While the Mariners were becoming media darlings and becoming picked as World Series contenders by TV analysts and the like, many of us started to get nervous.  GM Jack Zduriencik and company did a fantastic job of quickly building a team that had a shot, but could only do so much with the payroll being [...]

Previously: Chone Figgins and Brandon League by Scott, Ken Griffey Jr. by Conor Coming into the season we knew the Mariners offense wasn’t going to be great– it wasn’t even going to be good– but as long as the few “big” bats Seattle had played up to expectations it looked like the offense might provide [...]

To say Brandon League has been a disappointment for the Mariners is an understatement to some. He leads the majors in meltdowns (read more about this new statistic at Fangraphs), has seen his strikeout rate plummet, and isn’t throwing that devastating change that was the #1 swing and miss pitch in baseball last year. Most [...]

Continuing our “What Went Wrong” series looking at some of the various issues that have plagued this team thus far in the 2010 season, today we’ll be looking at the mess that has become the situation involving Ken Griffey, Jr. When Junior was signed prior to the 2009 season, the general reaction around the Mariners’ [...]

We’re starting a mini-series here trying to dissect this mess and figure out where things went wrong. Many fans are upset at a bunch of different people for the offensive struggles – Z, Wak, Armstrong, Lincoln, Safeco Field – but where does the blame really lay? Who’s responsible for this awful start from more than [...]