Miguel Batista has been told that he is no longer in the rotation, at least for his next start, according to John Hickey.  This was expected, and in all likelihood Ryan Rowland-Smith will be promoted to fill the rotation spot on Saturday, at which time Jared Wells should find himself back in Tacoma as Batista […]

Baseball America, one of the most cited names in regards to ranking baseball prospects, has Seattle Mariners prospect Jharmidy DeJesus on their latest “Prospect Hot Sheet” at number 8, surrounded by some of baseball’s brightest prospects, including David Price, Zach McAllister, Elvis Andrus, Brandon Wood, Matt Weiters and others.  Here’s what they had to say about […]

It’s nice to see this organization starting to make some moves to put them on the right track, or at least pointing themselves towards the right track. 
One of the team’s weaknesses was the shortage of worthwhile starters in the upper levels.  In just a few short weeks the organization has added three guys to go […]

Brandon Morrow will finally be on his way to justify Seattle taking him with their first pick a couple years back.  His true value is as a starter, and if he fails he can always be sent back to the ‘pen.  This is the right move to make now that Seattle isn’t competing for anything […]

Ryan Rowland-Smith pitched today in AAA and was solid.  Miguel Batista pitched for Seattle and wasn’t.  In five days who will be starting for the Mariners and who will be in the ‘pen?  The answer should be obvious, though us Mariner fans can never be sure what the course of action will be.

…for the record, would vest if he recorded 625 plate appearances this season, or 1150 plate appearances between 2007 and 2008 with at least 600 coming in 2008.
I’m just throwing this out there, because I think I had been relaying incorrect figures in the past.  Larry Stone had the scoop back in May.
Not counting tonight’s […]

Jose Lopez has had a lot of ups and downs with the Mariners and many fans, myself included, were ready to give up on him coming into this season.  I was hoping that Yung Chi Chen would somehow challenge him for the starting job this Spring, or that the rumored Cha Seung Baek for Ray […]

MLBTR lists Carlos Silva, Jarrod Washburn, Miguel Batista, Jose Vidro, Kenji Johjima and Miguel Cairo as Seattle’s top candidates to be placed on waivers this month, which makes sense.  If any of these guys are claimed the organization better not think twice about letting someone else take their contracts.  I believe it was last season that […]

It looks as though Ryan Rowland-Smith is going to fill Arthur Rhodes’ roster spot, bumping R.A. Dickey to the bullpen.  Dickey has been great as a starter, but the bottom line is that manager Jim Riggleman doesn’t feel comfortable with the knuckleball, something that has been reported on various occasions.  Dickey would become the long reliever, something Seattle has […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are the latest to show interest in Seattle outfielder Raul Ibanez, according to Jayson Stark.  This is a good thing, considering most of the teams formerly interested in Ibanez have seemingly dropped out, though the Chicago Cubs are still in the mix.   The Jays are also trying to get their hands […]

The Florida Marlins had been the front runner for Arthur Rhodes’ services for the last few days, and now it’s official.  Seattle picks up minor league starting pitcher Gaby Hernandez.
Hernandez is nothing special, but he gives the team some depth where they’re the thinnest.  The farm system is weak as far as starting pitching in the upper […]

^This is how the last couple of games have appeared to me.  Seattle comes roaring along with some exciting rally, then the Rangers shut them down before you even know what happened. 

Jayson Stark reports that the Mets are no longer in on Raul Ibanez after the Mariners would not lower their asking price.  Seattle reportedly wants pitcher Jon Niese plus one other prospect.  Niese was one of the pitchers the Mets were unwilling to give up in the Johan Santana deal.
There had been some speculation that the […]

The Jarrod Washburn trade– you know, the one where he was dealt to the Yankees and was all but official– has fallen through, according to Newsday and various other sources.  Seattle was apparently insisting that New York take all of Washburn’s salary andgive up a decent prospect (or two?).  Seattle apparently wasn’t eager to take Kei […]

Since so much talk has been about Seattle rebuilding and the future of the team, I’ve decided to compile my Seattle Mariners all-minor league team.  There are obviously players on the 25-man roster that will be part of the organization’s plans for years down the road, such as Jeff Clement, but I decided to eliminate […]

What a ballgame.  Mariners come back from a 7 run deficit to lead Texas 10-9 going into the bottom of the 9th.  Too bad J.J. Putz still isn’t the J.J. Putz we had last year and blew the save.  I guess Brandon Morrow won’t be starting this season after all.
Well, Johjima was injured, so maybe something […]

We all know that Wlad Balentien stuggled during his first stint with the big club this year.  After he was sent back down to Tacoma he continued to struggle mightily for a while, but he has since stepped it up a notch.  Over the last month (roughly) he is hitting a few ticks below .300 […]

When the Philadelphia Phillies were rumored to be interested in Erik Bedard a couple of weeks ago it put Phillies GM Pat Gillick in a bit of a moral dilemma.  There had been rumors that Gillick could be Seattle bound after season’s end, meaning he’d be in control of the players he would have jettisoned in […]

No new word yet on what’s going on with the Jarrod Washburn trade.  There are a million conflicting reports out there regarding who’s coming and going.  There is, however, some other trade talk to digest.
One scout thinks Seattle should trade Yuniesky Betancourt, saying that “he probably won’t reach his potential in Seattle.”  Would Seattle deal him?  […]

(First of all, check out Rob’s news post about the Washburn trade.)
I recently asked KOMO’s Shannon Drayer a few things about Adrian Beltre and she was very helpful, as always, and gave us some great stuff.  Besides her work on Mariner radio, she has a blog that is chalk full of tidbits not found on […]