J.J. Putz News

Rather than give Murphy a chance to capitalize on his highlight-reel defensive play and two doubles Wednesday, Manuel instead had the struggling Fernando Tatis at first base vs.

Franklin Gutierrez, a Seattle Mariners player 20 FEB 2009: The Seattle Mariners portraits taken at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ.

Tigers' Edwin Jackson pitches against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning Saturday.

David Aardsma belongs in the All-Star Game. The Seattle reliever has been on a lights-out roll since inheriting the closer's role six weeks into the season.

The Mariners reside in the middle of baseball's pack, which is better than most of us anticipated, given their 61-101 record last year.

Think the dinged up Mets have it bad now? Imagine if the slumping club didn't have Fernando Nieve.

David Wright had four of New York's 16 hits Wednesday, Nick Evans delivered a two-run homer and the Mets blasted St.

John Maine's troublesome right shoulder is still bothering him, and the Mets' pitcher expects to be sidelined until after the All-Star break.

The Mets, Citi Field Kids and the Jackie Robinson Foundation combined to host a group of approximately 200 middle school and high school students on Thursday afternoon, providing a tour of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and speakers before the game.

Mets reliever Bobby Parnell surrenders a two-run home run to B.J. Upton in the seventh inning of Sunday's 10-6 loss.

Today: The timeless art of seduction continues in today's gallery. Fehr set to retire Monday, June 22, 2009 MLBPA head Donald Fehr THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Donald Fehr announced his retirement Monday as head of the baseball players' association after a quarter-century marked by a strike that cancelled the World Series, record salaries and, ...

Other than trailing him by 241 career victories and about 20 years, Jason Vargas has a great deal in common with Jamie Moyer.

On June 17th, the Seattle Mariners called up 23-year-old first baseman Mike Carp from Triple-A Tacoma.

On a positive note, I suppose you could say the Mariners have come a long way from where they were a year ago today.

For the Mariners, the J.J. Putz trade is the gift that keeps on giving. On the same day they added Mike Carp - the sixth player on the active roster from that deal, either directly or indirectly - pitcher Garrett Olson, another Putz product, earned the victory.

Mentally, Jerry Manuel said, the Mets are still fit as a fiddle. Physically, of course, they are fit as a fiddle that's been placed in front of a cement roller.

NEW YORK - There are tiny bits of cobweb, dust mites and fluttering one-winged moths hanging off the baseball cliche that, "momentum goes only as far as the next day's starting pitcher." When Joe Girardi mentioned it yesterday morning, it was hard not to imagine the words coming out of his mouth wearing powdered wigs.

The man who built the Mets stood in yet another circle of reporters in the corner of another postgame clubhouse to explain once again how another key part of his $149-million roster had broken down.

The race for the National League East championship has had its bags packed for some time now, ready to move out of Citi Field as soon as it can reserve a seat on a flight to Atlanta or maybe even Miami.

Jose Reyes hit a ground ball to second base in extended spring training and tried to beat it out.