Last night I dreamt that there was a winterball league in which MLB organizations fielded teams comprised of their best prospects, regardless of level, playing a short season in the southern states. I woke up thinking that this would be a really cool idea.  Instead of having your prospects scattered throughout the Caribbean, Arizona and [...]

I don’t plan on mentioning every single minor leaguer Seattle brings in, but that’s how it probably seems.  From here on out I’ll only be mentioning the notables. Seattle has apparently signed 1B/OF Javier Brito and OF Mel Stocker to minor league contracts. Stocker isn’t the notable one.  His ability to remain a professional baseball [...]

A bit early, but Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there. A big thank you to all of you that frequent this site every day, and an extra big thank you to those of you anchoring the growing BBT community.  It’s the comments and debate that follow each post that make this whole project [...]

The Seattle Mariners are on the verge of signing (or have already signed) Callix Crabbe, according to an unconfirmed source.  It is currently unknown whether this is a minor league, major league or split contract. I have briefly mentioned Crabbe as a minor league free agent Seattle could take a look at to fill the [...]

The Arizona Fall League came to a close a couple days ago.  Here is how some Mariner prospects came out. Winners: Carlos Triunfel: Seattle’s top prospect ended an up and down stint in the AFL with a .298/.339/.394 final line in 104 at bats.  This is very encouraging, considering that the AFL is advanced ballplayers [...]