Archive for Seattle Mariners

  • Seattle Mariners: 5 Solutions to Jump Start Sputtering Offense

    With the season approaching its one-quarter mark and the Seattle Mariners finding themselves once again in last place one can't help but break out some comparisons to the 2011 team. Both teams were enjoying nearly identical records at this point in the season. Both teams' batting averages hover arou...

  • Seattle Mariners: 10 Keys to Getting Back into the Wild Card Hunt

    Going into 2012, many baseball followers wrote the Mariners off as a developing team that had the potential to win big, but not until 2014 or 2015. The M's have lived up to that expectation in some ways, but they've also shown that they're not an easy win like they have been in previous years.Before...

  • Seattle Mariners: Keys to Having a Successful Road Trip in the Middle of May

    With the Seattle Mariners finishing up their homestand against the Detroit Tigers last night with another win, the team is now in third place with a 15-18 record.Up next, the Mariners will be heading eastbound on a road trip that will take them to New York, Boston, Cleveland and then finish in Colo...

  • Predicting Mariners’ First Minor Leaguer to Get Called Up

    The Seattle Mariners have one of the strongest farm systems in the major leagues right now. General Manager Jack Zduriencik has done an excellent job filling the ranks from the bottom up since taking over in 2008.Because of that bottom-up strategy, the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainie...

  • Seattle Mariners Must Give Hope Back to the Fans

    I recently attended a Tampa Bay Rays game at Tropicana Field, and the lack of fans in attendance left me stunned. I had made the trip from Orlando to watch Felix Hernandez pitch for the Seattle Mariners. He did not disappoint.Unfortunately, the Mariners lineup did not disappoint either. Th...

  • Twins vs. Mariners: Hector Noesi Uses Hapless Twins to Get Right

    Hector Noesi needed this. After struggling with his consistency, Noesi brought a 7.38 ERA and 1-3 record into Sunday's matchup against the hapless Minnesota Twins.In his best outing since April 14, Noesi pitched seven innings, allowing only one run on four hits while st...

  • Seattle Mariners: Is Chone Figgins on His Way out of the Lineup?

    Despite his versatile defensive skills, Chone Figgins may be in his last season as a Seattle Mariner for obvious reasons.After a hot start—nine hits in his first 25 at-bats—Figgins' .303 average on April 12 has sunk to an ugly .189 as of last night.Given his struggles at the plate (he ha...

  • Seattle Mariners: It’s Time to Bring Up the Young Guns

    After 24 games the Seattle Mariners own a team ERA of 4.10, good for worst in the AL West and ninth overall in the American League. This would be okay if we were talking about the Mariners of 1998, but we're not. We're talking about a team that is supposedly built around pitching and defense.That be...

  • Seattle Mariners: Miguel Olivo Headed to DL

    As if losing games wasn't bad enough, now the Seattle Mariners are going to lose their starting catcher for a couple of weeks. In a game squared at one a piece in the bottom of the 10th with the Tampa Bay Rays, Olivo went to field a ball placed between him and pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen. Taking a r...

  • Seattle Mariners: Michael Saunders Comes Up Big in Win over Jays

    On a night in which there were many heroes for the Seattle Mariners, no one came up bigger than Michael Saunders. Trailing in the ninth inning 5-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays, Saunders came up to bat with one out. Facing long-time veteran Francisco Cordero, Saunders smacked a home run to deep cent...

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