Chris Jakubauskas News

This article has been read 208 times. The Wild Things will have a new manager - their fourth in as many years - when the 2010 Frontier League season begins in May.

The Pirates on Friday pieced together their 40-man roster with an eye toward protecting their pitching.

A bit of a news update here: Chris Jakubauskas has been claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Mariners prospect Dustin Ackley, in what may be the final time he ever sees a blade of grass in the outfield , got two hits in the Peoria Javelinas' 5-4 victory over Phoenix today in the Arizona Fall League championship game in Scottsdale.

The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed pitcher Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from the Seattle Mariners on Friday, ending one of the Mariners' feel-good stories of 2009.

The Seattle Mariners made a number of moves Friday to prevent young players in their system from being exposed to the Rule 5 draft, but in the process lost two players who were claimed off waivers.

The Rogers Centre fans stood and applauded all the way through the M's final at-bat of the game as they should.

Someone asked Adrian Beltre if he was feeling normal again more than a month after being hit in the groin by a baseball and Beltre realized he couldn't answer honestly.

Who will be the Mariners' left fielder next season? There is a crowded group of candidates, even at this point.

You can see the New York Yankees, out taking batting practice as I write this, in the photo above as they begin warming up.

From the skipper Don Wakamatsu: -Infielder Jack Wilson bruised a heel last night and showed up in the clubhouse on crutches.

Up until about a week ago, Mike Sweeney was pretty certain this was his final major league season.

ANAHEIM, Calif. You may have read this before, but Brandon Morrow will slide into Luke French's spot in Seattle's starting rotation for the rest of the season, beginning Friday night against Texas.

The next pitch right-hander Brandon Morrow throws will be against a potential playoff team rather than one that's already qualified.

Seattle Mariners reliever Sean White will have an MRI on his sore right shoulder Wednesday, and is expected to be sidelined the rest of the season.

Don Wakamatsu felt this game started getting away from the Mariners when they failed to score after loading the bases in the first inning against Joe Saunders.

Joe Saunders allowed three hits in seven innings. If the Mariners still harbored secret hopes of re-emerging as a factor in the A.L. West race, they were rudely rebuffed Monday.

It could be the air quality, or perhaps the coffee. There's clearly something about the Pacific Northwest that brings out the best in Joe Saunders -- and Vladimir Guerrero, as well.

The Mariners, already short-handed without injured Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro and Adrian Beltre, are now without their primary power source, Russell Branyan.

The Mariners might not make the playoffs, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to provide a little drama for anyone who sticks around to watch the end of their games.