Franklin Gutierrez News

Apparently, Adam Jones' brother, Jonathan , has spilled the beans on his MySpace page that Adam has won a Gold Glove.

For years, we've been banging the drum of marginal value as tenet of roster construction, using metrics like Wins Above Replacement to show the impact a player will actually have on the team and the associated cost that the team should be willing to pay for that performance.

Happy Halloween, everyone. Ita s that one day of the year when ghosts and spooks of all kinds start coming out of the woodworks.

" Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Third base is a very strong, deep defensive poistion in baseball right now.

While he didn't play much of a role after being acquired by the Seattle Mariners last July, shortstop Jack Wilson was one of three Mariners to earn 2009 Fielding Bible Awards as the top defenders at their position in the major leagues in the Bill James Handbook 2010.

Last year, we discussed how the Fielding Bible Awards had become a more legitimate exercise than the Gold Gloves in determining the top defensive players in the game.

Since Kenji decided to head back to Japan, one of the things that Jack said to the media afterwards has gained a decent amount of attention, is that this creates a hole where they're probably going to have to bring in a veteran catcher this winter.

We all know Joey Votto was by far the best player on the Reds this past season. He single-handedly carried the offense on his broad and capable shoulders.

While the Mariners celebrated their season Sunday with an impromptu Love Boat parade around Safeco Field, it was easy to forget that the team that enjoyed such rare camaraderie in 2009 won't resemble the team that returns in 2010.

Jack Zduriencik correctly calls 2009 "a year of redirection" for the Mariners. But after all the hugs and pies and victory laps of Sunday, the big question is: Which direction do the M's head now? So many questions.

The offseason settled upon Safeco Field on Monday, and there were no visible signs of Ken Griffey Jr.'s tears or the spirited postgame celebration that broke out less than 24 hours earlier.

The Mariners took a victory lap around their stadium following their season finale.

From The Twilight Zone to Ultimate Zone Rating...it spits out "Franklin, Franklin, Franklin!" But it's on the defensive side where he has been off-the-charts. Gutierrez's score of 27.1 runs saved in the newfangled Ultimate Zone Rating stat is the best of any player in baseball by a huge margin.

Felix Hernandez pitched into the seventh inning and Franklin Gutierrez went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, as Seattle topped Texas, 4-3, in the final game of the season for both teams.

Franklin Gutierrez's RBI single in the fifth inning was the eventual game-winner, as the Seattle Mariners edged the Texas Rangers, 2-1, in the middle installment of a three-game set at Safeco Field.

Weeks before the new Mariners regime pulled off its first blockbuster trade last December, front-office assistant Tony Blengino ran some numbers for his boss.

Felix Hernandez tries to state his case for an American League Cy Young Award this evening, when the Seattle Mariners open a three- game series with the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field.

A three-run homer by Ken Griffey Jr. helped power the Seattle Mariners to a 6-4 win over Oakland Tuesday.

Romero lives up to promise Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Seattle Mariners batter Franklin Gutierrez during the third inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto September 24, 2009.

Adam Lind's leadoff home run in the 10th inning lifted Toronto to a 5-4 win over Seattle in the third of four games at Rogers Centre.