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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
Erik Bedard’s shoulder situation is unchanged, so there is no telling when he’ll be back, Carlos Silva’s back injury has pushed his next start back. That leaves a rotation of Felix Hernandez, Jarrod Washburn, who should be traded any day now, RA Dickey and occasionally the awful Miguel Batista. Pair the numerous open rotation spots […]
Here’s something all fans love to do: build your own lineup!
We’ve all griped enough about lineups that include several of Willie Bloomquist, Miguel Cairo, Kenji Johjima, Jose Vidro etc., so what would you do?
RF Ichiro Suzuki
2B Jose Lopez
DH Raul Ibanez
3B Adrian Beltre
C Jeff Clement
LF Wlad Balentien
1B Bryan LaHair
SS Yuni Betancourt
CF Jeremy Reed
This is the first […]
C: Jeff Clement seems to handle pitchers fairly well and calls a decent game, blocks pitches he needs to but isn’t great behind the plate in that regard, though he does seem to know how to protect the plate from opposing runners. Kenji Johjima calls a horrible game and isn’t known for his plate blocking […]
This is something that I have never seen before. As Geoff Baker points out Erik Bedard went on ESPN radio in Philadelphia and gave an interview. This adds fuel to the fire of the Phillies wanting him. Bedard even sounded like he wanted to be traded as you can listen to his interview here. Bedard also […]
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 […]
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 […]
I think I just developed a stomach ulcer. J.J. Putz fails to slam the door, yet again, and memories of Seattle winning almost every game once leading after eight seem distant.
So what’s wrong with Putz?
Here is one of his walks from tonight:
It was certainly refreshing to see Seattle’s willingness to admit a mistake even before the conclusion of the season’s first month. Rich Aurillia stuck around until July 9th in 2004, Bret Boone until July 2nd in 2005, Carl Everett until July 25th in 2006, and Scott Spiezio somehow made it through 141 games over two seasons […]
Jason A. Churchill of Prospect Insider put out another great read for Seattle P-I’s Farm Report, this time focusing onWladimir Balentien. Check it out!
What I learned:
One of Wlad’s three home runs the other night was of the inside-the-park variety, allowing him to flash some speed and prove his bruised knee is A-OK.
The defensive concerns of […]
In the current Seattle Mariners lineup there is a black hole that sucks up rallies and spits out strikeouts, popups and soft grounders. You’ve undoubtedly been frustrated and disappointed by this stretch in the lineup if you’ve watched even a couple games this season.
As I’m sure you know, this “black hole” includes Jose Vidro, Richie […]
Auditor: Patrick Whealton
Date: 4/27/08
Pre-Game: Jose Vidro was out of the lineup for the second game in a row being replaced by Greg Norton despite Vidro having 5 career hits in 14 at bats against Oakland starter Joe Blanton. Although Vidro’s average is much lower this year, his overall production has been better. He has twice […]
As many of you know, I spent a lot of the offseason and Spring Training making sure everyone knew how little faith I had in both Arthur Rhodes and Brandon Morrow. The main arguments were that Rhodes didn’t have the velocity on his fastball and break on his slider that he needs to be successful, […]
As I sat watching the Mariners game last night, I couldn’t help but realize how bad Richie Sexson is. He’s at the point where if there are two strikes on him, you may as well already mark him down for a K. After he struckout (only once this game), I ventured over to CBS Sportsline […]
