Archive for January, 2010

Jeff Kingston Quotes

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Last update: 11:20 pm, Sunday As mentioned in the last post, Seattle Mariners Assistant GM Jeff Kingston has been speaking of the team’s intentions to bring in a right handed hitter for the bench as well as a pitcher the last couple of days at Mariners Fan Fest. Saturday: “We’re still looking at a couple [...]

RH 1B/DH Scenario

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

If you were at Fan Fest or watching the Q&A sessions online, you may have heard Assistant GM Jeff Kingston say the Mariners were still looking for a right handed hitter at 1B/DH.  This would presumably someone more reliable than Tommy Everidge, who they just DFA’d. It wasn’t completely surprising, but if the Mariners were [...]

LF/DH Scenarios Post-Byrnes Signing

Friday, January 29th, 2010

There is still plenty of time for another player to be brought in and things to shake up the depth chart, but here is how I would interpret the current left field setup with the signing of Eric Byrnes (scroll down for news post). Eric Byrnes: He’s mashed lefties throughout his career and hit lefties [...]

Mariners Sign Eric Byrnes

Friday, January 29th, 2010

ESPN 710′s Shannon Drayer is reporting via Twitter that the Mariners have signed OF Eric Byrnes to a 1 year deal. Terms of the deal aren’t yet available, but I’d have to imagine it’s near the major league minimum. Byrnes had a good offensive season in 2007, posting a .812 OPS and stealing 50 bases. [...]

Suspicions Confirmed

Friday, January 29th, 2010

It has become pretty tough to guess what GM Jack Zduriencik’s next move is as he moves his way into the discussion for most unpredictable GM in baseball with the likes of Kenny Williams and Billy Beane, among others.  What seems like an obvious move or direction is bumped off the table by a move [...]

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