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The Mariners Sign Endy Chavez
According to Jon Heyman of CBS, the Mariners have signed 35 year old corner outfielder Endy Chavez to a minor league contract. Chavez had signed a minor league deal with the Royals over the
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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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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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Mariners Bring Back Raul Ibanez for Some Reason
The Mariners have signed Raul Ibanez to a one year contract worth 2.75 million, bringing him back for a third round in Seattle, according to Ken Rosenthal. Ibanez was picked in the 36th round
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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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Mariners, meet Nick Swisher – Swisher, Mariners
#mariners badly wanted hamilton, too. so #angels deal disappointed 2 al west rivals. hou and oak presumably sat this 1 out — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) December 13, 2012 The Mariners badly wanted Josh
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Some Interesting Non-Tenders
Friday night (9 Pacific Time) was the deadline for teams to decide whether or not to tender their arbitration eligible players contracts. The Mariners tendered John Jaso, Shawn Kelley, Brendan Ryan, and Jason Vargas
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Andres Torres to be Non-Tendered: Should the Mariners be Interested?
According to recent reports, the Mets are going to non-tender center fielder Andres Torres, which would make him a free agent. Torres had a monster year in 2010 where he had an ISO of
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Mike Napoli, Strikeout Rates, and 2008
According to Jim Bowden, Mike Napoli is currently asking for a 4th year in contact, at which the Red Sox are balking at (but the Mariners are still interested). This would put him at
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Jeremy Bonderman, Scott Baker, Kyle McClellan, and Other Mariner Notes
There were a lot of Mariners’ notes today, and I thought that I really couldn’t do them justice in the forums, so I decided to make a post about it: According to Buster Olney,
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Why I Would Stay Away From Josh Hamilton
On May 8th of 2012, Josh Hamilton hit 4 home runs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Danny Knobler of CBS Sports called him the best player in baseball after that night. He
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Athletics Decline Stephen Drew’s Option, Should the Mariners Be Interested?
The Athletics declined Stephen Drew’s 10 million dollar option on Tuesday, making him a free agent. Is he someone the Mariners should look at? In 2011, Drew had the bad ankle injury that cost
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Dark Tuesday and Mariner Impact
Tuesday was a pretty busy day in baseball. Several players had their options exercised, while others had their options declined, were released, or designated for assignment. Here are a few players that became available
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Other Infielders on the Free Agent Market
Here I will look at infielders that are not really the utility types that I looked out in my previous post. These are guys that can help the Mariners on the corners or possibly
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Utility Infielders for the Mariners to consider on the Free Agent Market
Here we continue our series looking at cheap free agents the Mariners could consider this off-season. I am just looking at utility infielders here, so I am only looking at guys that can play
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3 Free Agent Catcher Options for the Mariners
Miguel Olivo is gone, causing a lot of happiness in Mariner country. This means that the only two catchers on the Mariners 40 man roster are Jesus Montero and John Jaso, two poor defensive
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3 Cheap Outfielders for the Mariners to Consider
We have already looked at some cheap bullpen options for the Mariners to purse this off-season, and it is time to look at 3 cheap outfield options that the Mariners may be wise to
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Possible Cheap Bullpen Solutions for the Mariners
The fun part of every off-season is speculating what players that the club may or should bring in. Everyone has a couple of free agents, whether big time or small time, that they would
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Power Hitting 1st Baseman: Mark Reynolds and Travis Hafner
Travis Hafner had his option declined by the Indians, making him a free agent. Hafner had been with Cleveland since 2003 when the Texas Rangers made an ill advised trade that included a then
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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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Free Agent Watch: Oliver Perez
“..there isn’t any reason to expect anything from (Oliver) Perez in 2012″- Me, January 18th 2012. Oops… I don’t want to go into too much detail into the Oliver Perez story because I already
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