Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Cliff Lee.  Up next, Garrett Olson. Following the 2008 season there was a lot of uncertainty as to who would close games for the Seattle Mariners in 2009.  J.J. Putz was traded to the New York Mets and Brandon Morrow was penciled into the starting rotation.  [...]

Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Brandon League.  Next up, Mark Lowe. Cliff Lee, as you know, came storming out of mediocrity to become one of the league’s best starting pitchers at the age of 30 back in 2008.  The story was overplayed, but because it was a good one.  Just one [...]

Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Shawn Kelley.  Next up, Cliff Lee. Brandon Morrow’s experience with the Seattle Mariners was an interesting one. Drafted in front of hometown favorite and now two time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Made big league club out of Spring Training the following season as a reliever [...]

Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here. Previous entry: Felix Hernandez.  Next up, Brandon League. Last spring there were two pitchers that made the team that were talked about as major surprises.  One was Chris Jakubauskas, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who was indeed came out of nowhere.  The other was Shawn Kelley, who [...]

I always eagerly await media day, when soon after we get to see the player mugshots.  It seems silly to care, but we end up staring that those photos for a calendar year at various websites and on TV, so it’s fun to find out what our guys will look like.  You never know when [...]