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Five things: Mariners win series in Bronx

The Mariners took a major step forward this week, winning a series in New York for the first time since 2004. They improved to 20-21, taking sole possession of second place in the AL West (still seven…Read More

Mariners win, Ibanez shines

The Mariners defeated the Yankees 12-2 Wednesday behind a massive surge of offense that began with a seven-spot in the top half of the first. Hisashi Iwakuma improved to 5-1 in the victory while Phil…Read More

Postgame news and notes, 5/3

The Mariners defeated the Blue Jays in the first game of a five-game road trip to Canada and Pittsburgh Friday by a final score of 4-0. Felix Hernandez improved to 4-2 with eight shutout innings. He defeated…Read More

Hisashi Iwakuma pushed back in rotation with ongoing blister issues

The Mariners most consistent and quality pitcher in 2013 has undoubtedly been Hisashi Iwakuma. Iwakuma has pitched so well, many close observers forget that he has battled a nagging blister on the middle…Read More

Unlikely Heroes Lead Mariners — Albeit Not Far

Yesterday, the Mariners won their first series of the year, picking up 3 of 4 in their home series against the division rival Angels. Yes, I said first series win of the year. They had tied two prior series,…Read More

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What We Can Learn From the 2013 Mariner Commercials

A few weeks ago, the annual Mariner commercials came out. If you haven’t seen them yet, I would highly…Read More

Pitcher Projections for 2013

Last week I posted my Mariner’s hitter projections for the upcoming season. This time, I am going…Read More

Seattle’s Future for the Starting Rotation

The future of the starting rotation in Seattle looks pretty bright between the dominance of King Felix…Read More

Off-Season Story Lines

Well we have officially hit the offseason, so it’s time to start worrying about offseason stuff. Here…Read More

Sign Iwakuma Immediately If Not Sooner

  Hisashi Iwakuma has been sterling since escaping the bullpen prison Wedge sentenced him to at…Read More

Two Peas in an Anti-Run Prevention Pod

Riley wrote on Sunday that Blake Beavan is not a major league pitcher right now. I think he’s right.…Read More

The Iwakuma Poll

The Mariners originally signed the Japanese import as a starter this offseason. The move was praised…Read More

Assorted thoughts on this Monday night

Today concluded a match up of polar opposites. Felix, a young, up-and-coming, flame thrower faced off…Read More

Seattle Finalizes Roster

Just yesterday I was pondering how much longer the Mariners would wait to trim a few loose strings. Today…Read More

Camp Cut, Iwakuma Embarrassed

The signing never made much sense to me anyways. The Mariners cut Shawn Camp today in an attempt to give…Read More

Remaining Position Battles

The Mariners play their first game in Japan in less than a week, but there are still position battles…Read More

More Thoughts On Iwakuma

So I’m kind of been slow on churning out content the last week. There is always plenty to talk…Read More

How Much Are the Mariners Really Counting On Iwakuma?

I love all the stories of Spring Training. We make bigger deals of a lot of things that simply require…Read More

The Most Interesting Spring Training Stories Right Now

I like using declarative statements. Because, I like people to assume I’m using facts. The thing…Read More

The Mariners 2012 Rotation

I think its pretty clear that in 2011 the reason strength of the Seattle Mariners was the starting rotation,…Read More