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Mariners Leave Two Behind

As per the Seattle Times, the Mariners bought out Miguel Olivo’s $3M option for $750K, and have sadly released Munenori Kawasaki. Miguel Olivo’s $750K buyout is a sunk cost, so any evaluation of his…Read More

Mariners Awards: Like You’ve Never Seen Them

We’ve obsessed ourselves with league-wide MVPs, Cy Youngs and Rookie of the Years for long enough now. Don’t worry, you won’t find any of those, or Silver Sluggers, Roberto Clemente awards or any…Read More

Off-Season Story Lines

Well we have officially hit the offseason, so it’s time to start worrying about offseason stuff. Here are a few story lines to keep track of during the baseball-barren months of winter. Bringing in a…Read More

The Second Coming of Jesus Montero

On the night of the Supreme Court homage to Felix Hernandez, the Mariners found themselves a little overbooked. In addition to a Safeco Field-sized King’s Court, they were tasked with hosting Salute…Read More

A Defense of Brendan Ryan

Back in May, when the AL West was more or less an even playing field, and Mariners fans had little to complain about, I used to keep a short list of players who got on my nerves. It was always a toss-up…Read More

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Wrapping Up The Last Few Days

The trade deadline has come and gone, and the Mariners walk away from it making just two minor moves.…Read More

Mariners Trade Deadline Recap

In light of yesterday’s trades, not so much as a peep was heard out of the Mariners’ front office…Read More

Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: Mariners Edition

You are 17.5 games out of first place. To build a team capable of taking the AL West, skip ahead three…Read More

Trade Bait

Here we are again, sellers at the trade deadline. The deadline is now less than a month away, and it’s…Read More

The Demotion of Casper Wells

We could point out the obvious. With the emergence of John Jaso and Jesus Montero, Miguel Olivo has become…Read More

The Next Seattle Mariners

Believe it or not, there may come a day when the Mariners roster doesn’t feature Brendan Ryan,…Read More

Unlucky?

With a look at the stats, you will see the Mariner’s disappointing .238 batting average and .275 BABIP.…Read More

Eric Wedge Is Not On The Same Page As Zduriencik

FI’d love to have guys with good makeup and good character, committed to the city and the ballclub.…Read More

How Long do They Have?

There comes a time in every season when you look at some of your players and ask, “How long do we give…Read More

Why Olivo…ever?

In the M’s 4-3 win over the Rangers last night, John Jaso collected two crucial hits, reminding us…Read More

Justice

It is refreshing to see a different lineup tonight. Last night Brendan Ryan took up a couple of wooden…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

Remaining Position Battles

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

Alternate Universes and Line-Up Optimization

The following coversation took place between me and myself during one of my long walks back from work…Read More

Another Look in on Spring Training

Hello again from the Mariner spring training camp. I am going to quickly give you some notes about things…Read More