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Mariners Complete Their Rosters, Full Season Minor League Rosters and Notes
The Mariners optioned Carlos Peguero and Charlie Furbush to AAA to knock their roster down to 25. This means Rule 5 pick Lucas Luetge (whom Kevin Goldstein calls “confusingly effective“) and Alex Liddi made
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Mariners lose to Rockies, and People Freak Out Over Carlos Peguero
The Mariners played the Rockies for the second straight day on Tuesday, losing 9-8. The Mariners again registered an awful strikeout to walk ratio, with 8 of the former and 2 of the latter.
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The rotation, the Royals, and Other Spring Training Notes
On Sunday, the Mariners played the Royals, winning 6-4. Blake Beavan started for the Mariners, throwing 90-91 on his fastball. He walked one (the first batter he faced in the game) and struck out
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Some Spring Training Notes for Sunday April 1st
Kevin Millwood made his final spring training start against a mostly MLB quality San Diego Padres lineup on Saturday night. His final line included 8 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 5 hits in 7 innings.
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Mariners Play the Tigers (but not the ones from Detroit)
The Mariners played their first game of the Japan trip, losing 5-1 to the Hanshin Tigers. Hector Noesi started for the Mariners and struggled a bit, getting 4 fly-balls (one homer), 4 infield fly-balls,
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Mariners Set Rosters, and Some Minor League Notes
As the Mariners left for Japan, they released their 30 man roster for Japan, which you can view here. Some interesting inclusions are Carlos Peguero, who had a crazy strike-out or homer spring, Guillermo
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The Mariners Starting Rotation, and Some Players Get Released
The Mariners, have announced their starting rotation for the 2012 regular season: Felix Hernandez Jason Vargas Blake Beavan Hector Noesi Kevin Millwood You will notice there is a couple guys missing: Hisashi Iwakuma and
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Iwakuma and King Felix both pitch, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played split squad games on Friday, one against the Brewers and one against the Athletics. They walked 4 times while only striking out 5 times. Felix Hernandez started the game against the
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Getting Smashed by Giants, Marquez, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Giants on Thursday, losing 7-5. Erasmo Ramirez started for the Mariners, going 4 innings. He got two swings and misses on Freddy Sanchez with 95 MPH fastballs high and away
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Millwood, Delabar, and other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Royals on Wednesday night, winning 6-2. Kevin Millwood started for the Mariners and looked pretty good. Millwood’s fastball was 87-89 MPH, and his first breaking pitch was 83 MPH that
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The Brew Crew, Ichiro, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, winning 7-4. However, the Mariners struck out 9 times and walked just 3 times, while the Brewers struck out just 4 times and walked 3 times.
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The Rangers, Pauley, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners faced the division rival Texas Rangers for the first time this spring, and won 6-4. The Rangers struck out 5 times and walked 3 times, while the Mariners struck out 6 times
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Cuts, Bullpen, and Other Spring Training Notes
On Sunday, The Mariners played the San Francisco Giants, losing 7-5. The Giants walked twice while striking out 5 times, while the Mariners also walked just twice while striking out 9 times! Felix Hernandez
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Split Squads, Pitching Prospects, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners first Split Squad game was against the Dodgers, and they tied it 5-5. The Mariners struck out 5 times and walked 2 times and the Dodgers did the same. Hisashi Iwakuma started
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More on Moore, Jason Vargas versus some Snakes and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Diamondbacks on Friday, losing 8-5. Most importantly (for good context on Spring Training stats, read this article), they struck out 5 times and walked none, while giving up 5 walks
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Cubs lose, Adam Moore injured and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners won another Spring Training game on Thursday, this one against the Cubs, winning 10-3. Michael Saunders struck out 2 out of his 3 at-bats (grounding out on the first pitch in the
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Mariners Play Angels, Release minor leaguer and other Spring Training Notes
On Wednesday, the Mariners played the Angels, the only meeting between the two teams in spring training. The Mariners won the game 6-4. Against Jered Weaver: Chone Figgins struck out looking on a high
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King Felix Throws, Guillen Retires, and Other Spring Training Notes
Felix Hernandez made his first spring training appearance on Tuesday, and it started pretty inconspicuous as he hit the lead-off hitter with a change-up on the first pitch. After that, Hernandez was King Felix.
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An “A Game”, A “B Game”, and Other Spring Training Notes
On Monday, the Mariners beat the Padres 13-7 in their “A-game”. Dustin Ackley doubled off a change-up to the lead-off the game (he also had a single and triple), a sign for things to
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Vargas, Seager and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played their 3rd Cactus League game on Sunday, their first not against the A’s. They won 5-4 against the Padres, another team that is projected to be pretty lowly in 2012. The
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Noesi, Millwood, and Other Spring Training Notes
Hector Noesi started the Spring Training game against the A’s on Saturday, the second of the Cactus League season. Noesi threw his fastball in the range of 91-97 MPH for an average of 94.28
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