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Dustin Ackley, the 2nd baseman?
13 hours ago by
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The idea is not new, but this is the first that I can recall it being seriously talked about. According to Shannon Drayer the Mariners are going to give Dustin Ackley some reps at second base. Here's a quick rundown of some pros and cons:
PROS
Ackley at second base clears...
Reaction Chronology
15 hours ago by
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Chris Jakubauskas claimed by Pirates
Huh
Wait, why?
I guess Jak wasn't very good
He's over his head as a starter and just a standard replaceable long reliever. He belongs in the NL
Guess this opens the door a little wider for someone like Nick Hill, and increases...
Jakubauskas Claimed
16 hours ago by
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Reports surfacing that Chris Jakubauskas has been claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jakubauskas was a decent pitcher for us this season coming in roughly average. He's not a big loss.
Thursday Bullet Points
1 day ago by
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The hot rumor of the day is that the M's and Tigers have been talking about a three-team deal involving Brandon Morrow and Edwin Jackson. I'm only bringing this one up because the M's have been linked to Jackson before, so I can believe in their possible interest...
Dear Media: This Isn't Helping
1 day ago by
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From the LA Times.
Article headline: Dodgers won't be pursuing John Lackey
Article content:
[LA's team president] said that would rule out Lackey "unless there is an effective way to make that kind of deal."
In other words, the Dodgers won't try to...
A Second Poll
1 day ago by
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Closely related to the one below, of course...
Poll
I think a ~daily open rumor thread would:
Be awesome!
Neither really add to nor detract from the site
Be stupid and a total waste
26 votes | Results
Polling The Reader
1 day ago by
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Help me out here. I can't decide how best to handle this part of the offseason.
Poll
What do you want to read about?
I want to read about as many Mariner rumors as possible! Rumors!
I only want to read about Mariner rumors that you...
Faces
1 day ago by
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Dave Krynzel looks like he's wearing a hand-me-down cap from Tony Clark.
Baseball, Life, And The Worth Of First Impressions
2 days ago by
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Warning: what follows is not a baseball post.
Driving home from work today, I found myself in some approximation of bumper-to-bumper traffic when a guy in a sports car to my right floored it to get ahead of me and merged into a 15-foot gap without signaling. Per usual, it pissed...
Faces
2 days ago by
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Luke Scott looks like he's talking to someone important and is ashamed to have such a dweeb for a friend so when you come up to him he pretends he doesn't know you.
Felix, Greinke, And Some Reflecting
3 days ago by
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May 19th, they say, was the turning point. Following a rough start against the Angels in which he gave up a bunch of hits and a bunch of stolen bases, Felix was called out by Don Wakamatsu for a lack of focus and determination, and from then on it was like night and day. Beginning...
Right Player, Wrong Season
3 days ago by
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Since 2000 - covering the last ten years - there have been 428 American League starter seasons with at least 150 innings pitched. Here's how Felix's 2009 ranks among them:
ERA: #5FIP: #17Combined*: #8
* (2*ERA + 6*FIP)/8. A quick and dirty way of still giving starters...
All Assumptions-Are-Dangerous Minor League Free Agent Team
4 days ago by
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Dave at Fangraphs passed along a link to this year's crop of minor league free agents. A popular thing to do with this information is pick out a handful of guys that would make interesting and potentially worthwhile pick-ups. This is not that. This is a full team made up of...
Some 2010 Projections
5 days ago by
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For those of you who are (justifiably) distrustful of the Bill James projections but still want to look at some numbers, the 2010 CHONE projections are live. For hitters, anyway. Here are the Mariners, here are the free agents, and here are the Yankees, in case looking...
~Where We Stand With Regard To The Moneys
6 days ago by
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The following table shows what our payroll situation would be if we built a team from what we already have in-house. Some figures are exact, and others, such as those of the arbitration-eligibles, are approximations.
(Don't worry about things like, say, Jason Vargas showing...
We Have Come A Long Way
7 days ago by
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Pretty much everybody that gives a crap about baseball understands by now that the Mariners are way different from how they used to be, but people's minds have been changed by different events. Some people were convinced by the hiring of Jack Zduriencik. They knew about him...
Reader Poll
7 days ago by
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Given the following information:
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32 year old injury-prone shortstop
UZR
+14 runs in 105 games in 2009, +23.6 in 316 games since 2007
Plus/Minus
+27 runs in 2009, around +48 since 2007
Revised Zone Rating
+15 runs in 2009, around +50 since 2007
Fan Scouting Report...
2009 SBN AL MVP Voting Results
8 days ago by
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Let's see what we've got here...
Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts
1
Joe Mauer
Minnesota Twins
24
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
371
2
Ben Zobrist
Tampa Bay Rays
-
10
6
2
2
1
-
1
-
-
172
3
Mark Teixeira
New...
Points Of Contention: Jack Wilson's Offense
9 days ago by
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When the Mariners traded for Jack Wilson, we knew it a move fueled by defense. The front office and coaching staff made no secret of that. Wilson brought a glove, an excellent glove capable of making up for a lackluster bat, and this was okay, because we knew that he'd be able...
2009 SBN AL Cy Young Voting Results
9 days ago by
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Damn you, Griffey, for making the audience wait to see this table of critically important information.
Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
1
Zack Greinke
Kansas City Royals
28
1
-
143
2
Felix Hernandez
Seattle Mariners
-
17
6
57
3
Justin Verlander...
Faces
9 days ago by
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Brad Voyles looks like he spends a lot of late nights out on the town and he's getting pretty tired of always getting lectured about it when he comes home.
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