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Ichiro, Furbush, and Other Spring Training Notes
The big news on Monday was that Eric Wedge announced that Chone Figgins, as expected, would be the lead-off hitter, while Ichiro will bat 3rd (with Ackley probably batting 2nd). I won’t beat you
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Draft Bonuses, Ryan and Other Spring Training Notes
Baseball America’s Jim Callis has listed each team’s alloted bonus totals for the 2012 draft. According to the new CBA, each team has a certain amount of money they can spend in bonuses on
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Smoak, Figgins and Other Spring Training Notes
Buster Olney had a post on the Mariners (ESPN Insider Subscription is needed to read the article) in which he begins by talking about the 2011 Mariners’ offense: “In the midst of the Seattle
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Guillen, Cameron and Other Spring Training Notes
Evidently Carlos Guillen was getting looks at first base as the Mariners continue to try to figure out something for what is usually the easiest offensive position in baseball. Guillen has just 39 starts
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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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Official Report Day is Here and Other Spring Training Notes
Friday is officially report day for all players, and 60 out of 66 players had already reported by Thursday. Other Mariners Notes: George Sherrill had a MRI on his arm, and it showed no
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Franklin, Sherrill and other Spring Training Notes
Nick Franklin fell out of Kevin Goldstein’s top 101 because of a drop in 2011 performance, injury problems, defense and a concern with his swing (leaving him off was one of Goldstein’s more controversial
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Smoak, Kawasaki, and other Spring Training Notes
42 pitchers and catchers reported to camp on Saturday, the first day of pitchers and catchers Spring Training. Most of yesterday was filled with physicals, Intrasquad games will be played later this month, and
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Spring Training begins for the Mariners, My AL West Predictions
Spring Training officially starts today as pitchers and catchers report. So here are my AL West predictions: Angels: They added C.J. Wilson and Albert Pujols. They may have overpaid, and it is going to
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Dodgers sign Wright, Yankees Interested in Ibanez
The Dodgers have signed Jamey Wright, a Mariner in 2010-2011, to a minor league contract with a spring training invite. Wright pitched well with the Mariners out of the bullpen with a 1.5 WAR,
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Mariners Sign Shawn Camp, Designate Gimenez and Wilson
The Mariners have signed reliever Shawn Camp to a Major League deal. Camp is a 36 year old reliever who pitched with the Blue Jays in 08-11. He has a career ERA of 4.40
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Kuo, Rapada, Kasparek and Other Notes
The Mariners have signed Hong-Chih Kuo as expected. It is reportedly (still without team confirmation one should add) a 1 year MLB deal. The monetary value of the contract hasn’t been released, but there
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Mariners interested in Hong-Chih Kuo?
Reports are (according to Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times) that the Mariners are interested in former Dodger reliever Hong-Chih Kuo. Kuo was non-tendered by the Dodgers this offseason. Kuo spent 2011 trying to
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Playing Eric Wedge: My 2012 Mariners Lineup
There has been much talk about manager Eric Wedge’s talk of moving Ichiro out of the lead-off spot in 2012. There has already been a post on that subject here, so I didn’t think
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Mariners Spring Training Invitees: Catchers
Here I will look at the Mariners’ non roster invitees to spring training by position. I will have a short writeup on each player and what we can (and can’t) expect for each player
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Mariners add Oliver Perez
January 18th was a big day for baseball. In a move that made baseball headlines all over the world, the Rangers signed Yu Darvish to a 6 year 60 million dollar deal (along with
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