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Mariners Replace Vargas with…Vargas?

Hidden underneath the Felix Hernandez hullabaloo, one might not have noticed that the Mariners signed lefty Joe Saunders to a one-year deal worth in the neighborhood of $6M, possibly with an option for…Read More

Kings Cost More

Update: The extension, according to ESPN, is for $135.5M over five years. So Felix is under contract for the next 7 seasons at $175M, as originally reported. I find the Felix extension—if it’s…Read More

10 Things for Seattle Mariners Fans to Do While Waiting for Spring Training

Ah, the wait for Spring Training to start, when we can begin to speculate about how the Seattle Mariners will do this season…why does it always seem like an eternity? If you’re like me, and…Read More

Potential Trades for Starting Pitchers

Even though we are just a few weeks away from the long awaited beginning of spring training, there are still lots of potential moves to be made by the Mariners. Seattle needs to make some moves in the…Read More

The Value of OBP and Slugging

It is often said that a team with little power needs to go get it. As in, get more power. I have no source, but I think many, many people have said something similar in regards to professional wooden-bat…Read More

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Hard to Spin Mariners Trade Positively

The Mariners traded John Jaso for an old friend in Michael Morse, except Jaso went to Oakland because…Read More

Qualifying Offers and the Mariners

Formerly, when a player hit free agency, the Elias Sports Bureau categorized him in one of three ways…Read More

Justin Upton Dislikes Coffee?

As far as I know: 1) The Diamondbacks are still shopping Justin Upton. 2) The Diamondbacks lost a major…Read More

Nick Swisher: More like Bread, Less like Wine

The more I look into the data, the more proof I get that players just don’t do all that well into…Read More

How much is too much for Hamilton?

The Mariners are somewhat likely to land Josh Hamilton or Nick Swisher in the next 168 hours. There…Read More

The Mariners and the Win Curve

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Shoring up the Rotation

Joel summed up the rotation pretty well last week, and while any report about the M’s pitching should…Read More

Mariners Trade Trayvon Robinson for Robert Andino

Today, outfielder Trayvon Robinson was sent to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for utility infielder,…Read More

Cut or Keep: Mike Carp & Eric Thames

This will be the first part of a series analyzing some of the more questionable players on the current…Read More

Elite Pitchers and WAR

Many players began this off-season with no contract. Many of those players are starting pitchers. Starting…Read More

Mariners Leave Two Behind

As per the Seattle Times, the Mariners bought out Miguel Olivo’s $3M option for $750K, and have sadly…Read More

Dave Hansen Named as New Hitting Coach

Today, former major leaguer Dave Hansen was named as the Mariner’s new pitching coach. He will replace…Read More

Do-it-yourself Free Agent Mulling

Dave Cameron announced the arrival of the 2012  free agent list today on Fangraphs. This gives human…Read More

Erik Bedard’s Freedom

Erik Bedard and his 5.01 ERA were set free today by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mariners fans likely have…Read More

What to do with Money

Thanks to some work by Matthew over at Lookout Landing, we can safely assume the Mariners will have…Read More