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Jakubauskas and Manuel Claimed
Chris Jakubauksas was claimed by the Pirates today, and Robert Manuel (whom we acquired from the Reds in the Balentien trade) was claimed by the Red Sox. Neither of them are a huge loss or going to be horribly missed, but it is a little surprising. Manuel had a shot at becoming a serviceable...
Links, 11/19
Mike over at East Coast Mariner with more on off season SP targets, Here
Geoff Baker has some thoughts on re-signing Branyan, but more interestingly some Bill James stuff, Here
Larry Stone with his thoughts on the three way trade rumor from today, Here
Tony Blengino was on 710...
Some Stuff on Yusmeiro Petit
I realized that I never actually wrote anything about the Mariners claiming starting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit off of waivers, and even though it happened weeks ago, I feel like I should at least get some thoughts out about it.
Basic stuff on Petit: He’s right handed, about to be...
Knock Knock …
Anybody out there?
Well lets wake up and shake the frost off. There is a crazy rumor of the Tigers sending Edwin Jackson to Seattle in a possible three team deal that could end with us sending Brandon Morrow out the door.
This of course is simple speculation at this point in time....
Statistical Observations of the Day, Volume 4
I’ll focus on guys whose names are being linked (albeit completely randomly) to the Mariners.
All of the following are true of John Lackey:
He was worth 4.1, 5.6, 6.2, 4.7, 1.1, and 3.6 wins above a replacement level player in his 2003-2004 seasons.
With the exception of 2008...
I Feel Morally Obligated to Post This
Go Zack. Go baseball.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/sports/baseball/18pitcher.html
Those Cannons Could Sink A Ship
First I don’t want to start anything. But, I am just want to point out my disappointed to the Mariners Blogsphere. I have yet to see any mention on any other site. Someone must acknowledge Jack Zdurencik own’s a premier sweater vest collection. Just saying …...
Zack Greinke Wins Cy Young
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4663979
Felix finishes second in the voting.
Greinke destroyed the competition, garnering 25 first place votes.
Ah well. Felix will get his due next year. Too bad he’ll do it in a Red Sox uniform.
On Going After Edwin Jackson
Since this quote
“Count the Mariners among the teams interested in Tigers right-hander Edwin Jackson.
The teams have spoken about Jackson and exchanged names, but the talks “are not all that serious,” according to one source with knowledge of the discussions.
Jackson, 13...
Exploring Every Free Agent Rumor I Can Think of
As is natural during the boring off season, rumors and ideas as to who we should sign have been flying – some of them good, some of them just plain awful. Some of them could be perfect fits, others would make absolutely no sense. Today, I’m going to take a look at every single one [...]
Finger On The Trigger
We are now at the point were we can all accept the shortstop position. Jack Wilson is now resigned and JJ Hardy is pretty much off the market. Yes, you can scream Aaron Heilman at anyone who will listen but the fact of the matter is that the Twins want him and won’t be...
Jack Wilson Signs w/M’s
Here’s Jeff: http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/11/13/1156226/jack-wilson-inked
We expected this. 2 years, 10 million, just about. Woo defense.
SoDoMojo Open Q/A Thread
Burning questions?
Crazy quandaries?
As a great man once said, free-floating anxieties?
You know you’ve got some.
Griffin, Harrison, and I will handle them with precision and with the best use of our cognitive facilities.
That’s another way of saying, “ask us questions...
Introducing Daily Links!
Well, despite the fact that we’ve somehow been managing to get consistent material up through the last few boring weeks (great job Taylor & Harrison), I’m going to start doing daily links.
I don’t know if it’s really even worth doing, because if you read...
Non Sequitur Stats of the Day
In 2009:
Ichiro grounded into 24 less double plays than Lopez did.
Billy Butler hit 51 doubles. Billy Butler plays for the Royals. Billy Butler plays first base. Hmmmm…..
Shane Victorino led the league with 13 triples.
Had Mark Reynolds never struck out, he would...
Stay Small
After typing all this up in my efforts to do more researching I found this, pretty much better written and explains more… maybe read it first and then follow onto my article, I had to modify my article to reference it.
The last few weeks I’ve thrown out some pitchers that...
Cautioners
I’ve seen alot of whisperings of the Mariners having interest in John Lackey. I honestly don’t know how I feel about that. So I decided to compare him against other pitchers connected to the Mariners this off-season both via rumors.
Also, the reason I used the numbers...
On Griffey Coming Back
OK – I’ve taken my shower, put in my contacts, thought about this a little bit, and I think I have some original things to say now (hopefully). Keep in mind, while I write this I’m going to be focusing a lot on not repeating everything that’s been said at Lookout...
Guess who’s back… back again.
So uh. Griffey is on is way back for yet another year of Mariner baseball. He resigned for basically a higher base sallery and similar incentive laden deal. It would be interesting how this will change the targets of who we sign this off-season. I do think it’s encouraging...
Why the Mariners Should Not Sign Jarrod Washburn
My guess is that most of you already know all of this, as from what I’ve seen we have pretty intelligent readers here at SoDo Mojo, so feel free to disregard this message if it’s stuff you’re well aware of.
I’ve recently been disturbed to learn the fact that...
Offseason Facts of the Day
Huh.
Bengie Molina drew 13 walks all season, in 520 PA. Jose Lopez drew 24 walks in 653 PA. Seriously, guys, we’re not going to miss J-Lo.
Austin Jackson tripled 9 times for the Yankees AAA affiliate. If only Jarrod Washburn could have netted this guy…
Mike Hessman...
Dramamine
DISCLAIMER: This is a pure opinionated article. If you disagree with me I’m not going to be offended. I have no stats to back this up nor any insider who is telling me this is how the Mariners want to proceed. It’s just my feelings on the matter of situations and facts...
The View
So this has been eluded to by a few different blogs (Jeff, Dave, Jon… You know the usual suspects) but I thought It would be a good idea to go into a little bit of detail about the Mariners off-season plans and not so much the targets of the plans but instead the schedule of [...]
On the Hardy Deal, and What Happens Now
So I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was a little bit disappointed when this news broke today. I was just as hopeful about the Mariners bringing in Hardy as the next guy, so this one hurts a little.
As for the deal, it makes a lot of sense for both teams – especially the [...]
Hardy to the Twins.
In exchange for centerfielder Carlos Gomez. Fair deal for both sides. I think Gomez has the potential to be a stud.
Damn.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/69379917.html
This puts a crimp in the plans to potentially acquire him, assuming the Twins aren’t going to treat...
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