Mariners General
John Jaso To Lead Off
Why? I’m not sure.
Jaso has never really profiled as a lead off hitter, though Wedge has displayed he will go with the hot hand when the occasion calls for it. With Ackley slumping, I could think of worse choices to stick at the top of the … [visit site to read more]
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Kyle Seager’s Role Last Night
The ninth innings last night was pretty exciting! The Mariners had a lot of heroes in that inning: Montero for the double, Jaso for the sac fly, or even Kawasaki for the speed to score. However, I think that the true hero in that inning was Kyle … [visit site to read more]
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Color-infused Prognostication
And we’re back! I’ll give you second to familiarize yourself with these charts… These are all statistics that stabilize between 50 PA and 200 PA*, and each can help tell us how much a player’s improvement or decline is real. The first chart … [visit site to read more]
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Kyle Seager You Sexy Beast
Last year, I didn’t believe in Kyle Seager. While he was a refreshing change … [visit site to read more]
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Figgins Benched, Ackley Assumes His Rightful Position At Leadoff
A word comes to mind… Finally.
“I talked to Figgy today. I told him we’re going to change his role, he’s going to [play in] more of a utility role for us now,” Wedge said. “I had a good conversation with Chone earlier today before I … [visit site to read more]
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The Futility of Figgins
At what point do you shorten the leash of an underperforming player?
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Things That Have Happened Before Albert Pujols Has Hit His First Home Run
Much to the joy of Mariner fans everywhere, the Angels, and more importantly Albert Pujols, are struggling. Pujols’ power outage has stirred a me
dia frenzy, raising the question–when will he hit one?
In the mean time, here is a convivial … [visit site to read more]
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Potential for Greatness
This year the Seattle Mariners are going to be one of the most frustrating teams to follow throughout the summer because of their expected inconsistencies. We are one of the youngest teams in the league and when that’s the case you can expect some … [visit site to read more]
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Carp Suplants Olivo… For Now.
Outfielder Mike Carp, who has been on the disabled list since Opening Day with a sprained right shoulder, is rejoining the Mariners in Florida on Tuesday to take the roster spot created by catcher Miguel Olivo’s injury.
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Unlucky?
With a look at the stats, you will see the Mariner’s disappointing .238 batting average and .275 BABIP. These are pretty discouraging numbers, but don’t mark this offense as a failure yet.
What the batting average doesn’t show is … [visit site to read more]
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Let’s Get Colorful!
This is when some things stabilize:
OBP – 350 PA
SLG – 350 PA
ISO – 350 PA
OPS – 350 PA
350 plate appearances is a significant number. According to visit site to read more]
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Series Preview: Seattle To Canada!
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Eric Wedge Is Not On The Same Page As Zduriencik
I’d love to have guys with good makeup and good character, committed to the city and the ballclub. But, when all is said and done, talent wins.
- Jack Zduriencik
If you ever believed in Eric Wedge, it is time … [visit site to read more]
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Offense [uh-fens, aw-fens, of-ens]
Who has misplaced my Seattle Mariners because surely this cannot be them. 7 runs? 9 runs? 5 runs? Home runs?! What happened, I was just coming out of my White Sox induced coma; waking up to a sweep of the AL Central favorites. Outside of yesterdays … [visit site to read more]
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How Long do They Have?
There comes a time in every season when you look at some of your players and ask, “How long do we give them before we take them out of the order/rotation?” Well the time to start asking these questions has already come, so let’s take a look at … [visit site to read more]
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