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Pitch F/X Notes: Beavan’s Delivery and Taijuan’s Curve
One of the many stories coming into spring training from a Mariner perspective was that Blake Beavan had adjusted his delivery. From everything I had heard, he was standing more upright, using his massive
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2013 Seattle Mariners Top 5 Prospects
Five Seattle Mariners were named in MLB‘s top 100 prospect rankings. Taijuan Walker, not surprisingly, was the very first Mariner on the list at #5. All of baseball considers the 20 year old RHP as
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Taijuan Walker and 60 Percent Bust Rates
Last week, the Mariners tried to trade whom many consider the best pitching prospect in baseball in a package to get Justin Upton, before Upton nixed the trade. I thought the trade was a
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The Fake Justin Upton Trade
According to reports that originally came from Foxsports.com, the Mariners and the Diamondbacks agreed to a trade that would send Justin Upton to the Mariners. However, as has long been reported, Upton has a
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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
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Some Mariners AA Notes
The Jackson Generals just finished up a series against the Tennessee Smokies (the Cubs AA affiliate). Because of geographical issues, the only time I get to see the Generals (or any Mariners’ affiliate besides
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Walker and Hultzen throw in Futures Game
Danny Hultzen and Taijuan Walker were the Mariners two representatives in the All-Star Futures Game on Sunday. They both threw one inning. The radar gun is usually considered to be a little hot in Kansas City, but
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All-Star Games and Hultzen and Franklin March On
The big news is that Nick Franklin and Danny Hultzen have been promoted from AA to AAA. I don’t have a lot of room for numbers, but Hultzen was nothing short of dominant in
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Some Jackson and Clinton Notes
The Jackson Generals have been playing the Jacksonville Suns, and in game one they faced Omar Poveda, who was featuring a wild curveball. Danny Almonte had a big whiff on a breaking ball. Joe
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Mariners Top 10 Prospects 2012
Baseball America has released it’s Top 10 Prospects list for the Seattle Mariners organization. There really aren’t any surprises at the top of the list, however the list will be changing relatively soon because a few
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