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Dustin Ackley Signs
It came down to the wire, but the Mariners got it done. Dustin Ackley is officially a Mariners. His contract looks like this:
$9.5 million, 5 year, big league contract. Even though it’s labeled as a 5 year contract, we still have him under club control for 6 years, as Dave so...
Is Doug Fister Actually This Good?
Well, I certainly don’t think so, but after shutting down the White Sox and taming the Yankees, it’s really hard to say anything negative about him. He’s a guy that’s tough to peg. We know he isn’t overpowering – last night his fastballs topped out...
Bulls On Parade
Well a few interesting things to point out from the series with the Yankees. A lot of negatives but a few points in the positive as well.
They had some horrible contact rates with the exception of the last game. Thursday they had 10, Friday 12, Saturday, 11 but on Sunday only 5...
A Crow Left of The Murder
Hello everyone! Really excited at this opportunity to blog with two great guys within the Seattle Mariners fan base such as Griffin and Cody! There is going to be time to get to know one another and there will definitely be time to throw ideas and thoughts around.
Since I got access...
Welcoming Two New Writers
Two new writers will be joining us here at Sodo Mojo, Harrison Crow and Cody Neilsen. Both of them are passionate, knowledgeable Mariners fans, and both will be great contributors to the growth of this blog. You will be able to read more about them in the next day or two, as their...
So to Recap
CB Bucknor is a terrible umpire, and we need robots. That Langerhans at bat very well could have cost us the game. There’s no way to know what would have happened from that point on if he had drawn the walk, but look at it this way. The score would have been 4-3 instead of [...]
1st Round Pick Nick Franklin Signs
Mariners first round, 27th overall pick, switch hitting shortstop Nick Franklin signed today. He signed for $1.28 million, which is about $120,000 over slot. Not too bad. He’s not exactly our most exciting pick, but he’s still a very interesting, very young player.
He&...
Some Mark Lowe Praise
I think a lot of us have been wondering for awhile now, how someone who has stuff like Mark Lowe hasn’t been able to translate it to big league success yet. Well, it appears he finally may have.
Lowe showed glimpses of brilliance back in 2006, posting a tRA of 3.72. With his...
We Might be in Trouble
The Mariners have gotten a good dose of bad news over the last day or so. First, it was Jack Wilson being pulled from the game last night with what turned out to be a grade 1 hamstring tear, meaning he may end up on the disabled list. Just in case, shortstop Josh Wilson was [...]
Would Bill Hall Fit in Seattle?
The Brewers released utility man Bill Hall yesterday, as well as calling up Alcides Escobar and demoting JJ Hardy to the minor leagues. So, Bill Hall appears to be there for the taking now, but would he be a good fit with the Mariners? Well, let’s see.
Hall was a 4.9 win player...
Griffey Sends ‘em Home Happy
Well that was a hell of a game. Great pitching performances from both sides, terrible offensive performances from both sides. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen so many runner on 3rd, less than 2 outs situations wasted in a single game. I really don’t think Don Wakamatsu...
On Doug Fister Tonight
As I attempt to improve my pitcher evaluation skills, I’m probably going to keep writing these whenever I get the chance. A young kid with a last name like Fister making his starter debut seemed like a nice opportunity. So Fister’s line looked real nice, aside from the...
On Luke French and Mark Lowe Tonight
Another good win tonight. Russell and Kenji both came through big. I want to talk about two pitching performances though – Luke French, who pitched into the sixth, and Mark Lowe, who pitched a perfect eighth.
Luke French started off the game really nicely. Through the first four...
The Importance of This Series With Chicago
The Mariners have now pulled with in 4.5 games of the Boston Red Sox in the wild card race – just close enough so that everyone has started talking about it. To achieve a playoff birth via the wild card is going to be no easy task. To do so, the Mariners not only have [...]
On Ryan-Rowland Smith Today
RRS looked good tonight. He threw 63% strikes, and mixed his pitches really well. Hit pitch breakdown was 56 fastballs, 9 sinkers, 18 changeups, 4 sliders, and 21 curveballs. He had 9 swinging strikes – that’s decent, and most of them came on either fastballs or changeups...
Franklin Gutierrez is Incredible
I sincerely hope that all Mariners fans know just how lucky we are to have
Franklin Gutierrez. Not only has he been the best defensive center fielder in baseball this season, with a 15.1 UZR (BJ Upton is 2nd with a 7.7), but he has also been one of the most valuable in general, for virtually [...]
Co-Blogger Wanted
My co-blogger, Chad Lewis, will no longer be writing here. His schedule is just too hectic, and he’s under a lot of stress. Understandably, he doesn’t have the time to consistently write at the moment.
While he was writing here, I discovered how nice it is too have a co...
What Went Wrong for Ian Snell Tonight?
To put it simply, he couldn’t throw strikes. Yes, he did get squeezed a little bit, but that doesn’t change the fact that he had no command whatsoever. In his 1 1/3 innings of work, he threw 60 pitches – 27 of them for strikes. Of those 60 pitches, 47 of them were...
Rays at Mariners, Game One Notes
So that was pretty awesome. That wasn’t really one of the least likely wins of the year, but it certainly seemed like it. Ryan Langerhans, a lefty, facing a really good left handed reliever, with a 1-2 count. That just doesn’t seem like a normal time for a home run to occur...
Doug Fister Called Up, Vargas Optioned to Tacoma
So Don Wakamatsu apparently feels like Jason Vargas has some things to work on, as he has been sent back to Tacoma, for the third time this season. To take his place in the rotation, the big righty Doug Fister has been called up – or at least, I assume he’ll be taking his spot [...]
Mariners At Royals, Game Three Notes
This one was pretty ugly from the start. Jason Vargas had already given up five runs by the time he was through the first, and the Mariners couldn’t seem to get anything done with runners on base. They had no problem getting those guys on base, though, as they did rack up 12 hits on [...]
Hold On To Hope
After taking these last two games from Kansas City, the Mariners have pulled within eight games of the Angels, and within 6.5 games of the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card. The odds of us making the playoffs are still extremely low – Coolstandings puts us at 2.7% after yesterday&...
Luke French’s Debut
So I wrote earlier today that the Royals probably weren’t going to be the team that started hitting home runs off of Luke French – never mind. In his five innings of work, all four of the runs he gave up came on long balls. He allowed a two run shot to Billy Butler in [...]
Mariners at Royals Game Two Notes
The Mariners were set for another wild one without even knowing it. For the past two nights, the Mariners have played uncharacteristic Mariner ball. They have scored alot of runs and have had relatively lousy pitching.
Luke French took the mound for his Mariners debut. You could tell...
What We Should Expect From Luke French
Luke French, one of the two pitcher acquired from the Tigers in the Jarrod Washburn deal, will make his Mariner debut tonight, against the Kansas City Royals – but what should we expect from him? Well, it’s not like Snell’s Mariner debut, where he was facing a powerhouse...
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