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Carp Destined to Haunt M’s If Traded
February 19th, 2013 at 1:00 PM
The offseason additions of Kendrys Morales, Michael Morse, Raul Ibanez have solidified a need for backup at 1st base should starter Justin Smoak fail to perform out of the chute. With regards to the outfield a healthy Franklin Gutierrez, up-and-comer Michael Saunders, and "The Beast" Michael Morse (a nickname bestowed upon...
Saunders Welcomes Home Birth of First Child
September 26th, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Michael Saunders has been a pleasant surprise this season for the Seattle Mariners. He came in to spring training vying for a spot in the outfield and when CF Franklin Gutierrez went down with a torn pectoral muscle to begin the season, Saunders was able to take hold of the...
Mariners Bounce Back After Tough Series
August 28th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Felix Hernandez continued his dominance Monday pitching a complete game shutout, his 5th of the season, to beat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 at Target Field. Since his perfect game, Felix is 2-0 with 10 strikeouts and has only given up 1 earned run over that span. He only needed 100...
Players Will Be Tested Amidst 8-game Win Streak
August 23rd, 2012 at 6:20 PM
8 wins in a row. 14 wins out of the last 15 games at home. 25-13 record since the All-Star Break, best in the American League. No, I am not talking talking about the New York Yankees or the Texas Rangers. I'm talking about the Seattle Mariners. The M's have...
Trio of Homers Propels Mariners to 6th Straight Win
August 21st, 2012 at 4:40 PM
The past couple of seasons have been tough for the Seattle Mariners and on their fans. Felix Hernandez and Ichiro Suzuki have been the only reasons for Mariners fans to come to the park each and every day and now that the latter is gone, King Felix is the sole...
Michael Saunders Hits Career-High 11th Homer as Mariners Sweep Twins
August 20th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Last Tuesday's walk-off win against Tampa Bay Rays seems to have inspired the Seattle Mariners as the team followed up with 4 consecutive victories, one of which Mariner fans witnessed history when Felix Hernandez hurled the first perfect game in club history. The Mariners continued their current homestand by sweeping...
Seattle Mariners Maintain 9-4 Record Since Trading Ichiro
August 6th, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Since the Seattle Mariners decided to part ways with their oldest player on the club, Ichiro Suzuki (38), the M's have been able to maintain a 9-4 record and have fought their way back into the AL West picture as they are now 13.5 GB the Texas Rangers (A significant...
New acquisition Eric Thames makes good first impression
August 3rd, 2012 at 5:46 PM
The Seattle Mariners traded RHP Steve Delabar to the Toronto Blue Jays for OF Eric Thames on Tuesday in an effort to bolster an already crowded outfield. The newly acquired Thames will compete for playing time with fellow outfielders Trayvon Robinson and Carlos Peguero.
Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge penciled Thames...
Seattle Mariners, Behind the Scenes News and Information
April 28th, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Despite the Seattle Mariners winning their last four games and their offense absolutely on a tear this road-trip, there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that deserves mention as well.
Lets take a look at some Mariners topics that are trending, just not as much as Michael Saunders right now.
Franklin Gutierrez
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Seattle Mariners, Michael Saunders in Extra-Inning Excitement
April 28th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Phil Humber showed us he's not all that perfect (Red Sox rocked him.) Michael Pineda is out for the season, and the Seattle Mariners have won four straight?!
After dropping four games in a row at home, the Mariners have gone on the road and won four straight. They swept the Tigers in Detroit and have now taken game one in the...
Delmon Young Arrested, Faces Hate Crime Charges
April 27th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
To add insult to injury after the Seattle Mariners swept the Detroit Tigers, outfielder Delmon Young was arrested last night in New York City. The charges against him are aggregated harassment hate-crime.
Young was standing outside of the teams Manhattan hotel around 2:30 am ET when a group of four tourist from Chicago approached him. First the group had...
Chone Figgins, Seattle Mariners Take Two from Oakland
April 8th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
The Seattle Mariners season opener (V.2.0) in Oakland showcased a much improved Mariners offense. Led by Chone Figgins (no seriously) the Mariners scored 15 runs in two-game series.
Figgins put together two, three-hit games in Oakland that included a triple, double, four RBI's and two runs scored. Not a bad start for a guy who hit .182 last season and was nearly chased out of town by an angry mob, pitchforks...
INJURY UPDATE: Seattle Mariners, Mike Carp Placed on the 15 Day DL
March 29th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
In game one of the Opening Series in Japan, Mike Carp was busy in left field. He made a nice catch up against the wall and almost a spectacular catch on a line drive off the bat of Kurt Suzuki.
The ball Suzuki hit resulted in a double when Carp's driving effort was just barely not enough...
The Seattle Mariners 28-Man Roster for Japanese Opener
March 27th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
The Seattle Mariners announced their planned 28-man roster for the season opener in Japan.
The Mariners traveled with 30 players to Japan. All 30 were eligible for the previously played exhibition games. For the start of the regular season however, the Mariners had to announce a 28-man roster, then designate three of those players as ineligible.
To move from 30 players to 28 the Mariners made the following moves:
OF Carlos Peguero, RHP Chance Ruffin...
Seattle Mariners Send Trayvon Robinson and Six Others to Minors
March 17th, 2012 at 7:45 PM
The Seattle Mariners roster now down to 40.
Trayvon Robinson was among seven players sent to the Mariners minor league camp Saturday. The 24-year-old outfielder has had an impressive spring but Manager Eric Wedge believes Robinson still has a few things to work on.
"He has a lot of talent, he just needs to go down and work," Wedge said. "He's close, but he...
Michael Saunders Making a Push to Be the Opening Day Starter in Center Field
March 3rd, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Who is this guy in center field right now? It's surely not the Michael Saunders we've seen the past few seasons, at least at the big league level.
Saunders has performed well in AAA. In 2011 he posted a .288 BA, .415 OBP, 7 HR's and 38 RBI's in 64 games for the Tacoma Rainiers but failed to transfer the same kind of production...
Franklin Gutierrez Tears Pectoral Muscle, Out for Four Weeks
March 1st, 2012 at 2:20 PM
TBad news came yesterday for the Seattle Mariners with the results of Franklin Gutierrez's MRI. It was confirmed that he has torn his pectoral muscle and will miss at least four weeks.
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Seems like maybe Gutierrez's first impression on us this spring was too good to be true. Now the M's center fielder will have to get back up to speed after...
Seattle Mariners Lineups for Final Inter-squad Game
February 29th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
The Seattle Mariners will take on once again themselves in what will be the final inter-squad battle this spring. The team is set to start things off at 1:05 MST. It would be cruel of us not to give you the lineups.
Home
Pos
Visitors
Pos
1
Figgins
8
1
Ryan
6
2
Ackley
4
2
Seager
4
3
Ichiro
9
3
Wells
8
4
Smoak
3
4
Carp
7
5
Montero
2
5
Jaso
3
6
Catricala
5
6
Peguero
9
7
Robinson
7
7
Jimenez
DH
8
Sucre
DH
8
Moore
2
9
Triunfel
6
9
Martinez
5
P
Paxton
1
P
Walker
1
Some interesting things to note here is Chone Figgins playing center field while teammate Trayvon Robinson starts in left. It...
Franklin Gutierrez Under Goes MRI Tuesday Afternoon
February 28th, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Franklin Gutierrez received an MRI this afternoon after injuring what looks to be his pectoral muscle during pregame warm ups before the team began it's third inter-squad game Tuesday.
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Gutierrez has come into Mariners camp this spring looking better than ever. This will hopefully be only a temporary set back and nothing major after the center fielder has battled to overcome digestive issues...