<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Pro Ball NW</title>
	<link>http://www.proballnw.com</link>
	<description>aka Bleeding Blue and Teal - a Seattle Mariners blog</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:10 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Position Battles: Catchers, Bench</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catchers
I think I&#8217;ve held pretty steady in my summation of how the catcher positions would shake out for the 2010 Seattle Mariners. Basically, I&#8217;ve assumed that Rob Johnson is on the roster as long as he&#8217;s healthy and that Adam Moore could play his way onto the roster, but wouldn&#8217;t be rushed.  In posts where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/position-battles-catchers-bench/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Jack Hannahan out 7-10 days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Hannahan is going to miss at least 7-10 days with a groin injury. As we know, these things can linger, so the door is now open for Tui to make an argument to be the M&#8217;s utility player over the next couple weeks. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if this injury took longer to come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/jack-hannahan-out-7-10-days/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PBNW H2H Draft Reminder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pro Ball NW head-t0-head draft is taking place tomorrow, Saturday, at 10:15 AM PST.
The participants: 
Rob T.
Ian, Yo
Ryan Divish
Harrison
dmojr
Mark_Logan
ThePatton
gregrabble
Slurve
mariners121212
bill99350
wazzy
rreilly26
sparky
thorpbrian
Adam the Lord
another random guy who was a last second fill in who I don&#8217;t have a username for
and of course yours truley
Be there!  And please be on time.
]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/pbnw-h2h-draft-reminder/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Kanekoa Texeira</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Ian Snell.  Next up, Jason Vargas.
Last season the Seattle Mariners&#8217; big league Rule 5 pickups didn&#8217;t work out as hoped.  Middle infielder Reegie Corona ended up getting shipped back to the New York Yankees and lefty reliever Jose Lugo went back to the Minnesota Twins.  Both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/40-man-player-by-player-kanekoa-texeira/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Ian Snell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Ryan Rowland-Smith.  Next up, Kanekoa Texeira.
Last summer GM Jack Zduriencik went out and bought low on Ian Snell. With a couple rough years under his belt after being (perhaps) miscast as an ace and taking major issue with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, the city of Pittsburgh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/40-man-player-by-player-ian-snell/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Cuts, Round One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven non-roster invites and one 40-man player have been voted off the island. Catchers Steve Baron and Luis Oliveros,  lefty starters Mauricio Robles, Chris Seddon, Ryan Feierabend and Nick Hill and right handed relievers Joshua Fields and Steven Shell are the first cuts of the spring for our Seattle Mariners. 
No major surprises here.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/cuts-round-one/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: R. Rowland-Smith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Edward Paredes.  Next up, Ian Snell.

After making a favorable first impression in his first 157 big league innings between 2007 and 2008, 2009 was supposed to be the year Ryan Rowland-Smith secured his spot in the Seattle Mariners starting rotation for years to come. Of course, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/40-man-player-by-player-r-rowland-smith/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Edward Paredes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Ricky Orta.  Next up, Ryan Rowland-Smith.
Edward Paredes is another guy that was added to the 40-man roster this offseason in order to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft pool.  The 23 year old Paredes has only pitched 6 games above A-ball, but could have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/40-man-player-by-player-edward-paredes/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Ricky Orta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Garrett Olson.  Next up, Edward Paredes.
The Seattle Mariners drafted Venezuelan born right hander Ricky Orta with the 111th overall pick of the 2006 draft out of the University of Miami (and a pitching staff that also included Mariners&#8217; first base prospect Dennis Raben).  Orta put up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/40-man-player-by-player-ricky-orta/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Starting Pitcher Prospect Rankings Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll probably only be doing one big Prospect Report series per year, but I thought it would be a good idea to track prospect movers in between.  I obviously won&#8217;t always write about prospects with their rank in mind, but whenever there is a significant shuffling up of the most recently posted rankings I&#8217;ll try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/starting-pitcher-prospect-rankings-update/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fun Wes Littleton Fact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wes Littleton was once credited with a save in a 30-3 win.
That&#8217;s all.
]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/fun-wes-littleton-fact/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Thoughts: Jose Lopez, Unhappy Camper?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though maybe Jose Lopez&#8217; switch from second to third base is not going too smoothly.  Reports indicate that he looks rough on the hot corner, and now it sounds as though he&#8217;s not that happy about the situation.  To hear Jose say it, he&#8217;s not comfortable over at third yet, and not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/thoughts-jose-lopez-unhappy-camper/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Let&#8217;s Talk About Mauricio Robles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mauricio Robles has been a tough prospect to get a handle on.  He came over to the Seattle Mariners as part of the Jarrod Washburn trade, and it hasn&#8217;t been easy tracking down consistent info on him.  From what I gathered at the time of my last starting pitchers prospect ranking, the median report on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/lets-talk-about-mauricio-robles/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>M&#8217;s sign Wes Littleton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Mariners have signed 27 year old side-armer Wes Littleton to a minor league deal. In 2006, Littleton fluked his way into a 1.73 ERA in 36.1 major league innings with just 17 K thanks to a .197 BABIP. Since then, Littleton has bounced around the minors and majors, getting smacked around pretty good last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/ms-sign-wes-littleton/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Garrett Olson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Mark Lowe.  Next up, Enrique Orta.
When Garrett Olson was acquired alongside Ronny Cedeno from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Aaron Heilman last winter, the majority of the blogosphere saw him as a guy that could feasibly put up similar production levels to Ryan Rowland-Smith and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/03-2010/40-man-player-by-player-garrett-olson/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Mark Lowe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.  Some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/02-2010/40-man-player-by-player-mark-lowe/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Cliff Lee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/02-2010/40-man-player-by-player-cliff-lee/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Brandon League</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here.Previous entry: Shawn Kelley.  Next up, Cliff Lee.
Brandon Morrow&#8217;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 in a short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/02-2010/40-man-player-by-player-brandon-league/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>40-man, Player by Player: Shawn Kelley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browse entire &#8220;40-man, Player by Player&#8221; 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 was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/02-2010/40-man-player-by-player-shawn-kelley/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Thanks, Lighting Guy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s fun to find out what our guys will look like.  You never know when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.proballnw.com/02-2010/thanks-lighting-guy/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
