Seattle Mariners baseball team

Catcher Rob Johnson, who played in 61 games for the Mariners last year, was designated for assignment Monday to create room on the 40-man roster for designated hitter Jack Cust. The Mariners now have 10 days to trade, release or outright Johnson to the minor leagues. Johnson was part of a young catching tandem with [...]

Dustin Ackley ripped a two-run double to spark a six-run second inning and, standing on second base, recalled his new mission: run. Stealing third, especially with a run-producer like Astros prospect Koby Clemens at the plate, normally wouldn’t be at the top of Ackley’s to-do list. But the Mariners have sent Minor League baserunning coordinator [...]

The Mariners hired Ted Simmons as senior adviser to general manager Jack Zduriencik, the club announced on Friday. Simmons, who played in the Major Leagues for 21 seasons from 1968-88, was the Padres’ bench coach for the past two seasons after serving the same role for the Brewers in ’08. “I am excited to add [...]

TORONTO — With 2,227 career hits, Ichiro Suzuki is on the fast track to the Hall of Fame — there is no denying that. In light of nearly a decade of consistent production, while shattering countless records, the look of awe he garners from players and coaches around the league has yet to run its [...]

TORONTO — For the first time since being traded in the offseason, Mariners relief pitcher Brandon League made his return to Toronto. League spent six years playing for the Jays, and he has fond memories of his time evolving with the club. “It’s always nice to come back and see familiar faces, and guys that [...]

TORONTO — Both designated hitter Russell Branyan and center fielder Franklin Gutierrez were absent from the Mariners’ lineup on Tuesday. Branyan, as has been the case throughout much of his career, has been dealing with a sore lower back and missed his fourth consecutive game. Even with the off-day on Monday, interim manager Daren Brown [...]

OAKLAND — The Fu Manchu interim manager Daren Brown sported on Tuesday might be around longer than he expected — and a little more gray than he would like. "It is an offensive goatee," Brown said. "It seems to work for [pitching coach] Carl Willis, so I told him I would give it a day [...]

Club to give Felix extra day between starts Moore ranks high in catcher's ERA OAKLAND — Center fielder Franklin Gutierrez has established a personal career high with at least one RBI in four consecutive games and has taken over the Mariners' lead in the RBI department. That's the good news. The not-so-good news is that [...]

OAKLAND — The breakout season left-hander Jason Vargas was enjoying when he reached the middle of August has run smack into a brick wall. After beating the Indians on Aug. 14, Vargas was on the verge of becoming a double-digit winner for the first time in his seven-year professional career. But he has lost all [...]

Felix: Performance is my campaign Gutierrez returns to lineup SEATTLE — Interim manager Daren Brown went on a text-messaging binge on Sunday and early Monday, sending and receiving messages from his former team, the Pacific Coast League North Division champion Tacoma Rainiers — the team he managed through Aug. 8. The Rainiers clinched their second [...]