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The Yankees have held on to Jesus Montero through every offseason and trade deadline. No matter what star player was dangled in their faces, they kept the young catcher (but soon-to-be first baseman or DH, according to most reports) close. Considering the age of the Yankees’ lineup and their desire to get [...]

We mentioned last week how much the Seattle Mariners were sucking at baseball, and after an entire weekend, that is still the case.
Generally, records and milestones are pretty awesome accomplishments. In the 43-58 Mariners’ case, the record they set on Sunday is rather embarrassing. The club suffered a franchise-worst 15th straight loss upon a 12-8 [...]

While the Texas Rangers just finished enjoying a nice 12-game winning streak, the Seattle Mariners are on the complete other side of the spectrum.

The Mariners lost their 11th straight game Wednesday night at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 11-6, their 15th loss in 20 games. This marks their longest[...]

Over the last few months I’d been hearing about how people were starting to give up on the potential of Justin Smoak.

Here’s some news: Prospects in the MLB typically take longer to pan out than in the NFL. Last season was Smoak’s first in the big leagues and we managed to obtain the young power hitter from Texas [...]

In really what is no surprise, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Hampton called it a career today and retired from baseball. Hampton has a 11.17 ERA in nine games this spring. He had given up 12 runs in just 9.2 innings. The writing was on the wall.

Hampton had been trying to make his comeback from such an injury riddled[...]

Congratulations to Ichiro Suzuki on tying a major league record with his 10th 200-hit season.
The Seattle Mariners right fielder entered Thursday with 198 hits before collecting no. 199 with a third-inning double down the left-field line and a base hit two innings later in his team’s 1-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Until today, the [...]

It’s got to suck to be Cliff Lee. In the last two years he’s been traded from the last place Indians, to the NL Champion Phillies, who then traded him to a currently last place Mariners team. On how many levels is that not fair to a guy? A former Cy Young winner, still pitching like a Cy Young winner,pitched for three teams in the last two years[...]

What has gone unsaid throughout the entire Hanley Ramirez saga is the ever-thickening layer of distrust between American major leaguers and Hispanic major leaguers. It’s not thick, like a sheet of paper. It’s thick, like a brick wall.
There are obviously many exceptions here. But an enormous number of American major league players believe their Hispanic [...]

After a Tacoma News Tribune reporter tattled on Ken Griffey Jr. for napping in the clubhouse, the Seattle Mariners gave him the silent treatment.
For example, after the Mariners’ 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, Cliff Lee began to address the media before stopping abuptly and refusing to continue until Larry LaRue, the reporter [...]

Right from the start let me say that I love Ken Griffey Jr. Without a doubt, he is one of the all-time greats to play the game (so far).

I had to throw the qualifier in because he seemingly has become one of those greats that tarnish their own legacy by playing years past their expiration date. If he was a carton of milk and you drank him, you’d get food poisoning and maybe die.