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Gloves Working for Mariners

As you might have heard, defense is the new big thing. It's not a revolutionary idea to suggest that having good defense can help you win baseball games, but the improvement the Rays made from 2007 to 2008 was quite a wake-up call around the majors. They had essentially the same pitchers, and they actually scored fewer...

Mariners Try Not to Sink Again

FanHouse continues its 2009 MLB Preview with a look at the Seattle Mariners.The Mariners of 2008 provided a case study in why overachieving isn't always a good thing. The team won 88 games in 2007, which could be looked at in one of two ways. You could say the team was close to contending and should go all in for a run at...

Notes From Sin City: Omar Minaya Tells Mets Fans to Stop Bothering Him About the Bullpen

Our MLB editor files dispatches from the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas in Notes From Sin City.I've seen quite a bit of Mets general manager Omar Minaya here at the Bellagio, so I'd like to think he's reading my posts. Even if he isn't, he did respond to my suggestion that New York needs more bullpen help, by pulling off a...

Mets Still Target J.J. Putz as a Bridge to K-Rod

Update: This trade is now official.So you thought the Mets were out of the running for a J.J. Putz trade after signing Francisco Rodriguez. I can't say I blame you ... I thought the same thing. But apparently there are discussions of a three-team, twelve player deal were first reported by Ken Rosenthal and updated by...

Footprints in the Snow: Seattle Mariners

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2009.The Mariners went into 2008 as playoff contenders in the eyes of some, and a sub-.500 team that wasn't going to be able to score enough runs to compete in the minds of others. The latter camp was closer...