Felix Hernandez has been placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to his collision with Carlos Beltran in New York. He will be available on July 9th at the earliest.
This move wasn’t made because Felix’s injury turned out worse than expected, but mainly because the team is in desperate need of some arms. Cesar [...]

A while back there was some talk about bringing Ken Griffey Jr. back to Seattle.  The logic was that he would slightly improve the offense (even during the worst year of his career) and would help curb Seattle’s slumping attendance.
Well, Griffey continues to struggle this season and the Mariners have decided not to pursue Seattle’s [...]

As the trading deadline approaches the Seattle Mariners’ front office should be looking towards the future. Instead of having one megapost about all the players that are potentially on the trading block, I decided it would be best to go one player at a time.
When a team begins rebuilding you don’t expect to see [...]

As if the boatloads of young talent received in recent trades wasn’t enough, the rival Oakland A’s made another upgrade by signing super-prospect Michel Inoa with a record breaking $4.25M signing bonus.
Oakland is already winning with what they have on the field right now, and I’ve already mentioned how nervous their minor league system makes [...]

A Seattle Mariners fire sale is expected before the July 31st trade deadline.  Most of the young nuclease should be protected– Felix, Betancourt, Clement, Balentien, Morrow, Lopez, etc– and some believe all of the veteran players should be made available, including Ichiro Suzuki.
That isn’t the case, according to Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman.  He wrote that [...]

Fans love to step in and submit resumes for their favorite retired players whenever a coaching position opens up on the home team, and Mariner fans are no difference. M’s fans love to fantasize about the possibility of Edgar Martinez or John Olerud stepping in as hitting coach, Jay Buhner and his fiery personality [...]

Seattle’s young ace King Felix Hernandez gave us some interesting things to talk about tonight.  First of all, as mentioned in an earlier comments thread, he miraculously went deep to right center field for a grand slam in the second inning off none other than Johan Santana.  Follow this link for video.  On a side [...]

Tonight’s starting line might be the best of the year. The best in the last two years. Etc. If you haven’t heard of it, now is the time.
Felix Hernandez (6-5, 2.87 ERA) vs. Johan Santana (7-5, 3.04 ERA)
This promises to be a good one.

Round 1, Pick 20 – Joshua Fields, RHP
In the 2006 June draft the Seattle Mariners took Brandon Morrow fifth overall, and Phillipe Aumont at number eleven last year. This year the Mariners continued the trend of using their first pick on a top talent arm by selecting Joshua Fields with the 20th pick overall. [...]

I’m not home yet, not for a couple more weeks, but the busiest part of my mini-sabbatical is completed.  I’m currently in Orlando with some time on my hands, so I’m happy to report that I’m back to full-time blogging.
While I’m almost relieved to have missed most of the last month of atrocious Mariner baseball, [...]