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Masterson’s 11 K’s Help Indians Beat Mariners 6-0
CLEVELAND – The Indians are facing the major leagues “Ace” pitchers and beating them into submission. Justin Masterson struck out a season-high eleven in seven dominating shutout innings and Michael Brantley hit a three-run
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Felix Leaves Early Yankees Capitilize
NEW YORK — The Yankees fielded a deeper team on Tuesday than they did on Monday, and they showed the old tell tail signs of a veteran team. New York was witness to the
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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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Felix Hernandez Rated 99 in MLB The Show 13
I’m not quite sure how many of you guys are fans of sports video games. A few of you follow our updates on the Madden series pertaining to Seahawks player and team ratings so
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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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Thoughts on King Felix and Shawn Kelly
Thursday was a big day in Mariner land. It was announced that the Mariners signed King Felix to a long-term deal, and then officially signed Kelly Shoppach. To make room they designated Shawn Kelly
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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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Reports Felix Hernandez Agrees to new Deal with Mariners
The USA Today’s Bob Nightengale just reported on Twitter that the Mariners and their ace, Felix Hernandez have come to an agreement on a 7-year contract that will be worth $175 million. The Mariners
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Nick Swisher and the 12th Pick
According to Jon Heyman, while the Mariners would be willing to forfeit their 1st round pick for one of the elite free agents that declined a qualifying offer, Nick Swisher is not one of
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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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Erasmo’s Triumphant Return to the Rotation
Erasmo Ramirez was a good pitcher in his first stint with the Seattle Mariners earlier this year. After starting in the bullpen, he moved to the rotation and was very solid there in a
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Carter Capps and Curveballs
As you probably know, Carter Capps is a young right-handed reliever for the Seattle Mariners that throws 100-101 MPH. However, he has been used in virtually only low leverage situations and has been hittable
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ESPN Poll: Felix Hernandez is the Best
ESPN currently has a poll up on the homepage asking it’s readers, “Who is the best pitcher in baseball right now?” With over 48,000 votes submitted when I write this, Felix Hernandez has a
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The Mariners Win Seven Straight
The Mariners have been playing encouraging baseball. Last Wednesday, King Felix threw a perfect game. This Tuesday, he had another good outing (2.18 FIP in 7.2 innings), although much different. John Jaso (151 wRC+
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Home Runs, Pitching, and Safeco
Safeco Field is one of the most pitcher friendly ballparks in all of baseball. It is often blamed for the failure of Mariners’ hitters by fans and baseball writers/pundits. It is conveniently ignored that
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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 Mariners “Missing Wins”
The Mariners are 51-61 this year, 10 games under .500. According to Pythagorean W-L (which is based off run differential) the Mariners should be 55-57. At times this year, even recently, it has said
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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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This Should Bring a Tear to Mariners Fans’ Eyes
The Yankees left Seattle having won two out of three games at Safeco Field. Ichiro left with them undoubtedly nursing a sore ankle after Felix Hernandez lost control of a pitch in Tuesdays game.
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Yankees at Mariners Series Pitching Matchups
Game 1 Hiroki Kuroda (9-7, 3.46 ERA) vs Kevin Millwood (3-7, 4.15 ERA) Millwood has had some bad luck this season with the offense not giving him enough run support. If Millwood had played for
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