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Series Preview: Tigers Strike Back

  Seattle Mariners (13-17) Detroit Tigers (14-13) 88 wRC+ 95 3.4 Fielding -15.4 4.14 FIP 3.80 Pitching Preview  Monday – May 7th, 7:10pm FIP K% BB% BABIP LD% HR/FB GB% LOB% Doug…Read More

Series Preview: White Sox at Mariners

If I were going to do a series preview about the White Sox visiting Safeco Field to play our Mariners, it would likely look like this. In this preview: Graphical Explorations! Pitching Matchups An Interview…Read More

2011 Means No Ian Snell

Going into 2011, the pitching staff is a bit in disaray. It’s easy to forget and lose sight of where we were at just last year. Hoping that Ian Snell would regain some semblance of who he once was…Read More

Exactly how bad were the 2010 Mariners? A lesson in the flaws of pythagorean projections.

We all know the Mariners were bad, but exactly how bad were they? If you read Geoff Baker’s blog on the Seattle Times, you’d be led to believe that this team was the worst team that was ever put together.…Read More

2010 in Review: Chone Figgins

The Mariners signed Chone Figgins to a four year, $36 million deal back in December, which, at the time, was received with wide acclaim. However, in 2010, the first year of the deal, he posted a paltry…Read More

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2010 in Review: Josh Bard

In 2007, Josh Bard was worth 3.1 WAR over 443 plate appearances.  He walked almost as much as he struck…Read More

2010 in Review: Casey Kotchman

Offense: Kotchman wasn’t an offensive addition.  He was a baseball player who happened to be…Read More

2010 in Review: Jack Wilson

Offense: In his 211 2010 plate appearances, Jack Wilson was good for a .262 wOBA, and a .598 OPS –…Read More

2010 in Review: Érik Bédard

This picture is not from 2010. Erik Bedard didn’t pitch in 2010.  He was supposed to return in…Read More

2010 in Review: Michael Saunders

The person in the green jacket has terrible depth perception In a season of things that went wrong,…Read More

2010 in Review: David Pauley

No one expected much from David Pauley this year, but he actually turned out a few quality performances.  Despite striking out only five hitters per nine innings, Pauley ran an excellent 49.8 ground-ball…Read More

2010 in Review: Jose Lopez

Not everything went wrong for Jose Lopez in 2010.  He actually posted a UZR value over 8 in 1252.2 innings at a new position, impressing critics of his defense. Everything else, however, went horribly,…Read More

2010 in Review: Cliff Lee

Cliff Lee was everything we’d hoped he would be. The same cannot be said for the rest of his teammates. Over the course of 13 starts in his Seattle Mariners career, Cliff was dominant.  He averaged…Read More

2010 in Review: Jason Vargas

While Jason Vargas didn’t really make the major strides in 2010 that people might tell you about, his performance was both comfortable, and sustainable. We’ve never thought of Vargas as anything…Read More

2010 in Review: Franklin Gutierrez

Offense: The 2010 season started with a lot of people expecting Franklin Gutierrez to make some major offensive strides, and two months in, it looked like he had done just that. Through the month of May,…Read More

2010 in Review: Doug Fister

Coming into the season, Doug Fister was seen by Mariners fans as nothing more than a placeholder for Erik Bedard. In fact, if not for Cliff Lee’s early season injury, it’s possible that Fister…Read More

2010 in Review: Ichiro

Over the next couple of months, we at SoDo Mojo will be posting seasonal reviews for every player that we deem worthy of one (yay, regular content!). Enjoy! Offense: It’s hard to keep coming up with…Read More

2009 Review: Franklin Gutierrez

So I’m not sure if any of you guys knew this, but I really like Franklin Gutierrez. I mean, he’s just incredible – have you seen him play center field?? It’s amazing! He covers…Read More

2009 Review: Ichiro

Sorry for the lack of activity lately folks – Harrison is out on a week-long mission, and Taylor and I just haven’t had much to write about. I’ll try to put together a couple of interesting…Read More

2009 Review: Adrian Beltre

I believe that I already made my feelings towards Adrian Beltre very clear in this post, so despite the fact that I could go on for hours on why I love Adrian Beltre, I’ll try to keep myself strictly…Read More

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