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Draft Notebook - February 16

The season's first draft notebook is here... Welcome PI staffer Mike Craven!
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M's Claim Pena, DFA Hulett

Seattle Gm Jack Zduriencik picks up another bullpen candidate, drops infielder from 40-man.
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Top Prospect Beats NCAA

Draft prospect Andy Oliver of Oklahoma State beats NCAA, 3-0.
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Ken Griffey, Jr., Seattle Mariners

Junior back to Seattle? It's only awaiting the semantics.
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Player Development: Franklin Gutierrez, CF

How good can new M's center fielder Franklin Gutierrez really be?
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Player Development: Jeff Clement, C

Heading into the 2009 season the Seattle Mariners prospective roster presents dozens of questions. Who
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Real Phenotypes and Predictability - Part II

SABR Matt continues his series of statistical analysis and projection. Parts three and four to come
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Real Pehnotypes and Predictability - Part I

You want sambermetrics? SABR Matt has them.
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Garrett Olson versus Rich Hill

Newly-acquired southpaw Garrett Olson against Rich Hill.
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A Small Rumor

Just a small rumor to chew on for the weekend
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Heilman Traded to Cubs

Right-hander Aaron Heilman went undefeated in his tenure with the Seattle Mariners. Sweet. The M's traded Heilman to the Cubs Wednesday in exchange for left-hander Garrett Olson and middle infielder Ronny Cedeno.
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Closer Candidates

With J.J. Putz setting up K-Rod is New York, the Seattle Mariners have a job opening at the back end of their bullpen.
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The Closer Candidates

With J.J. Putz setting up K-Rod is New York, the Seattle Mariners have a job opening at the back end of their bullpen.
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The Bedard Trade, Revisited

A year later, the trade for Erik Bedard that sent five young talents to Baltimore may serve as a large hurdle for new GM Jack Zduriencik in his quest to rebuild the Seattle Mariners.
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Prospect Season Continues: Keith Law

Reviewing Keith Law's Top 100 Prospects, Organizational Rankings and the inclusion of a few Seattle Mariners minor leaguers.
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Felix\'s Value

What is Felix\'s value to the Mariners in terms of years and dollars as a first-year arbitration eligible player?
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Shortstops and Shorthops: Furcal, Trades, Notes

The Seattle Mariners need a shortstop. Sure, they have Yuniesky Betancourt on the roster, signed through 2011 with an option for 2012 at somewhat reasonable salaries, but the Cuban has been a rather large disappointment the past two years, having failed to improve at the plate and regressing in ...
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Top Prospect, MILB, BA

It\'s prospect season, and as I continue finishing up my own top 50 for the M\'s, two outlets already have their rankings published.
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Mariners Contending in 2009

What\'s all this talk about the Seattle Mariners contending in 2009? Yep, that\'s right, baseball analysts everywhere are suggesting it\'s more than just possible, and yours truly woke up last Friday and responded the same way during a Q & A.
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Jack's First Signing

Jack Zduriencik's first big-league free agent signing is apparently Russell Branyan. Branyan, 33 this month, hit .250/.342/.583 in a platoon type role for Milwaukee last season, and is a strong bet to at least hit for power versus right-handed pitching.
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Jack's First Signing

Jack Zduriencik's first big-league free agent signing is apparently Russell Branyan. Branyan, 33 this month, hit .250/.342/.583 in a platoon type role for Milwaukee last season, and is a strong bet to at least hit for power versus right-handed pitching.
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Scouting the New Guys

The Seattle Mariners have added four minor league free agents over the past few weeks, and instead of addressing them one-by-one, I thought I'd share my thoughts on each of them in one fail swoop.
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Is Felix Watching?

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Arbitration and the Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners have a couple of arbitration-eligible players this winter, particularly ace-in-the-making Felix Hernandez, but they're undoubtedly eying similar players on other clubs.
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