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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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06/02/12 Smoak continues trend of hot hitting Source: MLB When Justin Smoak was struggling earlier this season, he frequently noted that when things are going rough, even hard-hit balls somehow seem to wind up in defender's gloves.
06/02/12 Smoak continues trend of hot hitting Source: MLB - Seattle Mariners When Justin Smoak was struggling earlier this season, he frequently noted that when things are going rough, even hard-hit balls somehow seem to wind up in defender's gloves.
06/01/12 White Sox win 9th straight, beat Mariners Source: NBC - TurnTo10 - Providence RI Alexei Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out infield single in the eighth inning Friday night and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 for their ninth straight win.
05/31/12 Batting practice is serious business for Mariners Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA The cage and safety nets are rolled into place as four groups of hitters take the stage for a carefully choreographed production.
05/31/12 A 21-run salute to the resurgent Justin Smoak Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA For once, it's time to praise Justin Smoak , not to bury him.