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 good [...]

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.

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 Cedeno [...]

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 Beltre’s [...]

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 series [...]

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 like Mike [...]

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 [...]

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 one [...]

That was an entertaining ballgame– lot’s going on.  Chris Woodward’s Bugs Bunny single, Rob Johnson blowing through a stop sign to score right on Woodward’s heels, Wladimir Balentien’s game ending catch in the crowd, and everything in between.  That was a fun one.
Geoff Baker has a couple notes on Adrian Beltre and Ken Griffey’s health:
You [...]

Geoff Baker:
Just got done speaking to team medical director Dr. Edward Khalfayan, who went more in-depth about the extent of the injuries suffered by Endy Chavez. The left fielder tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), as well as his medial collateral ligament (MCL). He also tore some of his lateral meniscus, which acts as a [...]