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Don’t Trust High Desert Stats
The High Desert Mavericks play in perhaps the most hitter friendly ballpark/run environment in all of minor league baseball. There was no greater example of this than last night’s 26-11 loss to Visalia. Visalia
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Taijuan Walker and James Paxton Pitch on the Same Day
As the Mariners lost 6-1 to the Red Sox on Monday behind a bad Jason Vargas start. Vargas struggled with an inconsistent release point, as you can see here: That is not what I
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Figuring Out the Puzzle of Hisashi Iwakuma
Blake Beavan was hit on his elbow in his last start, bruising it. Instead of putting him on the DL, the Mariners have used the day off to shuffle the rotation around, moving his
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Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up To Be Smoakers
According to Baseball Reference WAR, Justin Smoak has been the worst player on the Mariners (Fangraphs WAR has it a tie between Smoak and recently benched Chone Figgins). Of course, Justin Smoak was the
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Stephen Pryor Moves up the Prospect Ladder, Mauricio Robles Moves Down
The Mariners have decided to demote pitcher Mauricio Robles from AAA Tacoma to AA Jackson and promote relief pitcher Stephen Pryor from Jackson to Tacoma. Robles was acquired in the Jarrod Washburn trade along
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Erasmo’s Crazy Day in AAA
Erasmo Ramirez made his first appearance since being sent to AAA, starting for the Tacoma Rainiers against the Reno Aces. The game was one of the most sloppy professional games I have ever seen,
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Mariners Demote Erasmo, Promote Kelley
The Mariners sent down Erasmo Ramirez and brought Shawn Kelley back up on Saturday. The team is mired in a long losing streak, so it is not surprising to see a roster move, even
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Mariners Sweep the Tigers and Some Prospect Notes
Wednesday was another King Felix start and he was solid again. Despite walking 3 batters in the first inning (and walking more than he struck out), he gave up just 4 hits and one
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Wilhelmsen is Solid, and the Mariners beat the Tigers
The Mariners beat the Tigers 7-4, as Tom Wilhelmsen pitched out of a jam in the 8th, getting strikeouts of Alex Avila and Jhonny Peralta. Wilhelmsen has been pitching absurdly well, and it is
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The Old Pitcher Off-Season of 2012
Kevin Millwood had his 2nd straight poor start on Sunday, as the Mariners lost to the White Sox again, this time 7-4. It was a continuation of a narrative I have seen develop over
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