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 [...]

Browse entire “40-man, Player by Player” series here. Previous entry: Rob Johnson.  Next up, Dustin Ackley. Adam Moore has been one of my favorite minor leaguers in the Seattle Mariners organization for a little while now.  I was already an established fan when he finally made his way to Tacoma last season, but once I [...]

Eric Byrnes is scraped up following a play you would only expect to see from Eric Byrnes. Turning in one of the more interesting games was outfielder Eric Byrnes, who had juggling catch in the fourth inning, falling to the ground in the process. Then in the fifth, he doubled and slid head first into [...]

Catchers The Seattle Mariners acquired 24 year old Dan Wilson on November 2, 1993.  Wilson was dynamite during his Mariner career, but the franchise has had terrible luck with their other young catchers ever since.  Jason Varitek was viewed under a microscope as a Mariner farmhand, having to deal with high expectations placed on him [...]

Spring Training is right around the corner, and the Seattle Mariners have released their first batch of non-roster invitees, courtesy of John Hickey. Pitchers: Eric Hull Chris Jakubauskas Shawn Kelley Luis Munoz Chris Seddon Denny Stark Tracy Thorpe Sean White Catchers: Jaime Burke Adam Moore Luis Oliveros Infielders: Callix Crabbe Oswaldo Navarro Chris Shelton Chris [...]

Offseason 2008/2009 Here are my top 25+ Seattle Mariners prospects as of today.  I will try to post updated lists several times a year: offseason, early season, post- draft and International Signing Day, and perhaps a few in between. I received some good input from Rob T. on this as well, and he’ll be co-authoring [...]