The Seattle Mariners, based in Seattle, Washington, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League West Division. The Mariners were founded in 1977.
It has been almost seven months since talented Mariners prospect Carlos Triunfel slid into second base trying to break up a double play. But he broke something else — the fibula in his left leg, and suffered ligament damage in his left ankle. The 19-year-old shortstop's season basically ended just two games into the campaign. [...]
The Mariners created five openings on their 40-man roster on Thursday afternoon. Infielder-outfielder Bryan LaHair, left-handed pitcher Cesar Jimenez and right-handers Randy Messenger and Marwin Vega all were outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma. Left-handed reliever Justin Thomas was claimed off waivers by the Pirates. LaHair, Jimenez and Messenger are eligible for six-year Minor League free agency. [...]
SEATTLE — For the past three years, Mariners reliever Mark Lowe was an interested spectator at the annual Hutch Award luncheon held at Safeco Field. He might be the main attraction the next time. Lowe is one of the 10 nominees for the Hutch Award, presented annually to the Major League player who best exemplifies [...]
A bone spur was removed from Ken Griffey Jr.'s left knee on Monday afternoon in Cincinnati, which could be a precursor of the future Hall of Fame outfielder returning to the Mariners in 2010. The troublesome knee limited Griffey to 11 games in the outfield during the regular season. Dr. Timothy Kremchek performed the arthroscopic [...]
Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki was named to Sporting News' American League All-Star team on Thursday, the fourth time in his nine-year Major League career that he was selected. Ichiro became the first player in Major League history to have nine consecutive 200-hit seasons, ending the 2009 campaign with an MLB-leading 225 hits. He finished [...]
It turns out that being closer to his family and friends had less to do with catcher Kenji Johjima's decision to leave the Mariners with two years remaining on his three-year contract extension than being in the lineup regularly. During a conference call with Japanese-speaking media on Wednesday afternoon (English-speaking media were not allowed to [...]
The Mariners' pursuit of left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, an 18-year-old from Japan, has reached the wait-and-see stage. Kikuchi met with representatives from the Mariners, seven other Major League organizations and 12 of Japan's big league clubs over the past four days. "Both leagues are appealing to me," he said at a press conference in Japan on [...]
Last week's surgery on his right hip went so well that Mariners catcher Rob Johnson is looking forward to having the same procedure done on his left hip. "Everything went really, really well, and I feel great," Johnson said on Tuesday. "We're leaving [Montana] for Arizona today, and I'll be going back to Vail [Colo.] [...]
Kenji Johjima, the only Japan-born catcher to test his skills at the Major League level, has decided to finish his career where it started — in Japan. His four-year career with the Mariners ended on Monday when it was announced that he was opting out of the final two years of his three-year, $24 million [...]
With one exception, the coaching staff manager Don Wakamatsu assembled for his first season with the Mariners is returning next year. Bench coach Ty Van Burkleo, pitching coach Rick Adair, bullpen coach John Wetteland, first-base coach Lee Tinsley, hitting coach Alan Cockrell and performance coach Steve Hecht are coming back in 2010, but third-base/infield coach [...]