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Mariners Sign Jhonny Nunez: Scouting Report
The Mariners announced their non roster (that is, players not on the 40 man) invitations to spring training. Among those was a new free agent, right-handed pitcher Jhonny Nunez. Nunez is a 27 year
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Mariners Sign Jason Bay
According to just about everyone, and it has been rumored since he was released by the Mets, Jason Bay has signed with the Mariners. He still has to pass a physical, which isn’t necessarily
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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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Possible AAAA 1st Baseman for the Mariners
In a previous article, I noted that 1st base in AAA Tacoma could turn out to be a black hole. This doesn’t sound like a big deal, but there are two points that need to
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Scouting Reports on Three Free Agent Starting Pitchers
As previously stated here, the Mariners rotation took a step backwards in 2012. The Mariners had a pitching staff that was slightly below league average once accounting for park factors. Of course, a lot
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Free Agent Watch: Kevin Millwood
37 year old (he will turn 38 years old in the off-season) starting pitcher Kevin Millwood signed a minor league free agent contract with the Mariners before the start of the 2012 season and
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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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Dylan Unsworth Throws in WBC Qualifier
Seattle Mariners prospect Dylan Unsworth was the starting pitcher for the South African team in their game against the Israeli team in Jupiter Florida. The tournament limits pitchers to 85 pitches and that got
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Free Agent Watch: Olivo and Kawasaki
This is the first post of what I hope is many on potential free agents. I will first start with players that are with the Mariners and then hopefully do some scouting reports on
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High Desert Mavericks Season Review
The Mariners A+ team, the High Desert Mavericks, lost to the Astros’ Lancaster JetHawks on Tuesday, ending their season. The team was 83-56 in the regular season (81-58 Pythag) and the team’s one year
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Still a Mariner For Some Reason, Millwood Struggles on Friday
On August 31st, the last day that teams can trade players using the waiver wire, the Seattle Mariners trotted out Kevin Millwood to start the game. There was some reported interest in Millwood this
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Mariners Scouting Players in Japan
The Mariners have always been looking for talent internationally. Not only have they been one of the biggest spenders in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, they have also got players from rather strange places (such
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Tacoma Rainiers in the AAA All-Star Game
Two Mariners’ AAA players, including one that has played in the majors for the Mariners, played in the AAA All-Star game on Wednesday night. Luis Jimenez started the game as the DH and Guillermo
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Kevin Millwood Regresses to the Mean
While we have all been scratching our head trying to figure out exactly why Millwood is on this roster, he has been pitching pretty well. Before Friday’s start in Colorado, Millwood was sporting a
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Aardsma, Minor Leaguers and Other Spring Training Notes
The Yankees have signed former Mariner reliever David Aardsma to a MLB deal worth $500,000 with an option year for 2013. I previously wrote that Aardsma had starting throwing from 90 feet, and its
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Official Report Day is Here and Other Spring Training Notes
Friday is officially report day for all players, and 60 out of 66 players had already reported by Thursday. Other Mariners Notes: George Sherrill had a MRI on his arm, and it showed no
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Playing Eric Wedge: My 2012 Mariners Lineup
There has been much talk about manager Eric Wedge’s talk of moving Ichiro out of the lead-off spot in 2012. There has already been a post on that subject here, so I didn’t think
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Matt Flynn can be an Upgrade for Seahawks
Matt Flynn became a news headline after the final day of the regular season. With all the lights falling on Aaron Rodgers and the marching offense of the Packers, only a few people knew
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David Aardsma is a Free Agent
Former Seattle Mariner closer David Aardsma cleared waivers on Monday and has become a free agent. The Mariners did not want to go to arbitration where they would stand to owe Aardsma around $3.6
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Safety Atari Bigby, 29, has agreed to terms with the Seattle Seahawks and will help provide depth at the position. Once Jordan Babineaux signed with the Titans, the Seahawks have had a need for
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