U.S.S. Mariner

Minor League Highlights for Friday, May 30
Tacoma 4, Fresno 3. LHP Troy Cate, up from Inland Empire to make a spot start in place of the injured Ken Cloude, pitched very well in his AAA debut (5 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) and was rewarded with a victory. [...]

Gillick’s got a gem in the Seattle Times today: “”We’ve been as thorough as ever in scouting and reporting on the kids available. Our thought is to get a position player, but if we can’t get one we like, then we’ll take a pitcher.”
As opposed to, what…. “Since we don’t have a pick until [...]

Another turn through the rotation, it’s time for
Derek’s Rate Stats of Doom

Pitcher Batters h% hr% bb% k%
Moyer [...]

Minor League Highlights for Thursday, May 29
Tacoma 5, Fresno 3. The Rainiers took an early 3-0 lead after one, then held on for the victory behind RHP Brian Sweeney (7 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K), who moved to 5-4 with the win. Three Tacoma hitters — DH Chad Meyers, [...]

Rob Neyer decided to write a column about the Mariners yesterday. With all due respect to Rob, its pretty clear he hasn’t paid a whole heck of a lot of attention to the M’s through the first two months of the year.
His commentary on the pitching staff is something of a joke. [...]

Minor League Highlights for Wednesday, May 28
Fresno 9, Tacoma 4. RHP Jeff Heaverlo’s struggles continued, as he put together his worst start of the year (3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 0 K) and took the loss, falling to 3-5 on the season. After a very promising start Heaverlo has been [...]

Mariners all time pitching leaders through 2002:
Wins
1. Johnson (130)
2. Moyer (98)
Shutouts
1. Johnson (19)
9. Moyer (5)
Strikeouts
1. Johnson (2,162)
4. Moyer (801)
ERA
3. Johnson (3.42)
10. Moyer (3.80)
Complete Games
2. Johnson (51)
N/A. Moyer not listed in top ten.
Innings
1. Johnson (1,838)
3. Moyer (1,316)
Winning Percentage
3. Moyer (.671)
4. Johnson (.637)
I don’t think it is closer than we think. The only advantage Moyer has [...]

Jamie Moyer wins yet another start, and we’ve got nothing to say? C’mon guys! Seriously, I think the fact that the game started at 11am, coupled with the lack of TV coverage, means nobody had a chance to see this one. I listened to probably four innings today at work and have checked out the [...]

Much to my surprise, here’s a great article on Freddy Garcia in the King County Journal. I call this a surprise because I certainly wasn’t expecting it, although Greg Johns does always seem to write good stuff when I happen to find it. When was the last time you saw a column in the Times [...]

Minor League Highlights for Super Tuesday, May 27
Fresno 5, Tacoma 2. The Rainiers opened their roadtrip with a loss, as they fell behind 5-0 after two innings and managed just five singles and a double in the game. LHP Craig Anderson (7 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3 HR) [...]