Carlos Peguero News

Outfielder Casper Wells pounded a home run and two doubles in his first game with Tacoma after being sent down by the Mariners to make room for catcher Miguel Olivo.

It can be incredibly easy to make a baseball fan believe something. A year ago, based on small-sample numbers, I wanted to believe that Carlos Peguero was improving his plate discipline.

DES MOINES, Iowa After making seven errors in a 10-run loss on Tuesday, the Tacoma Rainiers needed a better performance Wednesday at Principal Park in Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa On Monday, the Rainiers won a game while issuing 10 walks for the first time in four years.

The best way to make room for someone with power on the Seattle Mariners' roster would be to release Chone Figgins.

CLEVELAND Veteran Kevin Millwood hit a pitching milestone in New York his 2,000th career strikeout which led to a discussion Wednesday on what to do to commemorate the occasion.

Going into 2012, many baseball followers wrote the Mariners off as a developing team that had the potential to win big, but not until 2014 or 2015.

Sorry, I've fallen behind on minor-league reports due to travel, days off, and Mariners game coverage.

It's not often that a player goes from unknown to "I'll take any contract" to Spring Training to not really being anything more than he was advertised offensively to hero and fan favorite but Munenori Kawasaki has done just that.

On Monday, for instance, Seattle Mariners pitchers Felix Hernandez and Steve Delabar hit home runs, which got Delabar talking about his softball heroics.

Everything at this point is still small sample, so you can't read too much into any player's 2012 line to date.

Last night, Michael Saunders hit two home runs, and one of them flew out to straightaway center.