Jason A. Churchill has a very informative post over at Prospect Insider.  Follow the league for all the details, but here’s the recap:
RHRP Austin Bibens-Dirkx has been released.  ABD was a cult favorite and a genuinely nice guy from the Pacific Northwest.  We was on the fast track to the big leagues before the organization [...]

Another quick blurb.  I keep reading that RHRP Jesus Delgado is out of options and needs to make the 25-man roster in order to avoid being placed on the waiver wire.  This makes perfect sense, since Seattle acquired him via waivers, but it hadn’t occurred to me for some reason.
So, you’ve got to wonder if [...]

I’ve been under the assumption that Miguel Batista is going to make the ballclub because of the money owed to him.  He’d still have a short leash, but at least they’d try him out.  I’m starting to wonder if that is incorrect, however.
Chris Jakubauskas is still around, and I can’t imagine why unless they are [...]

Seattle has signed 3B/C Choi Ji-man out of Korea.  I don’t know anything about this guy but thought it was noteworthy because there were rumblings a little while ago that the Mariners were going to start shifting their scouting focus from Latin America to the United States and Asia under Jack Zduriencik’s reign.  I’m not [...]

After all of the big developments today, this is what I think the roster will look like come Opening Day.
Starting Rotation:
Felix Hernandez, R
Erik Bedard, L
Jarrod Washburn, L
Carlos Silva, R
Ryan Rowland-Smith, L
Bullpen:
CL: Brandon Morrow, R
SU: David Aardsma, R
SU: Roy Corcoran, R
MR: Mark Lowe, R
MR: Shawn Kelley, R
MR: Jose Lugo, L
LR: Miguel Batista, R
(Lowe, Corcy and Aardsma [...]

Morrow Picks the Pen
Brandon Morrow has gone the way of Jonathan Papelbon and announced that he doesn’t feel comfortable in the starting rotation, primarily due to health concerns (diabetes), and that he will fill the closer’s role for good.  He apparently made this decision a week or two ago. (Geoff Baker)
Given the similarities of Papelbon’s [...]

I seem to mention the position battle between Chris Shelton and Mike Sweeney in every other post, but in writing little blurbs here and there I’ve realized that I haven’t been real clear on how I see things.
So, let me clarify.
From a pure hitting standpoint, Shelton is the guy you pick right now.  Sweeney can [...]

(Edit: Photos lost in site upgrade.  Sorry)
As he mentioned a few days ago, Rob was able to make the trip down to Spring Training.  You can read his notes at the link, but he was having trouble uploading some photos and I forgot to help him out until now.  So, for your viewing pleasure:

It’s been mentioned all over, but like last year our division rivals are struggling with injuries to their starting rotations, making it hard not to write that Seattle needs to get off to a quick start to take advantage.  Seattle messed it up last year, but this year LA’s ace John Lackey will be out [...]

(hat tip to Mariners Minors):

The Mariners are interested in 2B Ping-Chieh Chen, Taiwan’s fastest prep talent.  He’s regarded as one of the top prospects coming out of Taiwan, but despite his speed his lateral range at second base is a problem.  The Phillies, Cubs, Tigers and Twins are also pursuing Chen.
Seattle is also taking a [...]