Seattle Mariners: Catcher Miguel Olivo Is the Next Chone Figgins
SEATTLE — It finally happened. After about one month into his third season in Seattle manager Eric Wedge made the permanent decision to bench the 34-year old Chone Figgins. Figgins, who has failed to even come close to live up to his four-year thirty-six million dollar contract is currently hitting .189 25 games into the season with two home runs and his last hit coming...
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6 days ago
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6 days ago
Seattle Mariners: Be Careful What You Wish For
The elephant has left the room. With Miguel Olivo now out injured and placed on the 15-day DL, the Mariners will be forced to rely on rookie catcher Jesus Montero and back-up John Jaso, who hasn’t caught a game this year, to handle the catching duties.
Olivo had been a lightening rod for what is wrong with the Mariners’ poor offense. The veteran catcher had been in the doghouse...
Via Oregon Sports News
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
Seattle places Olivo on DL with groin injury
--C Miguel Olivo officially went on the disabled list with a strained right groin. He
missed 28 games with a strained left groin last year, and this injury seems to be at least
as serious. He will remain with the team until they return home on Friday, when he will be
checked out by the Mariners medics.
Via Pro Sports Daily
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
Mike Carp called up to the Mariners
With the injury last night to Miguel Olivo the M's are in a bit of a catching dilemna. John Jaso, and Jesus Montero will now run the show, but you don't want to get Montero hurt as he's your best bat right now, so insert Mike Carp into the lineup, most likely at DH.
The team hasnt announced it yet, but the man himself has: Mike Carp has been reactivated from the...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
Miguel Olivo groin injury going on the disabled list
The Mariners lost 2-1 to the Rays in 12 innings on Monday night. They lost more than the game.
One of their hottest batters Miguel Olivo left Monday's game in the bottom of the ninth inning with an apparent groin injury.
He's hit .324 over the past eight games with three home runs to lift his season average to .210.
Olivo went 2-for-4 with a solo homer before exiting versus...
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15 days ago
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15 days ago
How Long Do You Stay With Olivio?
The Seattle Mariners are in the midst of a rebuilding season. Most of the dead weight veterans have made way for the youth movement with the exception of Miguel Olivo.
The Seattle Mariner catcher is batting .111 and needs to get things going at the dish sooner than later. Olivo who is playing his second season of a two-year $7million contract, has had only two extra base hits in...
Via Oregon Sports News
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23 days ago
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23 days ago
95% off: Miguel Olivo
We here at Deep League Thoughts love things cheap. If the 5 finger discount were legal, we’d be doing it hand over Doug Fister. Over the course of the year, we’re going to keep our eye on the bargain bin FA market, targeting the guys that are less than 5 percent owned and try to sprinkle you with tasty little nuggets of info on these gems. Alright let’s start...
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April 03, 2012
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April 03, 2012
Mariners 6, Royals 4
Miguel Olivo and Kyle Seager hit consecutive home runs during a six-run sixth inning and the Seattle Mariners rallied past Kansas City 6-4 Sunday in their first game since opening the regular season in Japan.
The Mariners split two midweek games against Oakland at Tokyo Dome.
Munenori Kawasaki had three hits for the Mariners, who used six projected starters. He had two hits in...
Via AP on Fox
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April 01, 2012
Miguel Olivo Tabbed As Seattle Mariners’ No. 1 Catcher
The Seattle Mariners made a big trade during the offseason in acquiring catcher Jesus Montero from the New York Yankees as well as pitcher Hector Noesi. However, the Mariners will tab catcher Miguel Olivo as their starter to open the season.
The M’s are planning to use Montero as catcher in some games but will give most of the catching roles to Olivo. The Mariners will not...
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February 13, 2012
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February 13, 2012
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