We've all heard the stories about how, in many a pro sports locker room, you'll have a veteran player or two who takes the heat off younger teammates by taking on all the media questions and deflecting blame. - 2 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:05am -
Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper, 19, said he will be disappointed if he doesn't make the team's big-league roster. The outfielder was the first player drafted in 2010. - 12 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 10:43pm -
Ichiro, dropped from the leadoff spot, said he has mentally prepared for the move. "I'm ready to pitch too. So, like I said, anything is possible," he said. - 12 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 10:36pm -
It stung a little to read this morning that Mike Cameron had decided to retire after a 17-year career. I covered Mike from his first day as a Mariner to his last and without a doubt he was one the players I most looked forward to seeing every day on… - 3 days ago, 19 Feb 12, 2:29pm -
Tim Brown brings to life stories from baseball in the Dominican Republic that we have heard for years and gives an update on Dave Valles efforts there through his foundation Esperanza International. - 7 days ago, 15 Feb 12, 1:30pm -
Shannon Drayer recaps the latest "Hot Stove League Show," which included interviews with Chris Chambliss, Miguel Olivo, Casper Wells and Aaron Heilman. - 8 days ago, 13 Feb 12, 10:52pm -
Today is the day that Mariners pitchers and catchers report to springtraining in Peoria . Throughout the day the pitchers and catchers willarrive at the complex and undergo the team physicals and unpacktheir lockers if they havent done so already. - 11 days ago, 11 Feb 12, 8:03am -
MARINERS: Figgins will get first shot at leadoff, Ackley No. 2 in revamped lineup | PEORIA, Ariz. – Manager Eric Wedge dropped hints all winter, made them more pointed in camp and on Tuesday made news by naming Ichiro Suzuki as Seattle’s No. 3 hi… - 11 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 12:05am -
Ichiro Suzuki has been in the leadoff spot for almost his entire 11 years with the Seattle Mariners, but that will not be the case this season. - 21 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 2:16pm -
Eric Wedge dropped hints all winter, made them more pointed in camp and made news today by naming Ichiro Suzuki as the Seattle Mariners No. 3 hitter in the lineup. "I knew it was possible Id be hitting elsewhere. I was always prepared to do what wa… - 21 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 2:02pm -
MARINERS NOTEbook: Brendan Ryan, George Sherrill focus on being ready to go for season | PEORIA, Ariz. – Shortstop Brendan Ryan, who spent time on the disabled list, then missed the final two weeks of last season with shoulder and back problems, h… - 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 12:05am -
Mariners: Casper Wells thinks of himself as full-timer in left field, not player who slumped | PEORIA, Ariz. – Casper Wells arrived in Seattle at the trading deadline last summer and for two weeks was so good no one considered it an accurate read o… - 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 12:05am -
mariners notebook: He picks Chone’s brain, finds ‘deeper glove’ at third base | PEORIA, Ariz. – Anyone who has ever watched players around a batting cage has seen it – one hitter taking a bat from another player and hefting it, testing it. - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 12:05am -
MARINERS: After tough run of ailments, left-hander Kuo happy to return; he doesn’t ‘look at injuries as bad luck’ | When the Seattle Mariners signed the 30-year-old Taiwanese left-hander Hong-Chih Kuo, they got a pitcher about whom everyone agr… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 12:05am -
Two months after signing a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals, outfielder Mike Cameron announced his retirement on Sunday. - 3 days ago, 19 Feb 12, 5:25pm -
At the start of last week (assuming you count Monday as the start. I do), I wrote two pieces for FanGraphs about relative pitcher strikeouts. They covered the worst and the best such rates in baseball history. They ended up not having anything to do… - 2 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:00am -
Earlier, I was a few minutes late meeting somebody, and I explained to him that it was because there was big Mariners news I wanted to write about before getting in the car. It felt weird to refer to this stuff as "big Mariners news" si… - 16 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 6:29pm -
"And yea," Carl Willis said, "did the fastball lay with the slider and they begat the cutter. And I saw that it was good." - 20 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 3:00pm -
I'm in a hell of a hurry and don't have much time to address this at the moment, but I wanted to get something posted before running out the door. Recently we've talked about how the Mariners are probably going to move Ichiro down in th… - 22 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 12:42pm -
Bill Swift ended his career as a Seattle Mariner in 1998. I have absolutely no memory of that happening. As a 36-year-old, he made 26 starts on the team that traded Randy Johnson and relied on Ken Cloude to make 30 starts. I vividly rem… - 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 10:02am -
Sporcle is fantastic and fun. And I'm not saying that just because they're paying me to. Because they aren't paying me. I've long been frustrated by all the tiny Caribbean and Pacific Ocean nations when trying to name all nearly 200 cou… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 9:00pm -
Tuesday brought word from manager Eric Wedge that Ichiro is the Seattle Mariners’ new No. 3 hitter, with Chone Figgins and Dustin Ackley likely slotting in ahead of him. While this caused quite a stir throughout Mariner Nation, it’s hard for me… - 9 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:21am -
The old adage says there’s no crying in baseball, but we know that isn’t true. Baseball players are human beings, and they feel pain just like the rest of us. So when Justin Smoak’s father passed away in late April, his performance on the b… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 9:44am -
From Geoff Baker: Mariners manager Eric Wedge just confirmed that Chone Figgins will see the bulk of his time at third base this spring and once the season begins. Figgins told me this morning that the team has already said he’ll be an everyday… - 3 days ago, 19 Feb 12, 7:22pm -
Class of ’06 Alex Rodriguez was a five-tool shortstop for the Seattle Mariners. He could hit for average, having won the batting title in his first full season in the big leagues. He could hit for power, averaging 42 home runs per 162 games bet… - 4 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 10:04pm -
In past years, part of our pre-season coverage has been an attempt to profile everybody on the 40-man roster. We’re trying it again this year, beginning with Tom Wilhelmsen. Wilhelmsen’s Make or Break Year With apologies to Steve Delabar and Alex… - 7 days ago, 15 Feb 12, 10:54am -
I did not see this one coming. Cue Tim Brown: Cespedes signed a four-year deal worth $36 million. There’s a lot to dislike about this deal on the surface (provided you’re a Mariners fan, that is. If you’re an A’s fan, you’re probably pr… - 9 days ago, 13 Feb 12, 2:06pm -
Welcome to baseball season! With an early campaign kickoff against the Oakland A’s in Japan on March 28th, Seattle Mariner pitchers and catchers officially report to Spring Training today, a week ahead of other teams. At last count, the Mariners… - 11 days ago, 11 Feb 12, 4:40am -
The Mariners and A’s will be kicking off the regular season in Japan before you know it. Pitchers and catchers report this weekend! Here is a quick roundup of the Mariner offseason. Greg Halman, 1987-2011 For the second straight offseason we’ve s… - 14 days ago, 8 Feb 12, 10:47pm -
Sometimes, we forget that Latin American prospects sign at times other than the mid-summer and early fall. Sure, the high profile signings usually go down pretty close to the opening of the period in July, but those that come later are not inherentl… - 65 days ago, 19 Dec 11, 2:56pm -
As stated yesterday, John Sickels posted his Top 20 Seattle Mariners Prospects last week, which was something that I had time to help narrow down the list on, but not actually comment on at that point. I've been pretty critical of Sickels' lists in… - 71 days ago, 13 Dec 11, 1:57pm -
The Mariners have had a history with the Rule 5 Draft in recent years. Going back from last year to 2001, we've picked RHP Jose Flores, RHP Kanekoa Texeira, IF Reegie Corona and LHP Jose Lugo (the double dip of '08), RHP R.A. Dickey, RHP Sean White,… - 76 days ago, 8 Dec 11, 11:32am -
I started doing this gig in early 2004, almost eight years ago now. While I was still basically learning where and how to hunt down information, I got an e-mail from someone in the know saying that we had signed this crazy-talented Dutch kid who had… - 93 days ago, 21 Nov 11, 1:26pm -
David Aardsma established himself as a major league closer with the Mariners in 2009 and 2010, but it's been a tough go for him ever since. He didn't pitch all of last year and won't start throwing again until July after undergoing Tommy John ligamen… - 3 mins ago, 22 Feb 12, 10:46am -
ADDITIONAL NOTE 9:32 a.m.: Multiple reports, beginning with one at MLB.com, are now stating that David Aardsma signed with the Yankees. Aardsma won't pitch until second half, if at all this year following Tommy John surgery.We've all heard the stor… - 1 hour ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:38am -
Many of you keep writing in to ask me, so here it goes. My take on what the Mariners lineup could very well look like on opening day.I see it going something like this:3B Chone Figgins (S)2B Dustin Ackley (L)RF Ichiro (L)1B Justin Smoak (S)DH… - 11 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 12:01am -
John Lok/Seattle TimesIchiro is swarmed by autograph-seeking fans after Mariners workout in Peoria, Ariz.Mariners manager Eric Wedge just confirmed moments ago that he is moving Ichiro to the No. 3 spot in the batting order to begin the regular s… - 17 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 6:01pm -
Lots of talk the past 48 hours or so about Chone Figgins and the playing time he'll get this year. I went on ESPN 710 Seattle yesterday and chatted with the on-air hosts about Figgins, his contract and what the M's can reasonably expect to re-coup.… - 19 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 3:29pm -
We've heard lots of talk about how Japanese infielder Munenori Kawasaki has brought "energy" to his on-field drills with the Mariners. To see him in action is quite the spectacle. I've heard more than one person refer to him as a Japanese version of… - 21 hours ago, 21 Feb 12, 1:46pm -
Hisashi Iwakuma, as we told you earlier, threw his first live batting practice session today and plenty of fans and media were on hand to witness it. Now, through the miracle of recorded video, you can experience all the fun parts close up without h… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 6:46pm -
The Mariners haven't played a single game this spring, so, clearly, much of the Kyle Seager conversation is speculative at the moment. But many of you have show interest in the topic today, especially when it comes to whether or not the young infiel… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 2:46pm -
One of the more anticipated mound appearances of the early spring came and went not too long ago when Hisashi Iwakuma threw a live bullpen session with hitters standing in and tracking the ball.Iwakuma will throw again in two days and by then, the… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 1:31pm -
Kyle Seager is in for an interesting spring. The news yesterday that Chone Figgins will be the team's primary third baseman means Seager will be squeezed for playing time. That time will either come at the major league level on days Figgins isn't m… - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 11:46am -
