Kevin Davidoff tweets: Carl Willis will return to the #Mariners as their pitching coach. Not a candidate for the #Yankees opening. Willis, of course, was the in-season replacement for Rick Adair this past season. Willis started the season as Seattle’s minor league pitching coordinator. After Willis was named Adair’s replacement he wasn’t given much of [...]
With a day off between games in the World Series and not a lot of other news related to the Mariners right now, there’s not a ton to write about. However, I’ve always got some kind of thoughts and musings rattling around in my head, and as usual there’s been all kinds of great blogging [...]
I would like to announced that I’ve installed DISQUS in hopes of making commenting a more efficient and enjoyable experience here at Pro Ball NW. Both commenting and logging in have been slow, frustrating and sometimes impossible processes around here in the past, and I’m hoping DISQUS can eliminate many of the issues we’ve had. [...]
The fall is always an interesting time of year for those of us who enjoy tracking the development of prospects. The Arizona Fall League in particular is an interesting case study, as you get prospects in a fairly wide range of talent competing head-to-head. You’ll see guys who spent the summer before in levels all [...]
The 2010 season for AA West Tennessee was, in it’s own way, a tale of two halves. The first half heavily involved several hopeful stars of the near-future for the Mariners; the second heavily involved the guys replacing them on the roster after they left for Tacoma, and hoping to eventually earn roles in Seattle [...]
In the midst of the playoffs, writing prospect wraps (West Tenn is coming soon, I promise!), and assorted other matters of life, time for writing for the site has been somewhat lacking lately. So what better way than to have a roundup post gathering various thoughts and bits of news? First of all: Happy Birthday, [...]
On the day that Eric Wedge was officially announced and introduced as the field manager of the Seattle Mariners, and in the middle of writing up prospect wraps, this seems like a good time to announce the PBNW Minor League Awards. The format is fairly standard: the top position player and pitcher through the system [...]
Of course, not a full hour after I posted a review of the managerial candidates, and news is starting to filter out that Eric Wedge will be tapped to lead the Seattle Mariners on the field in 2011 and beyond. Credit to Larry Stone and Jon Heyman for breaking the story, and curses to my [...]