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
2010 in Review: Josh Bard
In 2007, Josh Bard was worth 3.1 WAR over 443 plate appearances. Â He walked almost as much as he struck…Read More
2010 in Review: Casey Kotchman
Offense: Kotchman wasn’t an offensive addition. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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. Â 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



