Offseason 2008/2009 Here are my top 25+ Seattle Mariners prospects as of today. I will try to post updated lists several times a year: offseason, early season, post- draft and International Signing Day, and perhaps a few in between. I received some good input from Rob T. on this as well, and he’ll be co-authoring [...]
2008: Level G IP H ER K BB ERA A 8 7.2 10 3 12 2 3.52 A+ 12 12 8 0 12 3 0.00 AA 29 42.2 31 10 44 17 2.11 VWL 13 14.2 14 6 21 2 3.68 Total 62 77 63 19 89 24 2.22 I’ve noticed that some fans are [...]
Update, 7:50 pm: It would appear that I was duped on this one. I haven’t found anything in the ESPN Radio archive and no one in the biz seems to know anything about this. I’m still waiting for an email reply from Gammons, but for now I’m willing to say that this is a fake [...]
From Kirby Arnold: If there’s still a need in left field when spring training begins, LaHair knows just who can fill it: himself. LaHair played several games in left field during his first pro season with the Everett AquaSox in 2003 and a few dozen more the next year at Class A Wisconsin while the [...]
The New York Yankees’ wild offseason spending spree this Winter has led to a lot of peopling moaning about how Major League Baseball should implement a salary cap the way the NFL and NBA have. I would like to state for the record that I am strongly against a salary cap for MLB teams. The [...]
I’ve always been a big fan of baseball’s great defenders, even before their performance was measured by the various defensive metrics we have available today. These new measurements have only enhanced my love of defense, and I love that Seattle’s new management team values a player that is handy with the glove. The Mariners defense [...]
Dollar Values are how much a player should be worth on the year based on the amount that’s paid to players around the league combining his offensive and defensive value. Its a very good way to determine how much value a player has every year. Here are the dollar values on the Mariners opening day lineup and [...]
We’ve always wanted to have a forum on BBT, and I was finally able to get around to putting one up (link at top of the page). It looks alright, and uses your pre-existing BBT user accounts (if you don’t have an account you won’t be able to view the topics), which are both pluses, [...]