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Hisashi Iwakuma Signs With The Mariners, Cool

I’ve been thinking. Thinking a lot. This may surprise some of you, as I’m sure based upon reading my blog on somewhat of a semi regular basis most of you probably think of me as a twit, while…Read More

Mariners And The Ghost Of Free Agents Past

So after a discussion on twitter the other night, which started out with Colin O’Keefe of Proball NW asking a legtimate question on Twitter: “What was the last free-agent signing that worked…Read More

Introduction To The Hot Stove

Dave Cameron wrote over on his site about what a playoff team looks like. As it stands the Mariners finished 2011 with +22 WAR. Considering the current roster Dave Cameron estimates the Mariners would…Read More

Building A Contender

I’ve been contemplating how to approach this topic for some time. Are the Seattle Mariners on the right path to eventually becoming a upper echelon team like they were in the late 1990s and the first…Read More

Remaining DH Options

With the Winter meetings finally here, I’ll be shifting my focus more towards the team’s needs for the 2011 season. One of those needs is a DH, and now that Lance Berkman, who would have been…Read More

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Position Analysis: 1B/DH

I’m combining these two positions simply because there’s so much overlap. Seattle has gotten…Read More

Lopez, Bedard, Branyan’s Options Declined

Unsurprisingly, the Mariners decided today to decline the 2011 options of Jose Lopez ($4.5 million),…Read More

SoDo Mojo Roundtable: Issues the Seattle Mariners Face, Part 2

5) The M’s have a plethora of back-of-the-rotation starters: Doug Fister, Lucas French, David…Read More

What the Mariners Need to do Over the Next Few Months

The Mariners aren’t going anywhere this season. We all know this. I believe the last few members…Read More

This team has been so boring.

I know I haven’t written in awhile. And the biggest reason for me has been…what is there…Read More

Assorted Tidbits in Relation to Russell Branyan’s Return

A few facts never hurt anyone. 2010 Russell Branyan: First baseman/Designated hitter wOBA: .353 Number…Read More

Russell Branyan is Coming Back

According to Shannon Drayer, the Mariners have traded Ezequiel Carrera and Juan Diez to the Indians for…Read More

Russell Branyan Will Start for the Indians

Some happy news coming out of Arizona today, as the word from Indians manager Manny Acta is that Russell…Read More

Thoughts on Cliff Lee, DH

As we all sit and wonder what Jack Z has up his sleeve for next week, I’ve got a few thoughts on…Read More

My Post-Winter Meetings Off Season Plan

This post would have been easier for me to tackle if I had actually written a complete off season plan…Read More

Russell Branyan – Proving That He Has What It Takes

When Jack Zduriencik signed the veteran Russell Branyan this off season, he and the rest of the organization…Read More