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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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2013 MLB Predictions – American League
2013 MLB Predictions MLB teams have packed up their trucks and have shipped their equipment to their respective Spring Training sites across Arizona and Florida. With pitchers and catchers already reporting, in a few days we’ll see all
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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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The Mariners sign Garland, Former Mariners Disperse Elsewhere
The past couple of days have been extremely busy when it comes to Mariner notes, so here is another collection of information and thoughts. Friday evening, it was announced that the Mariners had signed
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2013 MLB Predictions – Matthew Gray
Major League baseball is fastly approaching and the anticipation of how things will turn out in the coming season is on the minds of every true fan. This would be a good time to
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Can We Quantify the “Marine Air Effect” at Safeco?
With the fences at Safeco Field moving in for the 2013 season, and the Mariners moving away from a defensive heavy approach to one that relies more on the home run, we expect to
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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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The Real Justin Upton Trade
On Thursday, the Atlanta Braves traded for Chris Johnson and Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks, who received Martin Prado, Zeke Spruill, Randall Delgado, Nick Ahmed, and Brandon Drury. It seemed like the mass
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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 Mike Jacobs to Minor League Contract
The Seattle Mariners made their first minor league signing from another organization on Thursday by signing Mike Jacobs to a minor league contract. Mike Jacobs spent 2012 with the Diamondbacks organization, spending almost all
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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 Release Minor Leaguers
According to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy, the Seattle Mariners have released 5 minor leaguers: Zach Sterling, Luis Matias, Junior Nunez, Ivan Julio, and Tim Boyce. Zach Sterling was an undrafted free agent pitcher out
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Mariners Select Eric Farris in Minor League Rule 5 Draft
The Seattle Mariners lost no one in the MLB, AAA, and AA Rule 5 drafts on Thursday. They also took no one in the Major League portion of the draft. In the minor league
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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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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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Mariners trade Trayvon Robinson for Robert Andino
The Mariners traded Trayvon Robinson to the Baltimore Orioles for infielder Robert Andino on Tuesday. Trayvon Robinson has been written about on here quite a bit (as just typing in Trayvon Robinson into the
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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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