By way of one of the most shocking and inconceivable baseball trades in memory, Vernon Wells is now a member of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. No one can figure out what the Angels were thinking when they decided to accept Wells and $81MM of the $86MM left on his albatross mega-deal, but we [...]
Now that Dustin Ackley is an infielder, Michael Saunders a Major Leaguer and Ezequiel Carrera a Cleveland Indian, the Mariners minor league system has lost three high-floor outfield prospects since we did this last year. Unsurprisingly, you’ll find that this year’s list is heavy on boom or bust athletes. While it’s good to have some [...]
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 [...]
OF Michael Saunders was sent to minor league camp today, as were right-handed relievers Mike Koplove and Levale Speigner. Saunders to Tacoma, minor-league assignments for Koplove and Speigner have not yet been announced. No real surprises here. Saunders didn’t really have a shot of making the roster with the additions of Milton Bradley and Eric [...]
There is still plenty of time for another player to be brought in and things to shake up the depth chart, but here is how I would interpret the current left field setup with the signing of Eric Byrnes (scroll down for news post). Eric Byrnes: He’s mashed lefties throughout his career and hit lefties [...]
Outfielders Barring something unexpected, the Seattle Mariners have two-thirds of their outfield set for the foreseeable future. Ichiro’s contract goes through 2012 and Franklin Gutierrez is on the verge of signing an extension that will keep him around through at least 2013. This is good news considering the nature of Seattle’s outfield prospects. There are [...]
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 [...]