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Looking at Mike Zunino’s Torrid Start to the Triple A Season

Apr 24, 2016

Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Seattle Mariners

Almost four years ago, the Seattle Mariners selected Golden Spikes Award winner Mike Zunino with the third overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft. The University of Florida catcher was seen as one of the best young...

Finally, the Seattle Mariners are Handling Mike Zunino with the Proper Care

Gabriel Bogart

Feb 25, 2016

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners, Spring Training

While speculation that Mike Zunino would start the 2016 season with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers has been widely accepted as possible, confirmation came early Wednesday that it is inevitable. Shannon Drayer, wh...

Five Major Questions for the Seattle Mariners in 2016

Kyle Gehler

Jan 20, 2016

American League, American League West, Features, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

(Sept. 29, 2015 - Source: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images North America) The 2015 season was one full of disappointment for the Seattle Mariners. They went into the year with some experts predicting them to mak...

Final Mariner Call-Ups: No Zunino?

Jamey Vinnick

Sep 7, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners, Transactions

Monday afternoon, Mariners reporter Bob Dutton reported that the team was going to be recalling four players as the Tacoma Rainiers season ended. Those players being catcher Steve Baron, outfielder James Jones....

Mariners Demote Mike Zunino To Triple-A

Josh Eastern

Aug 28, 2015

Breaking News, Seattle Mariners

Friday has been a busy day for the Seattle Mariners as earlier they relieved Jack Zduriencik of his duties as GM. The second move made was demoting starting catcher Mike Zunino to Triple-A Tacoma, one of Zdurie...

Seattle Mariners Face The Impossibility Of Preseason Predictions

Gabriel Bogart

Aug 4, 2015

American League, Fantasy, Features, Major League Baseball, Media, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Hey Mariners' fans, any of you remember the preseason hype and hope? Remember how everybody was picking them to win the American League West division title? How about when ESPN looked into their crystal ball ma...

Corey Kluber Enters The Home Of “The King” And Picks Up A Win

Josh Eastern

May 29, 2015

American League, American League Central, American League West, Cleveland Indians, Headlines, Seattle Mariners

In 2014, Corey Kluber and Felix Hernandez were neck and neck for the AL Cy Young award and we all know how that ended up for Kluber and Hernandez as the former may have stolen one away from “the King.” Felix le...

Cubs trade Wellington Castillo to Mariners

Justin Levine

May 19, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Media, National League Central, Rumors

The Seattle Mariners are set to acquire catcher Wellington Castillo from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Yoervis Medina, according to a report from Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. It was earlier reported b...

Now Is the Time for the Mariners to Make Some Roster Moves

Josh Eastern

May 15, 2015

American League West, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

After falling one game short of the second wild card spot in 2014, the Seattle Mariners came into 2015 with high expectations. They were already a good-looking team after last season, and after the signing of N...

Five Bold Predictions for the 2015 Seattle Mariners

Gabriel Bogart

Apr 5, 2015

American League, American League West, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

The 2014 version of the Seattle Mariners gave their fans some serious glimmers of hope. With new manager Lloyd McClendon at the helm and the quarter-billion dollar Robinson Cano adding some meat to the middle o...

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