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Hector Noesi as a Starter
Aaron Harang was scratched with back stiffness on Thursday, meaning the Mariners had to turn to Hector Noesi to make a spot start against his old team, the Yankees, in the hitter friendly ballpark.
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How Is Hisashi Iwakuma Missing Bats?
Hisashi Iwakuma has had a great start to the season, pitching almost lockstep with King Felix so far. I don’t need to go over the numbers or tell you how good Iwakuma is, because
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Does The Mariners’ Minor League System Have a Contact Problem?
As I was watching Brewers’ minor leaguer Tyler Wagner and his 90 MPH fastball (he was a 4th round pick in 2012 to be fair) strike out 10 and shut out Clinton’s lineup in
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Reevaluating Yoervis Medina
Yoervis Medina has been on the peripheral of the Mariners’ 40 man roster since the end of the 2010 season (added at the same time as Maikel Cleto, Josh Lueke, Michael Pineda, Mauricio Robles,
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Blake Beavan As a Reliever
In the off-season, there was an interesting article that suggested that Blake Beavan should be used as a closer in Tacoma. In one sense, it was interesting precisely because it was unrealistic and novel.
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Brandon Maurer’s Struggles Against Lefties
So far this year, Brandon Maurer has really struggled against left-handed hitters. Lefties are batting .359/.424/.717, with 6 walks and just 2 strikeouts. Of course, looking at regular statistics at this point of the
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Checking in on Endy Chavez’ Bat Speed
In my previous article on Endy Chavez, when the Mariners signed him, I looked at the data between Chavez’ good 2011 season versus his poor 2012 season at the plate. My conclusion was that
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On Ryan Versus Andino
The Mariners, determined to make themselves the laughingstock of baseball, made yet another decision that just doesn’t make a lot of sense based on the evidence we have or the tools we use to
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Checking in on Jason Bay
With Casper Wells officially an Oakland Athletic, I thought it was a good time to look at how Jason Bay is doing at the plate so far this season. Obviously, sitting at April 23rd,
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Seattle University Baseball Scouting Reports Part 2
I was able to see Seattle University’s baseball team for the second time this year, this time, against Dallas Baptist in WAC conference play. The starting pitcher was Skyler Genger, a freshman right-hander. He
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A Deep Look at Aaron Harang and Meta-Narratives
The Mariners traded right-handed reliever Steven Hensley and some cash to acquire Aaron Harang from the Colorado Rockies. Harang is a 34 year old who has started 293 games in the Majors. He never
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Breaking Down Brandon Maurer’s Bad Outing
Brandon Maurer’s Safeco debut did not go well, as he gave up 6 earned runs for the 2nd straight start, this time in less than an inning, getting just 2 of the 10 batters
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A Breakdown of Danny Hultzen’s Outing
Danny Hultzen made his 2nd start of the season on Tuesday, and was reasonably effective, with a 4.00 FIP over 5 innings. I decided to track all 84 pitches by result, location, and pitch
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Michael Morse and Pitch F/X Data
Michael Morse’s return to Seattle has gone a little weird so far, at least offensively. He has already hit 5 home runs, but it has come with a lot of contact and plate discipline
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How Well Do the Jackson Generals Handle Big League Fastballs?
As Mariner fans have seen with Carlos Peguero’s inability to hit big league fastballs, sometimes very accomplished minor league hitters simply do not have the bat speed to hit in the Major Leagues (I
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Comparing Mariner Release Points
In the previous post, we looked at how consistent the Mariner starters were at repeating their deliveries from game to game. In this post, I will look at the Mariner pitchers different release points
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How Well Are Mariner Starters Repeating Their Deliveries?
Through 5 games, one whole turn through the rotation, the Mariner starters have walked just 5 batters, 4 of them by Joe Saunders. In this post, I wanted to look at how well the
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King Felix is Weirdly Awesome
On opening day, King Felix was awesome. Going 7.2 innings, not giving up any runs, and not walking anyone until the last batter he faced, Felix was good no matter which measure or estimator
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Tyler Burgoon Pitch F/X Report
Tyler Burgoon got in a spring training game in the Cactus League for some reason, as the Mariners let him pitch in a game in the home park, giving us some Pitch F/X data.
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Seattle University Baseball Scouting Reports
Thanks to their addition to the WAC this season (along with the additions of Texas State and Dallas Baptist), Seattle University’s baseball team played against Texas State, which was a day trip for me,
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