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M’s Claim Pena, DFA Hulett
February 16, 2009 by
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I apologize for getting to this so late, but I was pretty sick and had my head in a toilet for the majority of my Sunday.
Mariners Sign Josh Fields
February 13, 2009 by
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Jim Street is reporting that the Seattle Mariners have finally signed 2008 1st rounder Josh Fields, pending a physical. The terms of the deal are not yet
I was really hoping that Seattle would pass on Fields, getting that draft pick back. I’d love to have a position player or starting ...
Teams with Extra Outfielders
February 12, 2009 by
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Even if Seattle were to sign Ken Griffey or trade for Nick Johnson there would still be room for improvement in left field. Here are some teams with expendable
Washington
We’ve talked about their outfield logjam a few times here, and Jeff at Lookout Landing shows how ...
Tango on Batting Assists/Blocks
February 12, 2009 by
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Mariners consultant Tom
Finally, the leaders in the ratio between Batting Assists to Batting Blocks is: Joe Mauer. The league average ratio is 1 assist per 5 blocks. Mauer had 69 assists and 170 blocks. In “Linear Weights speak”, he was +29, followed by...
Consensus
February 11, 2009 by
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Unless a last minute trade brings Seattle a LF/DH or something else unexpected happens, the consensus is that with all the major COF/DH bats off the market Ken Griffey Jr. will finally be returning to
The sentimental side of me will be glad to see him end his career with the Mariners, ...
BBT Fantasy Rosters
February 11, 2009 by
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To our non-fantasy players: We’ll be back to our regular programming shortly!
Once again, thank you to everyone for the quick response on the BBT fantasy baseball leagues. I didn’t expect to fill two teams within just a few
Here are the provisional rosters for the two leagues. Anyone ...
BBT Fantasy Baseball 2009
February 10, 2009 by
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Last year we decided to do a fantasy baseball league associated with BBT despite having a very limited community at the time.
Discussion: A-Rod & PEDs
February 09, 2009 by
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I’m not going to write much about this, but I’m interested to hear your opinions. How does everyone feel about Alex Rodriguez’s positive test for steroids/PEDs back in
While I fell into the category of fan that hoped A-Rod would legitimize the home run record...
Happy Weekend
February 07, 2009 by
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Anyone else dying for baseball season to officially begin?? Just a few more
How about a game to kill some time?? Let?s guess when some of the remaining free agents will sign.? Will they find teams before Spring Training officially begins, or sign after a couple more weeks, or perhaps after ...
Tyler Johnson Signs
February 05, 2009 by
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Geoff Baker is back on the beat and is reporting that the Mariners have signed LHRP Tyler Johnson to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring
Johnson, 28 years old this season, missed all of 2008 with shoulder bursitis but was an effective reliever for two seasons with the ...
Armstrong: Anderson on the Radar
February 02, 2009 by
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Portland Business
Armstrong said he met with a representative for former Mariner great Ken Griffey Jr. on Wednesday but nothing came out of the discussion. He also said the team is looking at free agent outfielders Bobby Abreu and Garrett
Looking at doesn’t mean the same thing ...
Not-So-Fun Fact of the Day
January 30, 2009 by
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With Jason Varitek signing with the Boston Red Sox for less than originally expected, Kenji Johjima figures to be the third highest paid catcher in all of baseball next season behind Jorge Posada and Joe
Meanwhile, Johjima was the worst hitting catcher in all of baseball last season and ...
Trade Thoughts
January 28, 2009 by
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This morning I was running around trying to get my day started, so I didn?t have much time to digest what was going on with this trade (RHP Aaron Heilman to the Cubs in exchange for LHSP Garrett Olson and SS/2B Ronnie Cedeno).? Now I have some time to sit and think about this.
I am [...]
Chase Wright DFA’d by Yankees
January 27, 2009 by
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Chase Wright, a soon to be 26 year old starting pitcher in the Yankee organization, was designated for assignment today to make room for Andy Pettitte. Wright is a left-handed arm who missed some time last year due to injury, but posted remarkably good numbers in the Yankees minor league ...
Luncheon Wrapup
January 22, 2009 by
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Seattle?s annual ?spring? luncheon was today, producing some good material (John Hickey, Larry Stone, Ryan Divish).? Some
Jeff Clement, Erik Bedard, Adrian Beltre are all fully recovered from their surgeries and will be entering Spring Training with no
Carlos Silva ...
Aardsma Was Quite Good Last Year
January 22, 2009 by
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There was some mixed reaction after the Fabian Williamson-for-David Aardsma trade yesterday.? That?s not surprising, because when you pull up his stat line you see a 5.55 ERA and a bunch of other iffy looking
Boston LHSP Jon Lester, courtesy of Geoff
?I think he?s going to really ...
Runners Still Scared of Ichiro
January 22, 2009 by
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The Hardball Times has published their much anticipated outfield arms rankings for 2008.? For for full rankings, including their method for coming up with these rankings, click here.? (The ratings don?t measure arm strength, but rather performance in certain situations when a good throw from an ...
RHRP Overload
January 21, 2009 by
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As of today, these are the right handed relievers that are scheduled to be in big league camp for the Seattle Mariners come Spring
Aardsma,
Batista,
Corcoran,
Heilman,
Hull,
Jakubauskas,
Kahn,
Kelley,
Lowe,
Messenger,
Munoz, ...
Heilman Inked for ‘09
January 20, 2009 by
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According to Ryan Divish, the Seattle Mariners and RHP Aaron Heilman have reached an agreement on a 2009 contract, avoiding
With this, none of Seattle
M’s Deal Williamson for Aardsma
January 20, 2009 by
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As jp17 mentioned in the last thread, GM Jack Zduriencik has made his second trade as Seattle Mariners GM, shipping off minor league SP Fabian Williamson to the Boston Red Sox for RHRP David
Aardsma, 27, has a spotty track record but throws hard and strikes out a lot of hitters.? ...
Arne’s Retros: Alex Rodriguez
January 20, 2009 by
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1995mariners.com?s Arne Christensen (aka hatomama) provides BBT with Seattle Mariners retrospectives, focusing on the 1990s.? You can read all of his posts by clicking
The Young Alex
It?s been long enough since Alex Rodriguez left the Mariners for him to form several layers of ...
Bedard Signed for 2009
January 20, 2009 by
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According to Larry LaRue, the Seattle Mariners and LHSP Erik Bedard have agreed to terms for 2009, avoiding
The exact terms haven?t been published yet, but the consensus is that Bedard will be paid something around $8-9M.? I?ll update this post when we
LaRue also mentions that ...
Mariners in the WBC
January 19, 2009 by
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16 members of the Seattle Mariners organization have found themselves on the provisional rosters for various World Baseball Classic teams, according to John
Phillippe Aumont
Adrian Beltre (Dominican
Manuel Campos
Endy Chavez
Greg Halman ...
Latest on Dunn
January 19, 2009 by
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No one really knows if the Mariners are interested in bringing Adam Dunn to Seattle.
Rumors: Counsell, Heilman
January 19, 2009 by
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Kenny
The Mariners and Brewers are among the teams interested in free-agent utility man Craig Counsell. The Brewers declined Counsell
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