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Brandon Maurer, Kameron Loe, and Recalling Spring Training
Kameron Loe wasn’t a Mariner for a very long time. In fact, he threw all of 6.2 innings for the team before the plug was mercifully pulled on the experiment. After he was DFA’d,
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Tyler Burgoon Pitch F/X Report
Tyler Burgoon got in a spring training game in the Cactus League for some reason, as the Mariners let him pitch in a game in the home park, giving us some Pitch F/X data.
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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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Ranking the Mariners 40 man roster in Spring Training
With Spring Training coming to an end in a little more than a week, the Mariners face some roster choices, especially when it comes to veteran minor league free agents and the 25 man
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Reevaluating the Ichiro Trade Using Pitch F/X Data
In this post, I will take a bit of a deeper look into Danny Farquhar and D.J. Mitchell, the two pitchers acquired by the Mariners from the Yankees when the team traded Ichiro Suzuki.
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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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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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Possible Cheap Bullpen Solutions for the Mariners
The fun part of every off-season is speculating what players that the club may or should bring in. Everyone has a couple of free agents, whether big time or small time, that they would
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Mariners hit with runners in scoring position, destroy Rockies
The Mariners had been struggling with runners on base. Those problems were really well documented. Before Saturday, with runners in scoring position the Mariners were on a 6 for 58 (just a .103 batting
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Ryan Benched Again, and Another Look at Kawasaki
Munenori Kawasaki had a big spring, at least according to Spring Training statistics, Kawasaki was one of the best hitters in baseball. Of course, only the real foolish people believed that this meant anything
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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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Shawn Kelley optioned, King Felix’s Velocity and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the first of two games with the Colorado Rockies on Monday, winning 7-2. Felix Hernandez started for the Mariners, as this was a designed “tune-up” start. There was a lot made
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Mariners Play the Tigers (but not the ones from Detroit)
The Mariners played their first game of the Japan trip, losing 5-1 to the Hanshin Tigers. Hector Noesi started for the Mariners and struggled a bit, getting 4 fly-balls (one homer), 4 infield fly-balls,
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Cuts, Bullpen, and Other Spring Training Notes
On Sunday, The Mariners played the San Francisco Giants, losing 7-5. The Giants walked twice while striking out 5 times, while the Mariners also walked just twice while striking out 9 times! Felix Hernandez
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Vargas, Seager and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played their 3rd Cactus League game on Sunday, their first not against the A’s. They won 5-4 against the Padres, another team that is projected to be pretty lowly in 2012. The
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Noesi, Millwood, and Other Spring Training Notes
Hector Noesi started the Spring Training game against the A’s on Saturday, the second of the Cactus League season. Noesi threw his fastball in the range of 91-97 MPH for an average of 94.28
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Roy, Cactus League, and Other Spring Training Notes
I actually saw this a few weeks ago here, but knew nothing about it and decided not to include it on here. However, the Mariners have signed 16 year French pitcher Alexandre Roy, as
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Jaso, Iwakuma and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played their 3rd intrasquad game on Tuesday, with Vargas and Iwakuma starting. Jason Vargas made a throwing error after Chone Figgins already had a bunt single. Hisashi Iwakuma threw 38 pitches in
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Pitchers for Intrasquad, Injury Updates and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners have announced their pitching lineups for the 2 upcoming intrasquad games. According to Greg Johns, here they are: Tuesday Team 1: Hisashi Iwakuma (2), Shawn Camp, Oliver Perez, Aaron Heilman, Cesar Jimenez,
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Over-evaluating the Intrasquad game and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played their first Intrasquad game on Friday (8 innings), here are some notes: Jason Vargas got Ichiro out chasing a low pitch, as well as striking out Darren Ford in a 1-2-3
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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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