Carlos Peguero News

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METAIRIE, La. - The Tacoma Rainiers' pitching staff has been a strong point so far this season, and it really showed in a 13-inning, 3-2 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Sunday afternoon.

There are rivals, interleague "natural" rivals, and then there are teams like the Pirates, who exist solely on the ESPN crawl, in 1979-Pops-Stargell highlights, and old Barry Bonds baseball cards.

When the Mariners closed out their homestand on Wednesday night, the plan was for John Stearns to accompany the team to Toronto to continue his fill-in stint as third-base coach while Jeff Datz undergoes treatment for cancer.

I guess this is the off-day topic du jour: should the Mariners promote Nick Franklin , who was hitting .400/.524/.600 in Tacoma before his 0-4 night tonight? Marc emailed me to find out if I had a take, so I guess I should weigh in.

Left-hander Aaron Laffey has chosen to become a free agent rather than report to the Toronto Blue Jays' triple-A affiliate in Buffalo.

The emotion in Michael Morse came rushing out. He felt he hit the ball well. He was pretty certain it was going to be a home run.

There was no reason to wait. If Michael Saunders was healthy enough to be activated off the 15-day disabled list, then he was going to be back in the starting line-up immediately.

Joe Saunders allowed just two runs on four hits to record his eighth career complete game, as the Seattle Mariners bested the Baltimore Orioles, 6-2, on Monday in the opener of a three-game set at Safeco Field.

The Orioles famously won 93 games and won the wild card last season despite being picked last by nearly every major baseball outlet/scribe. There were a number of reasons they outperformed their runs scored/runs allowed - an insane record in one-run games and in extra innings, for example.

Carlos Peguero just got demoted back to Tacoma by the Mariners, to make room for the re-healthy Michael Saunders.

Major league managers don't have a particularly long shelf life. Most skippers don't hang around with a club for more than a few seasons due to some combination of too many losses, front office shakeups, and a general abhorrence towards stasis when things go poorly.

Jason Bay and Michael Morse hit solo home runs, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Sunday.

Mariners outfielder Carlos Peguero is 6-foot-5, 260 pounds of power. That was on full display when he launched a 451-foot home run off the center-field batter's eye at Safeco Field in his first at-bat after being called up from Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday.

Felix Hernandez cruised through his first seven innings. Needing only 80 pitches, The King limited a strong Los Angeles lineup to two runs , five hits, and one walk while striking out six.

Right-hander Joe Blanton is on the mound tonight for the Angels and that means the Mariners have their more typical lineup out there.

No pussyfooting around here. I went from South Florida to the Pacific Northwest.

Hank Conger and Mark Trumbo each hit two-run homers and C.J. Wilson worked out of a pair of bases-loaded jams to help give the Los Angeles Angels a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners Friday night.

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Brandon Maurer smiles as he sees that he's about to be relieved against the Los Angeles Angels in the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Seattle.

Brendan Ryan said he's not happy about losing his starting job at shortstop for the Mariners, but he understands.