As the trade deadline has passed, one can only look back and wonder why the Mariners made so few moves. The only move we made was trading Arthur Rhodes for a potential back-of-the-rotation guy. The Mariners also have not filled Rhodes roster spot yet. Why? I couldn’t tell ya!
The Mariners failed this trade deadline. Interum […]
The Philadelphia Phillies overpaid for Joe Blanton today, hurting our Seattle Mariners.
1.) Billy Beane continues to build his Oakland A’s into a future dynasty from within, this trade following other trades of his that brought in truckloads of top-tiered talent (Rich Harden, Nick Swisher, Dan Haren, etc).
2.) Seattle will no longer be able to coax […]
It looks like Richie Sexson is about to sign with the New York Yankees. He’ll be signing for the league minimum, so it is a classic “low risk, high reward” move by Yankees GM Brian Cashman.
The first thing that came to mind for me when I heard the news was this: If Richie can’t handle […]
AL
C Joe Mauer
1B Kevin Youkilis
2B Dustin Pedroia
SS Derek Jeter
3B Alex Rodriguez
OF Ichiro Suzuki
OF Manny Ramirez
OF Josh Hamilton
DH David Ortiz (Milton Bradley takes his spot)
SP Cliff Lee
NL
C Geovany Soto
1B Lance Berkman
2B Chase Utley
SS Hanley Ramirez
3B Chipper Jones
OF Alfonso Soriano
OF Kosuke Fukudome
OF Ryan Braun
SP Brandon Webb
There are more deserving starters then Pedroia, Jeter, Ichiro, Manny, Soto, Soriano, […]
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 […]
Richie Sexson received a 6 game suspension today for charging the mound last night (video). He’ll appeal the suspension, so it will not take effect for a couple days.
Jose Vidro (if healthy) and Miguel Cairo will likely be the ones to fill Sexson’s lineup spot until he returns. Where’s Greg Norton when you need him? […]
Maybe it was a good thing that we did not acquire Frank Thomas. According to one scout, “His bat was so slow, he was missing 85-mile-an-hour fastballs. Everything looked so slow, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I didn’t see him drive one ball. Not one. Even in [batting practice], he wasn’t that good. […]
Seattle Mariners target Frank Thomas officially signed with the rival Oakland A’s today for just $337,000. Seattle reportedly made a last second effort to get Thomas, but obviously to no avail.
For that price, Thomas is a steal for Oakland. It’s the ultimate low-risk/high-reward situation and Seattle GM Bill Bavasi should have been much more aggressive. Seattle really […]
As has been reported by several sources, the Athletics were close to signing veteran slugger Frank Thomas after having been released by the Toronto Blue Jays. The latest news on the situation from Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports states that a mystery team, thought to be the Rangers or the Mariners, have swooped in at […]
Back on April 13th Mike Morse made an awkward diving attempt at a flyball in shallow right field. He landed hard on his shoulder, and was placed on the 15-day disabled list shortly after with a dislocated shoulder. Well, Morse isn’t about to come back after just 15 days. It was announced today that Morse […]
