Minnesota Twins Should Focus on Adding Positional Versatility
It seems like an offseason ritual that baseball fans alike discuss starting pitchers the Minnesota Twins should target. However, this drag of an offseason is different: the Twins should focus on adding...
View ArticleSeattle Mariners Facing a Crossroads
The American League West has been the home for hot teams this month. The Texas Rangers are trying to run away with the division with a record of 47-26 and hold a 10-game lead going into Thursday. The...
View ArticleFive Major Questions for the Seattle Mariners in 2016
(Sept. 29, 2015 – Source: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images North America) The 2015 season was one full of disappointment for the Seattle Mariners. They went into the year with some experts predicting them...
View ArticleDeriving Benefit from a One Year Contract
The list of higher profile free agents has not dwindled as expected as we exit 2015 and start the new year. Several big name players are still available, many that most pundits thought would have...
View ArticleWhat the Royals can Learn from the Orioles
The Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles are fairly similar Major League Baseball clubs. Both play in mid-sized markets. Both endured lengthy postseason droughts that covered much of the Nineties...
View ArticleMariners proving SafeCo Field is just another ballpark
For years it was said that free agents shied away from Seattle and SafeCo Field. But is that starting to change because of hitters having success or the Mariners fielding a better team? It always helps...
View Article2016 wish list: Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners new General Manager, Jerry Dipoto, has a plan and I’m hoping it is a World Series contender blueprint. It seems Dipoto is zeroing in on a new manager in Seattle. Several reports...
View ArticleWhere does Seattle go from here?
It was October 2008, the Seattle Mariners had just finished off the first 100-plus loss season of a ball club with a $100 million dollar payroll in Major League Baseball history. Bill Bavasi had just...
View ArticleWhy Nelson Cruz Should Be The AL MVP
Safeco Field is known as one of the best pitcher parks in the big leagues, which is one reason why the Seattle Mariners are one of the most offensively-challenged teams in baseball. Camden Yards in...
View ArticleNelly Cruz booming in Seattle
Some in the Seattle Mariners organization wanted Nelson Cruz before the 2014 season. Cruz was coming off a PED suspension and that likely played a major role in why the M’s didn’t sign him and the...
View ArticleSeattle Mariners Face The Impossibility Of Preseason Predictions
Hey Mariners’ fans, any of you remember the preseason hype and hope? Remember how everybody was picking them to win the American League West division title? How about when ESPN looked into their...
View ArticleIs Jimmy Paredes an All-Star?
The Jimmy Paredes show rolled on in Baltimore last night. The Orioles’ designated hitter, in the midst of a breakout season at 26, went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. He drove in the first two...
View ArticleAll-Star Worthy Position Players: American League
Fan voting in the All-Star Game has been a largely controversial topic this season. Kansas City Royals fans have stuffed the ballot box for their players and their efforts will earn them as many as...
View ArticleEdgar Martinez Named Mariners New Hitting Coach
On Saturday afternoon, the Seattle Mariners announced the hiring of former Mariners designated hitter and third baseman Edgar Martinez as their new hitting coach. Howard Johnson had been the hitting...
View ArticleSplit Decision: Major League Baseball Splits Thus Far
So I had this idea the other week. Not the kind taken straight from a comic book where I become a madman take over a city. No, no, the kind where I become a madman and try to periodically update the...
View ArticleWhy Royals dominating All-Star Game voting isn’t bad for baseball
Let me premise what I am about to write with the following statement. If you have not voted for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, you have no right to bellyache over the fact that after...
View ArticleIs Alex Rodriguez an All-Star?
The short answer to the title question, of course, is most likely, but what kind of writer would I be if I was willing to leave it at that? Alex Rodriguez has turned the baseball world on its ear so...
View ArticleNelson Cruz: All aboard the regression train?
May 2015 did not look all that different from May 2014 for Nelson Cruz. In his first season with the Seattle Mariners, Cruz hit eight home runs and drove in 16 while slashing .346/.407/.607. Last May,...
View ArticleRyan Braun Is No Longer Just Another Cautionary Tale
Ryan Braun is a guy whose reputation has been severely tarnished due to his admission of using performance-enhancing drugs. It wasn’t the admission of PEDs that made everyone turn their back on him,...
View ArticleNow Is the Time for the Mariners to Make Some Roster Moves
After falling one game short of the second wild card spot in 2014, the Seattle Mariners came into 2015 with high expectations. They were already a good-looking team after last season, and after the...
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