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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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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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2013 Seattle Mariners Top 5 Prospects
Five Seattle Mariners were named in MLB‘s top 100 prospect rankings. Taijuan Walker, not surprisingly, was the very first Mariner on the list at #5. All of baseball considers the 20 year old RHP as
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The Fake Justin Upton Trade
According to reports that originally came from Foxsports.com, the Mariners and the Diamondbacks agreed to a trade that would send Justin Upton to the Mariners. However, as has long been reported, Upton has a
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Re-Ranking the Mariners 40 Man Roster
So it is December, and the Winter Meetings have now passed. While the Mariners were rumored to be going after every hitter imaginable, the only player they got in the Winter Meetings was Jason
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Trade Rumors: Scouting Revere, Myers, and Hicks
The latest rumor churned from the mill has the Mariners connected to 3 young hitters, 2 from the Twins and one from the Royals. Both teams need pitching and the thought (whether speculation or
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Free Agent Watch: Hisashi Iwakuma
Of all of the potential free agents the Mariners have, Hisashi Iwakuma is by far the most interesting. He was brought in on a contract that initially was valued at just 1.5 million dollars (with
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The 2012 Tacoma Rainiers Season Review: Pitchers
The 2012 Tacoma Rainiers, the Mariners AAA affiliate, went 62-81 (with a Pythag of 64-79). Their one year park factor was 90, meaning their park was was quite a bit more pitcher friendly than
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Hultzen pitches, Tacoma loses to Nashville
The Mariners have recently been putting an innings limit on Danny Hultzen and he has been skipped in the rotation the last couple of times. On Tuesday, he returned, on a pitch count. Hultzen’s
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Ranking the Players on the Mariners 40 Man Roster
With September quickly approaching, many teams (especially losing teams) will want to bring up young players when rosters expand to 40. However, for one to be brought up, they have to be placed on
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The 2013 Mariners Rotation
In recent years, the Mariners have boasted a good to very good rotation along with a lineup that couldn’t score any runs. This year is different. Despite a pretty strong bullpen, the Mariners’ overall
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Tacoma continues to lose, Hultzen continues to struggle
Because I hadn’t written a recap on Tacoma in a while and Danny Hultzen was pitching, I foolishly decided to write about Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies’ AAA in which Tacoma lost 9-1.
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Hultzen and Noesi pitch in Tacoma
The Mariners’ first round pick in 2011, Danny Hultzen, made his 4th AAA start for the Tacoma Rainiers. Hultzen had a lot of fastball command problems in the first at-bat. For most of the
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Walker and Hultzen throw in Futures Game
Danny Hultzen and Taijuan Walker were the Mariners two representatives in the All-Star Futures Game on Sunday. They both threw one inning. The radar gun is usually considered to be a little hot in Kansas City, but
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Danny Hultzen faces Jamie Moyer
On Thursday night, the Tacoma Rainiers faced the Las Vegas 51s. It was a typical Washington day, with rain on and off, somewhat threatening the game. This was no normal game, in fact, it
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Danny Hultzen pitches in AAA
Danny Hultzen made his first AAA start on Saturday night, and it didn’t go well. He lasted just 3 innings. After getting a quick ground-ball to short, a fastball to the 2nd batter he
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All-Star Games and Hultzen and Franklin March On
The big news is that Nick Franklin and Danny Hultzen have been promoted from AA to AAA. I don’t have a lot of room for numbers, but Hultzen was nothing short of dominant in
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Mariners jumble roster after loss to Padres
The Mariners lost to the Padres 5-4 on Wednesday behind another unlucky Felix Hernandez start (he had a 7.50 ERA but 4.05 FIP). Felix’s struggles have been real though, as he has a FIP
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Organizational Offensive Woes and Jackson and Tacoma notes
Clinton pounded into 5 double plays in a 6-2 loss on Monday. It was just another example of a theme that we have seen in the Mariners’ organization over the past few years. The
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Some Jackson and Clinton Notes
The Jackson Generals have been playing the Jacksonville Suns, and in game one they faced Omar Poveda, who was featuring a wild curveball. Danny Almonte had a big whiff on a breaking ball. Joe
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Snow, Hultzen, and Other Minor League Notes
In 10 starts, Forrest Snow has a 7.79 ERA and 1.81 WHIP. This was after a poor start in a frustrating extra inning loss for Tacoma on Sunday. Snow went 5 innings, giving up
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