Dustin Ackley News

The Mariners were a popular pick to be a "surprise" team this season, which, frankly, kind of ruins the surprise in the event that the surprise even occurs.

So much of baseball writing, it seems to me, ends up being the act of finding new ways to say the same thing as before.

North Carolina third baseman Colin Moran is the Atlantic Coast Conference's player of the year and teammate Kent Emanuel is its pitcher of the year.

They'd already been owned by Cleveland Indians ace Justin Masterson in the top half of the frame, then spent the bottom part forgetting the basics in the field en route to two quick runs by the home side.

Jason Hunt takes a look at the action from the two AAA leagues in the past two weeks, including top prospects Billy Hamilton, Sonny Gray, Zach Wheeler, Jake Odorizzi and others in this weekend's Minor League Level Review.

The Mariners fell to the Indians 6-3 in 10 innings last night, as Jason Kipnis ripped a walk-off three-run blast off of Lucas Luetge.

Raul Ibanez was among the veteran Mariners hitters who really stepped up during a recent 18-game team hot streak.

I did an email interview with Brian Heise of Wahoo's on First, the Fansided Indians blog, as a preview for the Mariners' series in Cleveland this weekend.

With the Indians set to take on the Mariners in what is sure to be an epic four game, wrap around series, I decided it would be a good idea to reach out to the editor of Sodo Mojo , Patrick Leary, and ask him some questions about the Mariners, their ever continuing youth movement, and of course, Felix Hernandez .

With optimism higher for many Mariners fans after a series win against the AL East leading New York Yankees , fans are starting to think about bigger things for the 2013 Seattle Mariners .

Jason Kipnis' three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

For the New York Yankees, MRI has become a statistic that's just as important as ERA and RBIs.

Raul Ibanez was more than happy to turn those welcome back calls of "Ra-uuul!" into a good old Bronx cheer.

Michael Morse clubbed a solo homer to help lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in the rubber match of a three-game set.

Oh, look. The WPA Chart has an insane amount of headroom over the top and the GIF is playing at double speed.

Raul Ibanez belted a pair of homers, including a grand slam that highlighted a seven-run first inning, as the Seattle Mariners pounded the New York Yankees, 12-2, Wednesday night.

Robinson Cano and Lyle Overbay each drove in two runs and spurred a seventh-inning rally that lifted the New York Yankees to a 4-3 triumph over the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game series.

On Tuesday, second baseman Dustin Ackley wasn't in the starting lineup for the second time in as many games as the Mariners opened a nine-day road trip, but manager Eric Wedge said that was strictly about playing matchups against Yankees standout CC Sabathia.

I have a thing to share with you. I don't really know how to set it up, and I don't really know how long I want this post to be.

I have defended leaving Brendan Ryan at shortstop for a while, even when he was hitting below .200 for the majority of last year and partially into this year.