The deadline for big league teams to set their rosters for the Rule 5 draft is coming up in a few weeks.  Last November Gaby Hernandez, Marwin Vega, Stephen Kahn and Greg Halman were added to the Seattle Mariners 40-man in order to protect them from being drafted in the Rule 5. There are a [...]

Kill some time before the hot stove heats up and test your Seattle Mariners prospect knowledge!  Name the prospects.

I’m not sure there is anyone out there that thinks the Seattle Mariners are going to exercise Jack Wilson’s 8.4M option for 2010.  The consensus on how GM Jack Zduriencik handles this seems to be that he’ll decline the option and extend Wilson to a two year deal that would represent a 2010 paycut for [...]

Geoff Baker is reporting that Mike Brumley has been hired as the Seattle Mariners 3B coach, replacing the recently fired Bruce Hines.  Hines was the only 2009 Mariners coach that won’t be returning in 2010. Okay, then.  Moving on…

Shannon Drayer tweets: Mariners roster moves-Jimenez, LaHair, Messenger, Vega outrighted to AAA-J Thomas claimed by Pirates-40 man at 35 No big surprises here.  Bryan LaHair and Marwin Vega didn’t deserve roster spots, Cesar Jimenez isn’t an ideal bullpen lefty as he doesn’t have a pitch to get lefties out and is recovering from a torn [...]