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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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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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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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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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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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An Ideal 25 Man Mariner Roster
In this post, I will look at what I believe the Mariners 25 man roster should be breaking spring training. In future posts, I will look at the rotation and lineups, and this will
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Reevaluating the Ichiro Trade Using Pitch F/X Data
In this post, I will take a bit of a deeper look into Danny Farquhar and D.J. Mitchell, the two pitchers acquired by the Mariners from the Yankees when the team traded Ichiro Suzuki.
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I Still Don’t Get Voros McCracken’s Critique of the Mariners
Voros McCracken is one of the most influential sabermetricians, mainly because of his “DIPs Theory”. DIPs Theory radically changed the way pitchers were evaluating in a way that wasn’t matched until the availability of
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Jon Garland: Pitch F/X Style
In the previous post, I wrote about how Jon Garland looked in his first televised outing, what I called the eye test. Of course, we also have Pitch F/X data for his 32 pitch
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The Eye Test: Jon Garland
Jon Garland made his 2nd Cactus League start on Monday, on the first televised broadcast for the Mariners of the season. Since it was at the Mariners’ home stadium, we also have Pitch F/X
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Velocity and Location Data Part 1: MLB Starters
I’ve always thought that we need to be more specific when we scout pitchers. I am guilty of it as well, as we have seen that just a 1 MPH difference in velocity is
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Kameron Loe Scouting Report
The Mariners have signed 31 year old right-handed reliever Kameron Loe to a minor league contract. Loe, a former 20th round pick by the Texas Rangers in 2002, had pitched the last three years
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The Hanwha Eagles and King Felix
One of the more interesting aspects of the large Felix extension, other than the recent news that there is some concern over his elbow and may be protective language put in to protect the
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The Mariners Rotation Batted Ball Rates: Home/Road Splits
In a previous post, using players that had played with the Mariners and at least one other team, we saw that there wasn’t a lot of evidence that batted ball distance rates dropped for
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Scouting Reports on the Mariners Two Newest Minor Leaguers
According to Matt Eddy of Baseball America, the Mariners made two small minor league signings in January, left-handed pitcher Eric Niesen and outfielder Kurt Fleming. I don’t know if they are invited to Major
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Can We Quantify the “Marine Air Effect” at Safeco?
With the fences at Safeco Field moving in for the 2013 season, and the Mariners moving away from a defensive heavy approach to one that relies more on the home run, we expect to
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Projecting the Mariners Defense: The Ultimate Sacrifice?
In 2012, much like 2011, the Mariners were an elite, or at least a very good, defensive team. They were 8th in UZR and 9th in DRS, showing above average range and avoiding errors
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The Real Justin Upton Trade
On Thursday, the Atlanta Braves traded for Chris Johnson and Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks, who received Martin Prado, Zeke Spruill, Randall Delgado, Nick Ahmed, and Brandon Drury. It seemed like the mass
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Ground-Balls, Contact %, and the Difference Between Jaso and Paulino
Matt Klaassen of Fangraphs recently did studies that showed which numbers for both pitchers and hitters were the most predictive. For hitters, contact percentage proved to be the best predictor from season to season, while ground-balls were the
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Assorted Mariner Notes: Arbitration and Prospects
Some Mariner notes have been piling up, each not really worth a full article, but the combination of which comes out to a full length article. The Mariners signed Dominican outfielder Luis Liberato according
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Stephen Pryor or Carter Capps?
My reasoning for ranking Pryor over Capps has been as follows: 1. While Capps does have a harder fastball than Pryor, and there is a correlation between fastball velocity and success, they are both
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