Matt Tuiasosopo News

Greetings from Day 3 of the winter meetings here in Indianapolis, where I can tell you the Mariners did indeed meet last night with Scott Boras, agent for Adrian Beltre .

This was a move many of us saw coming and the Mariners did indeed offer arbitration to third baseman Adrian Beltre today while declining to do the same with Erik Bedard and the rest of the team's "unranked" free agents in terms of Type A or B compensation.

WARNING: This article is heavily sabermetrics-oriented. Assuming we dona TMt get a second baseman in return, which is quite unlikely, wea TMre obviously going to need someone to replace him.

Well, at least we won't have to worry about confusing the two "J. Wilson'' names on the lineup card anymore.

Dustin Ackley will start in left field for the Peoria Javelinas in Saturday's Arizona Fall League championship game against the Phoenix Desert Dogs, but the Mariners are going to work him out at second base, beginning in January, general manager Jack Zduriencik said Friday.

Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu Manager of the year contender Don Wakamatsu already knows what he wants his players to work on next season.

Jon Heyman reports that Ken Griffey, Jr. will return to Seattle for 2010, with a $2M plus incentives contract for one year.

For a team that won 85 games and believes it can contend in 2010, the Seattle Mariners have as many holes to fill as any team in baseball uncertainties at third base, left field and catcher, for starters.

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.

The off-season has already been a busy time for Mariners infielder Matt Tuiasosopo and won't slow down at any point soon.

Ken Griffey Jr., the man who carried the spirit of a resurgent Seattle Mariners team that won its 85th game Sunday, rode the shoulders of his teammates on a postgame parade lap into an uncertain future.

Signing Beltre brought defensive stability to third base that the Mariners sought for years.

Mike Blowers "The Call Of The Year " Journeyman everything Mike Blowers spent 11 years in the Majors, but he should've spent that time in Vegas instead because the guy is scary good at Predicting the outcome of Baseball games?right down to the Pitch counts.

Today Opponent: Oakland A's When: 7:10 p.m. Where: Safeco Field TV: FSN Radio: ESPN 710 AM Pitchers: Seattle right-hander Doug Fister vs.

In sports, there are lucky predictions and educated ones. Then there's the prediction Mariner announcer Mike Blowers made Sunday, which deserves a category unto itself.

SEATTLE With five games left at the time he was asked, what did Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu hope to accomplish this week? The obvious, of course win as many games as possible.

Here's a thing I wrote for The Morning News: Adventure Capital . Wholly unrelated: go listen to the audio clips here .

At one time or another, we've all made some outlandish predictions in life. If you're a baseball fan, chances are you may have made a few more crazy prognostications than the average human being.

Perhaps Mike Blowers ought to visit Vegas soon, given his predictive powers displayed Sunday during the Seattle Mariners broadcast from Toronto.

The Blue Jays pieced together a late rally to claim a 5-4 victory over the Mariners on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre.