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.
12/15/09 7:30 PM EST Leading up to the official announcement of the four-team deal that will see Roy Halladay go to Philadelphia and Cliff Lee go to Seattle, just about every top prospect from the Mariners and Phillies was mentioned in one report or another. When the dust clears, it appears the Phillies will deal [...]
12/14/09 6:33 PM EST According to various online sources, the Seattle Mariners are close to bolstering their starting rotation by acquiring 2008 American League Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee as part of a three-team trade with the Blue Jays and Phillies. The Mariners will reportedly receive Lee from the Phillies, with Roy Halladay going [...]
12/12/09 11:11 PM EST SEATTLE — The Mariners took care of a piece of business Saturday, deciding not to tender a 2010 contract to reserve outfielder Ryan Langerhans. Langerhans, who endeared himself to Seattle fans after arriving in a June trade with the Washington Nationals, hit two extra-inning, game-winning home runs at Safeco Field in [...]
12/11/09 6:30 PM EST SEATTLE — Ryan Langerhans became a valuable member of the Mariners after the team traded for him last June, but that doesn't necessarily mean Seattle will tender him a contract for 2010. The deadline to tender a contract to an arbitration-eligible player is 8:59 p.m. PT on Saturday. If a player [...]
12/10/09 2:50 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — The Mariners' theme for the 2009 Winter Meetings was a game of dominoes, and as the team's entourage left Indianapolis on Thursday, the result of that game was one down and quite a few more to go. Seattle pulled off the first big signing of the Meetings when it [...]
12/09/09 10:20 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — The Mariners made another Winter Meetings move on Wednesday, but it wasn't the resigning of Adrian Beltre, it wasn't the signing of Jason Bay or Rich Harden, and it wasn't a trade. Nope, the Mariners inked veteran outfielder Corey Patterson to a Minor League deal with an invitation to [...]
12/08/09 11:00 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — On Day 2 of the Winter Meetings, Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik had to admit that things were sort of plodding along in the home of the country's most famous motor speedway. Granted, he was one of a handful of executives in the Major Leagues to make an official [...]
12/08/09 12:50 AM EST INDIANAPOLIS — The tubs of snacks and beverages laid out for the staff members in the Mariners' executive suite still looked untouched at 5 p.m. PT when the media met with Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik for a talk to wrap up Day 1 of these Winter Meetings. Monday was not [...]
12/05/09 10:00 AM EST With the 2009 season and Arizona Fall League (where several 2009 draftees got their first taste of pro ball) in the books, we take a look at the early results of each club's '09 Draft class: how their top picks did; late-round picks that fared well; which picks are likely to [...]
12/04/09 4:03 PM EST SEATTLE — The Mariners not only had a resurrection of sorts at the Major League level in 2009, when they improved by 24 games and finished with an 85-77 record. They also continued to fortify their farm system, with players all over the field excelling at the various levels of the [...]