John Jaso News

Maddon is definitely known for some, well, different lineup decisions - catcher John Jaso leading off in previous seasons is a good example.

ASSOCIATED PRESS This was John Jason's view from behind the plate as Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez delivers to Texas' Ian Kinsler in the first inning.

Before John Jaso could become the Mariners' Mr. Clutch, he needed to calm down a little bit.

The Mariners will begin a 10-game, four-city road trip on Friday night when they head to Yankee Stadium for the first of three against the Yankees.

Omar Infante's bases-loaded two RBI single in the 12th inning lifted the Miami Marlins to a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.

Bob Stinson did so twice in 1978, so it has been 34 years of waiting for a reprise.

Mariners --------------------------------- 27 John Jaso C 26 Brendan Ryan SS 51 Ichiro Suzuki RF 63 Jesus Montero DH 15 Kyle Seager 2B 17 Justin Smoak 1B 16 Alex Liddi 3B 33 Casper Wells LF 9 Chone Figgins CF --------------------------------- 38 Jason Vargas LHP Detroit Tigers --------------------------------- 14 Austin Jackson CF 26 Brenna Boesch ... (more)

After a week off the Fantasy Baseball Thread makes its comeback. Wishing my team would do the same.

Coming off his best outing of the season on Monday against the Angels, Twins right-hander Nick Blackburn hopes to carry that momentum into Sunday's series finale against the Mariners at Safeco Field and get his first win of the season.

Tampa Bay Rays left-handed reliever Jake McGee came into the sixth inning last night having to bail out Jeff Niemann as he, once again, started to unfold after crossing the 75 pitch plateau.

Seattle went 4-6 on a 10-game road trip and was swept in four games by the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The three catwalks that ring Tropicana Field at various heights occasionally come into play during games, but a handful of Seattle Mariners could not resist investigating them Tuesday.

RAYS EIGHTH: Luetge puts the Rays down in order and still hasn't allowed a run over 11 appearances.

The Rays are on a roll, and Jeff Niemann would like to start a hot streak of his own to keep it going.

Petersburg, Fla. Zobrist was out at first. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There may be no one in the Seattle Mariners organization who believes more in Justin Smoak than his manager, but on Wednesday Eric Wedge changed Smoak's role.

Former Rays catcher John Jaso hooked teammates Lucas Luetge, Tom Wilhelmsen, Steve Delabar, Charlie Furbursh and Casper Wells up with a Tampa employee that knew how to reach them.

With multiple-hits in four of his last eight games going into the Tampa series, he's batted .333 in that span with five doubles, two home runs and nine RBI.

When John Jaso came out onto Tropicana Field today, several of his old Tampa Bay teammates began calling out, "Mikey" to greet him -- much to the confusion of his new Seattle teammates.