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Playing Around with Mariner Starting Lineups
It is that time of the year, as Opening Day is but days away, and we have already discussed the 40 man roster, the 25 man roster, and the starting rotation. So now, let’s
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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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Mariners sign Kelly Shoppach
The Mariners have signed catcher Kelly Shoppach to a MLB deal worth 1.5 million dollars with an extra 500,000 to be gained in incentives. Shoppach started 2012 with the Red Sox, splitting time with
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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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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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Mariners trade John Jaso for Michael Morse
The Mariners, in a 3 way deal also involving the Oakland Athletics and Washington Nationals, traded John Jaso to the Oakland Athletics for Michael Morse from the Washington Nationals. Jaso will be going to
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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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Would You Trade Taijuan Walker for Billy Butler?
According to recent reports, the Mariners “covet” Billy Butler, the Kansas City Royals slugger. In fact, they like him so much that they would be willing to trade one of their top pitching prospects
Read More »Projections and Looking for Outfielders
FanGraphs has come out with their “Bill James” Projections and added them to the player pages. As more projections come out (especially ZiPS), they will also be added to the player pages and give
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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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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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Arbitration: What to Do With John Jaso
John Jaso is arbitration eligible for the first time this off-season. MLB Trade Rumors’ Arbitration Projections have him getting 1.7 million dollars. Jaso was without question the Mariners best hitter in 2012 and 1.7 million dollars
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Iwakuma faces off against Darvish
On Friday night, former World Baseball Classic teammates Yu Darvish and Hisashi Iwakuma faced off against each other. Each of the two pitchers pitched in the professional baseball league in Japan for several years,
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Jesus Montero’s Power, Lack of Tools on Full Display
Jesus Montero as a Seattle Mariner has not gone well so far. He isn’t hitting like the scouting reports said he would, and is a serious liability on the bases and in the field.
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Looking at the Potential September Call-Ups
September is coming. This means that MLB active rosters will expand from 25-40. Of course, a team cannot bring up any 15 players in the minors that they want. They can only bring up
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Mariners win series against Rays in the Trop
The Mariners, didn’t walk on Sunday, but, at least on Sunday, it didn’t matter. They beat the Rays 2-1 behind a great outing behind Blake Beavan. It is notable though, as the Rays top
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Jonathan Sanchez throws batting practice to the Mariners
Jason Vargas had another pretty bad start with a 8.90 FIP as trade rumors continue to swirl around him. He won’t be worth much, because most teams realize that he is a product of
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The Streak: The Embodiment of the 2012 Jesus Montero
Jesus Montero, the prized prospect that the Mariners got for Michael Pineda, has been bad this year. He doesn’t provide any defensive or baserunning value and he hasn’t been hitting at all. The story
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Perhaps the Wrong Guy is named Jesus
It all started when Ichiro hit a ball the other way between the infielders and the left fielder for the millionth time in his career (according to Baseball Reference, it is his 563rd hit
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Should the Mariners demote Dustin Ackley?
A recent Hardball Talk article asked whether or not Dustin Ackley and Justin Smoak should be demoted to AAA. I have written extensively about Smoak here before, so I will spend most of the
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The Mariners beat the Rangers 21-8
The Mariners faced Rangers’ lefty Derek Holland. For some reason, Chone Figgins was starting again and playing right field (Ichiro was getting his first day off) and he looked really bad out there.
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