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, […]

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 […]

Hello everyone.  I’ve been having some computer trouble the last few days, but here’s a couple updates on what’s going on in Mariner-land:
Larry LaRue reports that GM Jack Zduriencik has given official titles to some of the guys he brought in.  Tom McNamera has been named Director of Amature Scouting and Tony Blengino gets the title Special […]

As I mentioned in the J.J. Hardy post and I’m sure you know, GMs love to bring in players they’re familiar with when changing teams, and Jack Zduriencik has brought in his first guy.
24 year old Steve Moss has been signed to a minor league contract with Seattle.  He was drafted in the 29th round […]

VP of Player Personnel Benny Looper has left the Seattle Mariners organization after a couple decades of service.  Depending on what report you read, he either quit on his own accord or was offered a demotion and decided to seek employment elsewhere.
A lot of people expected Looper to be fired before someone like Bob Fontaine, […]

As expected, GM Jack Zduriencik has hired Tony Blengino and Tom McNamara over from the Brewers.  Also, Bob Engle and Lee Pelekoudas will remain with the Mariners.
Blengino and Engle are going to get most of the spotlight here.  Blengino is a SABR member and will hopefully help Seattle progress as a franchise.  Engle has been arguably […]

New GM Jack Zduriencik has begun building his front office by relieving popular VP of Scouting Bob Fontaine of his duties.
Fontaine stepped in before the 2004 season and has helped revamp a farm system that was sorely lacking talent.  Since he’s stepped in Fontaine has brought in a ton of talented youths that Seattle Mariner […]

Cross Jim Rigglemen off the list as being a potential manager of the Mariners next year. Rigglemen has signed on to be the Nationals bench coach. Jack Z obviously has already told Rigglemen he is not interested in him for manager. During the press conference Jack Z hinted that he didn’t want a 1st time manager […]

Earlier this month there were some rumors that current minority owner Chris Larson was attempting to take control of the franchise, pushing Nintendo, CEO Howard Lincoln and President Chuck Armstrong out of the picture.  The change would have been a good one, but the parties involved are doing their best to dispel the rumors.
“There is absolutely […]

Ryan Divish is reporting that there is no labrum tear in Erik Bedard’s shoulder.
This makes sense.  Back on the 17th I posted a Larry LaRue article that said the labrum was “frayed,” but then all of a sudden reports were coming out that it was torn.  I never fully believed it because the trainer said it was frayed […]

Septemeber callups 2B Luis Valbuena and C Rob Johnson will be starting in today’s daygame at Texas.  3B Matt Tuiasosopo will be starting on Friday.
I think it’s obvious that one of the higher ups had a word with manager Jim Riggleman, because he’s quickly had a change of heart when it comes to playing the […]

The Minnesota Twins were the team that claimed Jarrod Washburn, according to various sources.  They don’t need starting pitching, so this was obviously a move to block the Detroit Tigers or Chicago White Sox from getting him.  The Tigers claimed Raul Ibanez but a deal couldn’t be worked out, which isn’t a shocker.
Minnesota’s block makes interim […]

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 […]

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 […]

Richie Sexson’s suspension was cut down by one game, so he’ll miss the next five games starting tonight.  As it turns out, he’ll miss the entire series down in Texas. Source Link.

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?  […]

First of all, tough ballgame tonight.  I missed most of it but when I got into my car I was greeted with something along the lines of this:
“…a high popup to shallow center, Ichiro settles under it and the carnage is over.”
Thanks to Dave Neihaus for that one.  That, of course, was referring to the […]

In order for Seattle to get Erik Bedard from the 15-day DL to the active roster someone had to lose their job.  Roy Corcoran was the loser in this one, though not deservedly.  In his eight games with Seattle he surrendered just two runs which resulted in a 1.69 ERA over 10.2 innings.
But who else do […]

In a surprise move, the Seattle Mariners extended Kenji Johjima for three more seasons, putting him under contract through age 35.
This move absolutely makes zero sense considering the minor league depth Seattle has at catcher.  Jeff Clement, Adam Moore and Rob Johnson are all waiting in the wings.  What does this mean for Clement?  We […]