A couple news items trickled in today with regards to Mariner relievers.  First, Shawn Kelley had a “partial Tommy John procedure” performed and will be set to throw in about four months, as reported by Kirby Arnold.  I don’t know what a “partial Tommy John procedure” is exactly, but I would guess that it means [...]

The Mariners had already announced which prospects they were sending to compete in the Arizona Fall League, but the rosters posted today featured a swap.  Tacoma Rainiers reliever Dan Cortes has been removed from the Peoria Javelinas pitching staff and Clinton Lumberkings starter Tom Wilhelmsen will head to Arizona to take his place. Wilhelmsen was [...]

Towards the end of the offseason, I started a series that was aimed at looking at what the Mariners might do with their 2011 offseason.  Obviously, things have not worked out anywhere near where anyone has expected, so a new look and new approach will be required now. Just like the first time around, we’ll [...]

I’m down in Tacoma for a week or so house-sitting for a friend of mine, and I decided to take in last night’s Tacoma Rainiers game as long as I was here, especially as it was a Michael Pineda start and he’s right near his innings limit for 2010. Unfortunately, Pineda showed that he is [...]

So as anyone who follows me on Twitter already knows, I had a fair amount of difficulty getting a post for Saturday’s AquaSox game together.  I had the post mostly done, then a computer crash coupled with our blog interface apparently not working properly cost me the entire post.  Seeing as I was planning on [...]