== If we call him General Jackson, then when he’s at AA he’ll be General Jackson the Jackson General! == And we have a Jackson and a Franklin, so if we traded for a Hamilton we’d really have Moneyball! === Moving on. It was not a small number of oddballs who were calling San Diego…
== Pedal-to-the-metal 9th inning breaks Oakland will == A 4-3 lead hung in the balance, but not every day has to be a high-wire act. Brad Miller, batting at the bottom of the order, where he’s already drawn more walks in seven games than he did in 19 games batting 2nd, drew a walk. Michael…
== Randy Wolf for MVP! == Well, not Randy Wolf proper. But Randy Wolf’s well-timed indignation at being slapped with a 45-day “out” clause as a condition to being awarded a spot at the bottom on the Mariner rotation. The Indignation of Wolf led to a quick “see ya later” from the M’s brass, leading…
== Offense wakes up, finds itself in midst of epic pitching meltdown, hits snooze button, goes back to sleep == Has a team ever had a starting rotation more shredded? The only remaining healthy and relatively plausible in-house candidate left for starts — Erasmo Ramirez — had his third consecutive ugly game (2.0 IP, 5…
== How jammed is the logjam? == It’s still early, of course, but will holding on to the current core of young Mariners get too expensive? And will it cause the next generation of prospects to wither on the vine, rot and lose value? It’s a legitimate question raised by longtime M’s analyst SABR Matt,…
==”I don’t mi-ind …” == Time travel to early summer 2013. The best healthy right-handed hitters on the Mariner roster, I suppose, were mostly-used-up and soon-to-be-shipped-out Michael Morse and Jason Bay. Franklin Gutierrez was in his usual perpetual limbo. Mike Zunino had been rushed to the majors, and wasn’t hitting a lick. Once-promising Vinnie Catricala…
== The season is still Young, but … == No, they don’t give a Cy Young award for the first week of the season. But if they did, we nominate Felix Hernandez: 2 wins (leads AL starters) 14.1 IP (leads MLB) 19 K (leads MLB) 1.88 ERA (leads AL among those with 2 starts) 0.837…
== Canadian for “Tank” == MB 100 | No. 23 Tyler O’Neill OF | 2014 age: 19 | Bats: RH | 5-11, 205 3rd round of 2013 draft out of high school (Maple Ridge, British Columbia) 2013 ranking: not yet in organization Year Age Tm Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI…
Mariner Brainstorm 