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Ackley tabbed as Mariners' top prospect

27 Jan 2010 17:00:00 PST

Written by Jim Street
While Dustin Ackley stands alone among Mariners prospects in the Top 50, which was announced on MLB Network, it's a start for Jack Zduriencik's overall game plan to get the Mariners back into the playoffs and eventually the World Series. Ackley ranked as Mariners' top prospect

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Interview With Trader Jack

25 Jan 2010 09:21:49 PST

DL: Mariners fans are getting pretty excited about the team you’re putting together. Knowing that, would you be willing to make a deal that resulted in the team’s taking one step back in 2010 in order to take two steps forward in 2011?

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Hernandez finalizes $78M, 5-year deal with Seattle

21 Jan 2010 16:17:34 PST

Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners have completed a $78 million, five-year deal that averts an arbitration hearing and keeps the young ace under contract through 2014.

Original story at Seattle Times .

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Felix's reign in Seattle to continue

19 Jan 2010 05:47:00 PST

Written by Jim Street
Mariners ace right-hander Felix Hernandez, who finished second in the American League Cy Young Award vote in 2009, has agreed to a multiyear contract. Felix's reign in Seattle to continue

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M's to get Casey Kotchman? Beltre with the Red Sox?

05 Jan 2010 15:38:01 PST

1:38pm: Conversely, SI's Jon Heyman tweets that the Red Sox are one of three finalists from which Beltre is choosing. ESPN's Gordon Edes sides with Heyman, that the Sox are "very much in the mix for Beltre." Edes names the A's, Orioles, and Angels as other possible suitors.

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Let's review: What a year for Twins

27 Dec 2009 10:41:46 PST

Left-hander Francisco Liriano instead got the nod in the April 6 opener against the Mariners to kick off the club's final season at the Metrodome. ... and more »

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Seattle Mariners news and blogs - February 26, 2010

26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Seattle Mariners news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Eric Byrnes agrees to deal with Mariners -- from The Seattle Times: Mariners
• Byrnes, Mariners agree to one-year deal -- by Jim Street from Seattle Mariners News
• Eric Byrnes Agrees to Deal With Mariners -- by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT > Seattle Mariners
• Randy Johnson will throw out first pitch at Mariners' home opener -- from The Seattle Times: Mariners
• Inbox: Interest in Bedard? -- by Jim Street from Seattle Mariners News
• On the Mariners and their payroll -- from The Seattle Times: Mariners
• Griffey, Ichiro highlight 2010 promotions -- by Jim Street from Seattle Mariners News
• Jack of all trades: M's GM building a winner -- by Jim Street from Seattle Mariners News
• RHP League, Mariners Agree to 1-Year Contract -- by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT > Seattle Mariners
• Mariners Join Trend by Signing Hernandez to Long Deal -- by By TYLER KEPNER from NYT > Seattle Mariners

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M's Busy December Gives Brandon Morrow a New Home

23 Dec 2009 12:27:59 PST

Seattle and Toronto exchanged a pair of hard-throwing, right-handed Brandons, with the Mariners shipping their first-round Draft pick from 2006, Brandon Morrow, to the Blue Jays for reliever Brandon League. The Mariners also received outfield prospect Johermyn Chavez, a 20-year-o...

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My oh my: A stocking stuffer idea for Mariner fans

22 Dec 2009 13:24:20 PST

Included in the series is a CD devoted to the life and calls of Dave Niehaus, entitlted: Dave Niehaus, "Voice of the Mariners." It's a cool combination of ...

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Off the top: Ichiro, Figgins a good start

14 Dec 2009 09:04:16 PST

Right now, I think the club will stay with Ichiro and Figgins back to back. The Mariners don't have a solid high-contact No. 2 guy to put between them. ...

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One Thumb Up, One Thumb Down

03 Dec 2009 10:57:21 PST

SEATTLE -- The Mariners had two big decisions to make Tuesday regarding free agents Adrian Beltre and Erik Bedard. One was a yes and one was a no. If Beltre does accept the offer, however, the Mariners will most likely end up paying him at least his 2009 salary of $12 million next year, and he'll...

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Opinion: Mariners rue one who got away

16 May 2009 16:57:52 PDT

Former Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi and scouting director Bob Fontaine Jr. used the fifth pick of the 2006 draft on Morrow of Cal, where team owner Howard Lincoln graduated. That left Lincecum, the nation's best college pitcher, for the Giants ...

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Opinion: Rangers deep-six Mariners in 7th

12 May 2009 20:09:15 PDT

The Mariners have now scored one or zero runs in 10 games this season, and two runs in four others. By Larry Stone TONY GUTIERREZ / AP Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Jason Vargas looks at the ball between batters in the third inning of a baseball ...

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Where Do The OFs Land?

06 Jan 2009 14:00:05 PST

Written by Dave Cameron
The teams that were expected to be in the market for power bats were Tampa Bay, Oakland, Seattle, Anaheim, the Yankees, the Cubs, Atlanta, and maybe Washington. The Rays got Burrell, the A’s got Matt Holiday and Jason Giambi, the Mariners signed Russell Branyan, the Yankees signed Mark Te...

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O's vs. Mariners preview: August 1-3

31 Jul 2008 17:55:34 PDT

Orioles president Andy MacPhail decided that it was best for the team to keep all of its pieces at the nonwaiver trade deadline. After weeks of speculation surrounding several Orioles players, especially closer George Sherrill, the team didn’t make any moves. What does this mean for the f...

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Patch: Madden: Sexson signing proves top teams are flawed, need help

20 Jul 2008 00:50:18 PDT

When Richie Sexson was released by the Mariners, he was batting a league-low .218. The Yankees ' signing of Richie Sexson and the Phillies ' trade for Joe Blanton - patch-the-tire transactions each- just ...

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Podcast: MLB Week 14: Rays cementing a path to playoffs; Joe Buck hates his job; Worst injuries ever

03 Jul 2008 18:23:08 PDT

Headed into the Fourth of July weekend, “The Pitch” — presented by Liveboard — celebrates the Rays’ ridiculous run to the best record in baseball by eating crow for host Brandon Rosage’s 2006 comments ridiculing Tampa Bay for changing its team name. The tribute comes a day after the Rays fi...

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Podcast: MLB Week 12: Willie Randolph canned in his sleep; M’s cut off Bavasi; Hank prefers wussy pitchers

17 Jun 2008 00:05:35 PDT

And the program spends the better part of the hour covering every division in baseball, highlighting the return of Mark Teixeira to Texas, the resurgent Rockies, the streaking Tigers on the back of Marcus Thames, the impact of Alfonso Soriano’s injury on Chicago, Hank Steinbrenner’s a...

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Winding The Wayback Machine: Derek Zumsteg Previews The 2001 Angels

12 Jun 2008 22:23:57 PDT

Written by Rob(noreply@blogger.com)
I also got to see David Eckstein, who the Angels picked off of waivers last year, and who is one of the few Angels prospects I like. What really impressed me was how fast he was on the basepaths. He went 2-for-4 with a double to center field on which he tore out of the batter's box and got to second al...

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Opinion: Mariners break out their whitewash

01 Jun 2008 00:34:30 PDT

Mariners base runner Kenji Johjima slides safely past Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez into home on a stolen base in the fourth inning. ... Hernandez gets scare vs. Tigers MLB.com A long time coming for ‘King Felix’ TheNewsTribune.com Hernandez pitches Seattle to victory The Spokesman Review

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Podcast: MLB Week 7: Marlins celebrate success by paying Hanley, Sexson’s weapon of choice, Gagne quits

12 May 2008 15:14:18 PDT

The program does not, however, condone the pre-meditated use of a batting helmet as a mound-charging weapon, as Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson employed at the close of MLB’s Week 6 against the Rangers. The guys ask “If there’s room for fighting in baseball, where is it?”

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Podcast: Angels in trouble, Opening in Japan, Previewing the Rockies, Reds, Astros, Mariners, Royals and Blue Jays

27 Mar 2008 13:57:57 PDT

The guys spend the remainder of the hour covering missing team previews for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays. To jump to and listen to a specific team preview, select the team below… Colorado RockiesCinci...

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Baseball Season Preview: Seattle Mariners [Baseball Season Preview]

05 Mar 2008 10:35:08 PST

Written by Leitch
Today: The Seattle Mariners. Your author is Seth Kolloen. Bedard, who was 3-0 with a 2.07 ERA in five starts against the Yankees and Red Sox last year, will pair with Felix Hernandez to give the M's the best one-two punch in the American League.

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Policy Review

21 Sep 2007 16:10:22 PDT

Written by Jeff Kallman
But that’s just when he’s brushed back, merely. Watching one take aim at his cranium is another story. On Thursday night, that—and not the Angels shrinking their magic number for clinching the American League West to one, not Scioscia’s 700th win as the Angels’ field boss—became the story.

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Opinion: The Joy of Sexson, or, a 2008 1B Possibility

18 Sep 2007 19:23:27 PDT

Written by Adam J. Morris
Derek Zumsteg thinks the Mariners are going to try to dump Richie Sexson this offseason. Zumsteg suggests that the organization wants Adam Jones to be an everyday player in 2008, and to accomplish that, they'd have to make room for Jones. Moving Sexson would allow an outfield of Jones, Ic...

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Podcast: Open Thread - Game 150: Tigers (82-67) vs. Twins (72-76)

16 Sep 2007 11:30:01 PDT

Written by Ian Casselberry
I feel like I may have jinxed the Tigers last Sunday when using the "s" word. Instead, the Mariners hung a 14-7 loss on the Tigers and Jeremy Bonderman's elbow inflamed with pain, making us weep. So there will be no "s" word used today. I will just point out that Detroit has a chance to win a thir...

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