Archive for June, 2009

Compensation Developments

by ~ Friday, June 26th, 2009

Eddie Bajek, the Detroit Tigers Thoughts writer responsible for reverse engineering the Elias free agent rankings, has published an up to date report of where things stand that can be found here. There is no guarentee that Eddie is 100% right, but he’s at least very very close, so these rankings should give us a [...]

Liddi, Gillies Represent Mariners’ Future?

by ~ Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The 2009 Futures Game rosters were released today, and two Seattle Mariner farmhands have found their way onto the World roster: 3B Alex Liddi of Italy and OF Tyson Gillies of Canada. Not the greatest representation– a couple of A-ballers with inflated High Desert/Cal League numbers– but good to see nonetheless.

DL Stint Likely for Betancourt

by ~ Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Yuniesky Betancourt tweaked his lower hamstring early into tonight’s ballgame then went on to aggravate it late and in a big way.  Geoff Baker reports that he’ll likely hit the DL tomorrow, having Jose Lopez take his roster spot. Assuming that’s the plan, Seattle will continue to roster both Chris Woodward and Josh Wilson.  Ronny [...]

Beltre’s Shoulder

by ~ Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

We heard a few days ago that Adrian Beltre “jammed” his surgically repaired right shoulder while diving for a ball.  This caused him to have a “stiff” shoulder for a couple of days. More details today, courtesy of the News Tribune’s Larry LaRue.  It’s a short post so head over and read it, but basically [...]

Next Two Weeks

by ~ Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The next two weeks are going to be HUGE for the Seattle Mariners franchise, both in terms of 2009 and the future of the organization. Seattle is currently 2.5 games back of the Angels.  The two remaining games against those hated Padre rivals will be a good opportunity to close the gap, but the three [...]

Mike Morse, Utility Infielder?

by ~ Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Uhh.. no. Even since Mike Morse burst onto the scene a couple years ago there has been a ridiculous amount of unjustified Mike Morse love.  With every Spring Training and every injury there is a large contingent of people that think Morse is the guy the M’s need to carry with that 25th spot. I [...]

A Quick Word on BABIP

by ~ Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Anyone who reads this site regularly knows that I’m not a giant stathead and don’t have anywhere near the sabermetric knowledge of the USS Mariners and Lookout Landings of the world, nor do I strive to be at that level, so I’m not usually one to write a post focusing on one statistic and its [...]

Wagner Mateo [Updated x2]

by ~ Monday, June 22nd, 2009

I noted last week in a post about Guillermo Pimentel that the Seattle Mariners’ international budget has been increased two or three fold this year, and while they may be a front runner for Pimentel they have their eyes on Wagner Mateo as well, according to a Jorge Arangure (ESPN) tweet. Like Pimentel, Mateo is [...]