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Unstoppable Second-Place Mariners Take Series From Yankees
Yesterday the Mariners defeated the Yankees for the second time in three days, taking a series in the Bronx and moving into second place in the AL West. Second place! How about that! It
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Hector Noesi as a Starter
Aaron Harang was scratched with back stiffness on Thursday, meaning the Mariners had to turn to Hector Noesi to make a spot start against his old team, the Yankees, in the hitter friendly ballpark.
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Mariners Squeak by Yankees 3-2 in Noesi’s First Start of 2013
NEW YORK – On a night where injuries were plentiful, the Seattle Mariners did just enough grunt work to piece together what you can chalk up as a pitching win. Andy Pettitte and Chris
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Fishy Umpiring in Mariners / Yankees Series Opener
I wasn’t able to follow the opening game of the three-game series that the Mariners began against the Yankees on Tuesday. I managed to follow it for the most part on my phone using
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Raul Ibanez Leads A Turkey Shoot – Yankees Get Dismantled
NEW YORK — Raul Ibanez went on a feverish slugfest tonight at Yankee Stadium, and his teammates decided to help out – making it a hitting clinic as Seattle dismantled New York, 12-2, on
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Felix Leaves Early Yankees Capitilize
NEW YORK — The Yankees fielded a deeper team on Tuesday than they did on Monday, and they showed the old tell tail signs of a veteran team. New York was witness to the
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Mariners Sign Jhonny Nunez: Scouting Report
The Mariners announced their non roster (that is, players not on the 40 man) invitations to spring training. Among those was a new free agent, right-handed pitcher Jhonny Nunez. Nunez is a 27 year
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Mariners Bring Back Raul Ibanez for Some Reason
The Mariners have signed Raul Ibanez to a one year contract worth 2.75 million, bringing him back for a third round in Seattle, according to Ken Rosenthal. Ibanez was picked in the 36th round
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Other Infielders on the Free Agent Market
Here I will look at infielders that are not really the utility types that I looked out in my previous post. These are guys that can help the Mariners on the corners or possibly
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The Really Interesting Jason Vargas Arbitration Case
Out of the Mariners’ five arbitration cases this off-season, Jason Vargas’ is the most interesting one. This is his final arbitration year, and he will be a free agent after the 2013 season. The
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Hector Noesi is back (Whether you like it or not)
I was going to write a pretty detailed post on Hector Noesi’s start today using both what I saw and some Pitch F/X data from today’s outing versus the Orioles against his previous big
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Jesus Montero’s Power, Lack of Tools on Full Display
Jesus Montero as a Seattle Mariner has not gone well so far. He isn’t hitting like the scouting reports said he would, and is a serious liability on the bases and in the field.
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The Soft-Tossing D.J. Mitchell
As you probably already know, D.J. Mitchell was part of the Ichiro trade. If you read this site regularly, you know that I am not a big fan of D.J. Mitchell. Since the trade,
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Time to Move Hector Noesi to the Bullpen
Hector Noesi made his 3rd start for Tacoma on Tuesday night, racking up strikeouts but giving up plenty of runs as well. The outing started off well, as he threw 3 straight fastballs for
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A Quick Scouting Report on D.J. Mitchell
As Ichiro takes the field for the first time as a Yankee (against the Mariners at Safeco) wearing number 31, I watched a couple of D.J. Mitchell outings from earlier in the year. Here
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Ichiro Traded, Great Mariner Career Over
One of the all-time greatest Mariners have been traded. Ichiro Suzuki is now a Yankee. The drop-off offensively came pretty sudden for Ichiro. In 2009, he had a 126 wRC+, a 113 wRC+ in
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Ichiro Traded to Yankees
Ichiro Suzuki, the Mariners staple in right field for the past 12 seasons has been traded to the Evil Empire, the New York Yankees. The Yankees send the Mariners two minor league pitchers. Ichiro
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Yankees at Mariners Series Pitching Matchups
Game 1 Hiroki Kuroda (9-7, 3.46 ERA) vs Kevin Millwood (3-7, 4.15 ERA) Millwood has had some bad luck this season with the offense not giving him enough run support. If Millwood had played for
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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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Hitting, Brendan Ryan, and Value
The above lineup made me angry. It was the 2nd game in a row that Brendan Ryan didn’t play, giving Kawasaki the playing time. I have already written about how Ryan is a superior
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Hector Noesi’s Platoon Splits, Change-up, and Slider
Hector Noesi has had some pretty profound platoon splits this season as a starter with the Seattle Mariners. Righties are hitting .193/.244/.395 while lefties are hitting .262/.324/.516 off of him. This is despite a
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