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
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
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





















