It was announced by the Mariners just a short while ago that Felix Hernandez will be shut down for the remainder of the season.  Many fans had hoped that he might make one last start on Sunday, both for the fans attending the final game of the season, and to help strengthen his Cy Young [...]

Dan Cortes came into today’s game with a 5-2 lead, and wound up allowing the Rangers to tie the game when his command utterly escaped him. That will happen with pitchers like Cortes from time to time, and he was able to escape the inning without further damage despite two runners in scoring position. Cortes [...]

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has indicated that Seattle Mariners Team President Chuck Armstrong wishes to keep General Manager Jack Zduriencik for at least one more season.  In fact, when asked of Zduriencik’s job status, Armstrong is quoted by Rosenthal as saying “We’re not thinking about changing the general manager at all.” Now, why does [...]

In a season that has become so utterly lost for the Seattle Mariners, there haven’t really been many bright spots.  Felix has been even more brilliant than he was last year, and is getting well-warranted Cy Young consideration.  Ichiro has achieved 200 hits once more, and in doing so has died Pete Rose for the [...]

ProBallNW co-author Conor Dowley and I both collaborated on this article. We’ve written posts in the past praising the new and improved batting helmets produced by Rawlings.  Those first helmets were too big and clunky to catch on in the big leagues, but Rawlings has since released slightly sleeker versions that has gotten a few [...]

A couple weeks back, I restarted my “Look Ahead” series, theorizing on what the Mariners might do this offseason.  The first piece of the puzzle was looking at what holes might open up on the roster, and why.  When last we looked, I left you kind folks with a look at what the roster might [...]

Ryan Divish broke the news just a short while ago on Twitter that the Mariners have made their first large set up September callups.  After summoning Guillermo Quiroz, Justin Smoak, and Dan Cortes in the past week, the M’s called up four more minor leaguers, this time drawing from the Tacoma Rainiers, who lost the [...]

In addition to the Everett AquaSox capturing the Northwest League title last weekend, the Tacoma Rainiers on Friday night won the Pacific Coast League title over the Memphis Redbirds.  That victory has set them up to face the Columbus Clippers (of the Cleveland Indians’ organization) in Oklahoma City on Tuesday evening to compete for the [...]