Seattle Mariners News

"I was 30 years old, about to turn 31, and I kept wondering why a team would want an aging, left-handed specialist," Sherrill said Sunday.

Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, from Japan, catches a ball during spring training baseball practice on Sunday, Feb.

PEORIA, Ariz. Carl Willis has never had more pitchers in a spring camp than this year, when the Seattle Mariners take a look at 35 of them in 39 days before flying to Japan.

PEORIA, Ariz. It's not that there's less of Justin Smoak this spring, it's that what's there is put together differently.

Oakland manager Bob Melvin , Seattle manager Eric Wedge and Mariners special consultant Ken Griffey Jr.

Does the headline need any further commentary? Greg Johns provides some and some additional details about how the Mariners will handle their early winter training in preparation for the season opening trip to Japan.

"Fox Sports Kansas City announced a major shakeup Friday in its Royals' broadcast crew that reunites former Angels announcers Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc while reducing duties for Ryan Lefebvre.

The Baltimore Orioles made their second free agent signing in two days, inking reliever Luis Ayala to a one-year deal.A Ayala gets a major league deal worth $825,000 next season which also includes a $1 million options for 2013.

The Seattle Mariners open spring training for the 2012 season when pitchers and catchers report to the team's facility in Peoria, Ariz., today.

Sep 26, 2011; Seattle, WA, USA; Oakland Athletics first baseman Chris Carter waits for the pitch during the game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

The competitive gap between the top two and bottom two teams in the AL West is like the $240 million contract the Los Angeles Angels gave Albert Pujols.

He posted a 64 OPS+. The three years before, he posted a 106 OPS+. Over the remainder of his career, he posted a 93 OPS+. His Baseball-Reference WAR was -0.3. His FanGraphs WAR was 0.9. Scott Spiezio was a Mariner in 2004 and 2005.

The 25-year-old pitcher, who became Japan's most-expensive first-year major leaguer over the offseason, was ranked on Tuesday as the top young major leaguer for 2012 in the USA Today's online edition.

Right around the first of the year, Eric Wedge placed a call to a select number of Seattle Mariners telling them to get to the Pacific Northwest in the dead of winter.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

Hello there, baseball fans! Welcome to Lookout Landing. You are probably interested in predictions about the upcoming season.

This post does not really have anything to do with the Mariners. Not every post needs to have anything to do with the Mariners, just because this is a Mariners blog.

There have been some mightily team-friendly deals signed this winter and the Texas Rangers just added another by buying out all three of Elvis Andrus ' arbitration years.

When taking a break from the ritualistic Devil worship and puppy slaughter required of all Yankees fans, I've often passed the time by writing about Jesus Montero .

Camp appeared in a team-high 67 games for the Toronto Blue Jays last season, posting a 6-3 record with one save and a 4.21 ERA.