We’ve all been waiting for the last few days to see if Adrian Beltre would be playing in the World Baseball Classic.  We knew that the Mariners didn’t want him going and that he wanted to go if he felt healthy, and thought that Seattle would allow him to make the call on his own. [...]

The never-ending stream of Ken Griffey fluff stories and anecdotes this year could soon get old, but this particular one put a smile on my face. Shannon Drayer has a very worthwhile blog post about top prospect Greg Halman, which includes a passage about what it was like for him to meet his childhood idol [...]

Shannon Drayer: Walker’s injury may have knocked him out of the closer race as when asked for the umpteenth time this spring who the closer candidates were Wak responded, Batista, Lowe and Corcoran. Corcoran made a good impression yesterday, and Lowe will throw today. As for Randy Messenger who threw two innings yesterday Wak said [...]

Erik Bedard did a rare interview with KJR that can be heard here.  It’s a great listen and definitely worth the time, so check it out.  It’s amazing how much more likeable he comes across in his own words compared to the way the disgruntled media tends to paint him after they fail to extract [...]

Last week Jeff from Lookout Landing posted this excerpt from a Shannon Drayer blog entry: Sojo is familiar with many young Mariners as he manages the Lara team that the M’s send players to in winter ball. Jose Lopez elects to play winter ball every year on his own and showed up at camp this [...]