Tom Wilhelmsen Maybe Slightly Less Good Now
The Mariners' closer is striking out fewer dudes than he has in the past. The league may be catching on to his curveball. Don't get too worried, though.
Seattle Mariners Stats
Dave Hansen Deserves A Raise
The Mariners, in the past, were very un-selective and strikeout-prone. Then they hired Dave Hansen to be the hitting coach. So far, the results are freakin' sweet!
Justin Smoak's Strength In Context
Word's going around the blogosphere that Justin Smoak isn't very strong. Well... is he?
Runs and Sequencing
I spend far too much time doing nothing productive on sites like Fangraphs and Baseball Reference. They're enormous bastions of information and I literally get lost for hours doing silly things...
Is It Nick Franklin Time?
The Mariners' major league 2B/SS situation is an absolute mess. The Mariners' minor league 2B/SS situation is awesome. Is it time to rectify the imbalance?
The Very Worst Mariner
Michael Saunders is coming back to the Mariners today. This is wonderful news. The question is, who should he replace? The answer is, not the guy he probably will.
Kyle Seager Makes A Change
Kyle Seager is in the midst of an absurd hot streak. Kyle Seager has recently made a significant change to his approach. Hopefully he is not Justin Smoak!
Don't You Give Up On Me
Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak, and Jesus Montero are not being real encouraging right now. Here's why you shouldn't jump off their bandwagons.
Non-Obligatory Mariners Spring Training Reminder
Examining the Seattle Mariners' spring-training history, compared to the Mariners' regular-season history. Guess what!
The Felix Hernandez Bump
Examining Seattle Mariners home attendance for games started by Felix Hernandez, and for games not started by Felix Hernandez, dating back to his 2005 rookie season.
Kelly Shoppach may be Defensive Improvement
A silver lining? Well, not silver. Maybe something like tin? A tin lining?
The Mariners Should Play Casper Wells
It is reasonable to think that he could outplay Michael Morse.
Morse Unlikely to be Worth a Qualifying Offer
Although the Mariners received no other player aside from Michael Morse in the trade of John Jaso, there is a chance that Morse could result in other players coming to the Mariners organization. It turns out to be a small chance.
Ranking Mariners' Prospects Using Age and League
Taijuan Walker posted a 103 xRA+ in Double-A last season. James Paxton also spent 2012 in Jackson, but he posted an xRA+ of 121. Danny Hultzen's xRA's in AA was 140, before going up to AAA and sucking. How would you rank those three seasons?
All Right, Time To Embrace Michael Morse Now
So Michael Morse is back on the Seattle Mariners. Time to look forward to what he should be able to do, if only in 2013 while he's still under contract.
John Jaso Can't Hit Lefties, Except Maybe He Can
It's been said long and often that the two fatal flaws of John Jaso were that he's bad at catching and that he can't hit lefties. Is the lefty one true?
The 2012 Mariners in xRA
Looking at the Mariners' rotation and bullpen with xRA including how they progressed throughout the season and the best and worst starts of the year.
UPDATED: Strong and Weak Hitters
Can expected home runs, compared against actual home runs, be used to see how strong hitters are? It appears so!
Your Kendrys Morales Optimism
Or, how the Seattle Mariners could have turned a year of Jason Vargas into a year of an AL MVP candidate. Let your imagination soar!
Felix Hernandez And Pitch-Receiving And So On
On the difficulty of catching Felix Hernandez, and on Felix's rank among major-league starting pitchers in this respect.
ALERT: Mariners Have Used Catchers Bad at Catching
A look at catchers' (and others) pitch-framing performance through an updated representation of the strike zone.
The Jesus Montero Split
Checking out a rather dramatic difference between Jesus Montero's first half in 2012 and Jesus Montero's second half in 2012.
Franchise History of the Mariners Hitting Turnover
I got curious about how much the Mariners turned over their roster. There are many ways of answering such a question. The easiest would be counting up the players who left/arrived, and that's a...
Jesus Montero Bad News/Good News
On Jesus Montero hitting to the opposite field, and on the changes to the Safeco Field outfield dimensions.
Alternate Versions Of Brendan Ryan
Let's redistribute some of Brendan Ryan's defensive value to his offense, and see where that takes us.
