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Stephen Kohlscheen Scouting Report
In one of the televised Cactus League outings this spring training, we got to see Stephen Kohlscheen, a 24 year old right-handed reliever that pitched in Clinton (A), High Desert (A+), and one outing
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Are Erasmo and Saunders hurt, the Garland Decision, and Rotation Projections
When I wrote my version of what I believe the 25 man roster should look like, it was pretty obvious who I had pencilled into the rotation. So let’s look at them through the
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Checking in on Julio Morban Using Pitch F/X Data
I started working on my ranking the 40 man roster post for March, and realized, that yet again, I was still unsure about where to place Morban (who hit two homers in his final
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A Chance Ruffin Obituary?
The Mariners optioned Chance Ruffin to AAA earlier this week, sending him to minor league camp. I believe this was Ruffin’s 2nd option (year, he can be optioned and called up as many times
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Jon Garland: Pitch F/X Style
In the previous post, I wrote about how Jon Garland looked in his first televised outing, what I called the eye test. Of course, we also have Pitch F/X data for his 32 pitch
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The Eye Test: Jon Garland
Jon Garland made his 2nd Cactus League start on Monday, on the first televised broadcast for the Mariners of the season. Since it was at the Mariners’ home stadium, we also have Pitch F/X
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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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Who is John Hicks?
Among the 18 non roster invites to the Mariners 2013 spring training is John Hicks, an interesting catcher in the fact that he has never had an at-bat over A +. Because he spent
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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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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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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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Mariners lose to Rockies, and People Freak Out Over Carlos Peguero
The Mariners played the Rockies for the second straight day on Tuesday, losing 9-8. The Mariners again registered an awful strikeout to walk ratio, with 8 of the former and 2 of the latter.
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Some Spring Training Notes for Sunday April 1st
Kevin Millwood made his final spring training start against a mostly MLB quality San Diego Padres lineup on Saturday night. His final line included 8 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 5 hits in 7 innings.
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Split Squads, Pitching Prospects, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners first Split Squad game was against the Dodgers, and they tied it 5-5. The Mariners struck out 5 times and walked 2 times and the Dodgers did the same. Hisashi Iwakuma started
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An “A Game”, A “B Game”, and Other Spring Training Notes
On Monday, the Mariners beat the Padres 13-7 in their “A-game”. Dustin Ackley doubled off a change-up to the lead-off the game (he also had a single and triple), a sign for things to
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Guti injured, Intrasquad ends, and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played their final intrasquad game on Wednesday. Chone Figgins played CF for Franklin Gutierrez, and had a hit in 3 at-bats. Vinnie Catricala had 2 hits and a walk, as Trayvon Robinson
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The 2nd Intrasquad game, Catchers, and Other Mariners Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played their 2nd intrasquad game on Sunday, here are some highlights (a full summary can be read here): Franklin Gutierrez (who went 3 for 3) hit a lead-off homer off Felix Hernandez
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Instrasquad Lineups, Minor League Camp, and Other Spring Training Notes
Trayvon Robinson was going through some minor leg soreness, but appears to be over it. Franklin Gutierrez was going through a similar problem, and didn’t play in the intrasquad game. Reports are that he
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Lineup Nonsense, Versnik, and Other Spring Training Notes
Geoff Baker had a good article on the fact that there has been (and evidently will not be) really any competition for starting spots in the lineup. This is pretty bizarre considering most of
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Gutierrez, Hultzen and Other Spring Training Notes
At the risk of sounding like an annoying “best shape of their life story”, Greg Johns reports that Franklin Gutierrez has reported to camp 25 pounds heavier. The relationship between weight and power is
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Saunders, Catricala and other Spring Training Notes
Conor Glassey points out that out of the players that have had at least 500 Plate Appearances over the last 3 years in the Majors Mariners’ Michael Saunders has the worst OPS at .569.
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