
This is a nice little pickup.  Bladergroen used to be a top-5 prospect in the New York Mets organization before being dealt to Boston in 2005.  He’s a left-handed hitting first baseman with legitimate pop […]