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Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Mariners

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and over the course of November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the second...

Casey Kotchman Refuses Trip to Minors to Become a Free Agent

The Mariners are clearing roster space in a hurry this week and Casey Kotchman is the latest to be sent packing from the Pacific Northwest. The veteran first baseman refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday and exercised his right to become a free agent. With the Mariners declining to exercise their...

Mariners Send Justin Smoak to Minors, Put Milton Bradley on DL

First baseman Justin Smoak, the key player acquired by the Seattle Mariners when they traded left-handed starter Cliff Lee to Texas, was sent down to Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday. The Mariners also put left fielder Milton Bradley on the disabled list with knee problems and recalled pitcher Sean White and...

Three Down: Mets, Smoak, Rockies

The Mets woke up from a two-week sleep on Tuesday night, scoring eight runs in beating Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals at Citi Field in New York. The victory came in the first game of a six-game homestand, but it wasn't enough to keep his former team off of Steve Phillips' list of "Three Down" around Major League...

Justin Smoak Helps Boost Value of Mariners' Cliff Lee Trade

Cliff Lee has been traded around enough at this point for the Mariners to know if they were properly compensated for his services. Unfortunately for the last two clubs to trade for the former Cy Young winner, the haul of young players they got in return has yet to make a major impact in either case. While those previous...

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The Colorado Rockies were swept for the second time at home and the third time overall this season.

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05/26/12 Mariners build lead, League blows it Source: The Puyallup Herald - Puyallup WA The Seattle Mariners survived another Albert Pujols home run, got seven gritty innings from Blake Beavan and managed to get a one-run lead to the ninth inning Friday.
05/26/12 League lets Angels off the hook in the ninth Source: The Daily News - Longview WA There was plenty for the Mariners to feel good about on a night their first baseman finally showed he could swing with the big boys.
05/23/12 Harrison, Andrus help Rangers top M's Source: ABC - KTVX 4 - Salt Lake City UT Matt Harrison spun seven-plus innings of one- run ball and Elvis Andrus slapped a go-ahead two-run triple in the third as the Rangers downed the Mariners, 3-1, in the middle test of a three-game set on Tuesday at Safeco Field.
05/22/12 Western Front: My Kingdome for a Morse by Geoff Young Source: Baseball Prospectus You look for things to write about the Mariners.
05/21/12 Jaso catches Felix for first time this season Source: MLB - Seattle Mariners The much-anticipated matchup between the Rangers' Yu Darvish and the Mariners' Felix Hernandez dominated headlines leading up to Monday's series opener.