http://ussmariner.com Seattle Mariners and general baseball discussion with David Cameron and Derek Zumsteg Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since there's been some talk about comment moderation, along with proper spelling, this seems like a good opportunity to write this note. As you know, some employees of the Mariner organization have names that can be mildly difficult to spell (Zduriencik, Rizzs, etc.), but we expect that if you care ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/20/i-before-u-except-after-t/ Due to the varying abilities of the players already on the roster, the M's find themselves in a rather interesting position this winter. They have four talented young position players who are all close to major league ready. They aren't finished products necessarily, but they can play, and ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/18/a-name-to-tuck-away/ Kirby Arnold talks with Don Wakamatsu. It's worth reading, but one sentence sticks out: But even long at-bats aren't necessarily good at-bats. Both Jose Lopez and Adrian Beltre had at-bats when they fouled off several pitches. “There would be an 11-pitch at-bat and a lot of guys would say, ‘Hey, great ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/18/have-a-hot-dog-with-me-don-wakamatsu/ We’re heavy into the award season now, but in the midst of that we also have a Nov. 20th deadline by which players must be added to the roster or risk being picked in the Rule 5 draft. The rules relate to the age a player was when they ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/18/09-40-man-preview-extravaganza/ The next time that you try to sell someone on FIP and that they tell you that its a load of crap reserved for nerds who have never played the game, tell them Zack Greinke disagrees. Bannister, a right-handed starter, is known for his appreciation of modern pitching metrics, which emphasize ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/17/zack-greinke-is-awesome/ Felix didn't win the Cy Young. I don't particularly care about the BBWAA awards that much, but I know some other people do. For those people, you should be happy. The BBWAA is getting better at this award voting thing. Greinke was the obviously correct candidate, ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/17/this-and-that-3/ It's true. http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/17/ms-rumored-to-be-interested-in-signing-trading-for-players/ During the Griffey days this week, we had an average of 20 new user registrations a day. Of these: ~3 were Russian comment spammers, ~5 did nothing at all, and ~10 took a run at immediately getting banned (that is, first comment is "You're all a bunch of stathead whiners ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/14/weekend-meta-new-user-registrations/ To the surprise of no one, the M's announced that they have signed Jack Wilson to a two year contract. Terms not disclosed, but I'd guess it's around $10 million or so. Wilson is a +1 to +2 win player who derives almost all of his value from ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/13/ms-sign-jack-wilson/ The Mariners have announced a new feature that facilitates the splitting of season tickets across multiple owners. This is something that people have been doing on their own forever, but the organization has decided to step in and use their site as a central hub to connect buyers and ... http://ussmariner.com/2009/11/13/ms-help-fans-split-season-tickets/