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 ton [...]

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 labrum, and [...]

Orlando Hudson
Geoff Baker mentions in his latest blog post that the Seattle Mariners may “take a look at” free agent 2B Orlando Hudson this offseason.  This comes as no surprise considering the team’s reported interest in him last offseason, and that Jose Lopez doesn’t fit well with GM Jack Zduriencik and manager Don Wakamatsu’s plans.  [...]

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been fascinated by the progression of Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, the winner and runner-up of the Million Dollar Arm competition that brought them from agrarian villages outside of Lucknow, India to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.  The two have pitched fewer than 20 professional innings between them to this [...]

Yusei Kikuchi is going to stay in Japan, entering the NPB draft rather than signing as a free agent with an MLB team.  I was very interested in seeing what would change between the two leagues had Kikuchi came to the States, but I guess we’ll have to wait until the next high profile prospect [...]

As the Northwest League season neared its end, Seattle Mariners prospect James Jones was hitting .285/.372/.404 through 172 plate appearances with three games remaining.  He ended his pro debut with a .311/.392/.463 line.
Those final three games saw Jones collect 8 hits, including 4 doubles and a home run, as well as one walk as he [...]

It’s an intriguing matchup, and one I was looking forward to as soon as it was known that both guys would participate in the Arizona Fall League–  Stephen Strasburg, the top pitcher taken in the 2009 draft, versus Dustin Ackley, the top hitter.  This happened several days ago and if you’ve been following the AFL [...]