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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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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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Mariners Claim Future Tacoma Rainier Scott Cousins
The Mariners have claimed Scott Cousins off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays. Cousins never played for the Blue Jays. He was designated for assignment by the Marlins (who drafted him in 2006. Cousins
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3 Cheap Outfielders for the Mariners to Consider
We have already looked at some cheap bullpen options for the Mariners to purse this off-season, and it is time to look at 3 cheap outfield options that the Mariners may be wise to
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Looking at Out of Options Mariners
As the season ended (with an excellent 12-0 blowout of an Angel team that looked sloppy after being eliminated on Monday) on Wednesday, it became officially time to look at next year (even though we
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Iwakuma faces off against Darvish
On Friday night, former World Baseball Classic teammates Yu Darvish and Hisashi Iwakuma faced off against each other. Each of the two pitchers pitched in the professional baseball league in Japan for several years,
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The 2012 Tacoma Rainiers Season Review: Pitchers
The 2012 Tacoma Rainiers, the Mariners AAA affiliate, went 62-81 (with a Pythag of 64-79). Their one year park factor was 90, meaning their park was was quite a bit more pitcher friendly than
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Looking at the Potential September Call-Ups
September is coming. This means that MLB active rosters will expand from 25-40. Of course, a team cannot bring up any 15 players in the minors that they want. They can only bring up
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Tacoma gives out season awards, finish home schedule on high note
The AAA Tacoma Rainiers played their final home game of the season on Sunday, beating the Las Vegas 51′s 2-1. Alex Liddi hit a homer in the first and Carlos Peguero hit one in
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Mariners Lose to White Sox, Tacoma beats Las Vegas
The Mariners lost to the White Sox 5-4 Jose Quintana has been putting up really good numbers (2.76 ERA/3.83 FIP/4.30 SIERA before the game) despite a real lack of stuff (91-92 MPH fastball, occasionally
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The Mariners Win Seven Straight
The Mariners have been playing encouraging baseball. Last Wednesday, King Felix threw a perfect game. This Tuesday, he had another good outing (2.18 FIP in 7.2 innings), although much different. John Jaso (151 wRC+
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A Trayvon Robinson Post
Trayvon Robinson is an interesting player. That doesn’t mean he is a good player, he is just interesting. He is an athletic outfielder that has shown a little bit of power, speed, and an
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Tacoma continues to lose, Hultzen continues to struggle
Because I hadn’t written a recap on Tacoma in a while and Danny Hultzen was pitching, I foolishly decided to write about Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies’ AAA in which Tacoma lost 9-1.
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Hultzen and Noesi pitch in Tacoma
The Mariners’ first round pick in 2011, Danny Hultzen, made his 4th AAA start for the Tacoma Rainiers. Hultzen had a lot of fastball command problems in the first at-bat. For most of the
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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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Organizational Offensive Woes and Jackson and Tacoma notes
Clinton pounded into 5 double plays in a 6-2 loss on Monday. It was just another example of a theme that we have seen in the Mariners’ organization over the past few years. The
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Stephen Pryor moves up the ladder yet again
After Wednesday’s beat down of the Rangers, the Mariners made a roster move, sending Steve Delabar to AAA and bringing up Stephen Pryor. Delabar had a -.3 WAR according to Fangraphs, with a 5.45
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The Mariners beat the Rangers 21-8
The Mariners faced Rangers’ lefty Derek Holland. For some reason, Chone Figgins was starting again and playing right field (Ichiro was getting his first day off) and he looked really bad out there.
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Tacoma loses, Gutierrez update, and other Minor League notes
The Seattle Mariners’ AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, lost to the Reno Aces (of the Arizona Diamondback’s organization) 7-5. I know it’s not surprising, but Luis Jimenez just looks bad at first. He then
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Mariners lose despite Millwood outing, Erasmo pitches well in AAA
The Mariners lost to the Rangers, 4-2 on Monday night. I like John Jaso in the lead-off spot for the Mariners, as he is a decent OBP guy (.346 OBP this year, .341 OBP
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Casper Wells sent down to AAA, Brian Sweeney is suddenly amazing
Tacoma won their game 7-2 against the Iowa Cubs, while the Seattle Mariners lost 3-0 to the LA Angels. First, a few roster moves. Miguel Olivo wasn’t with the team, and was activated from
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