http://www.marinerlocker.com Seattle Mariners Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:24:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mariners have placed 27-year old lefty starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain. Rowland-Smith has pitched in 22 games (19 starts) for the Mariners this year and he is 1-10 with a 6.96 ERA and a 1.72 WHIP. He has ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/28/the-seattle-mariners-place-ryan-rowland-smith-on-the-dl-2/ The Mariners have released 35-year old righty reliever Joe Nelson. Nelson pitched in 8 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball for the Mariners and he was 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA and a 2.13 WHIP. He has pitched in 24 games (0 starts) overall for two teams in the ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/28/the-seattle-mariners-release-joe-nelson/ With the way the Mariners season is going they need to start looking at some younger players. That means guys like Michael Saunders should get a lot of ABs the rest of the way to show what he can do. He has played in 53 games for the ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/23/the-seattle-mariners-should-give-michael-saunders-a-long-look-the-rest-of-the-year/ The Mariners have traded 30-year old lefty swinging 1B/3B Jack Hannahan to the Red Sox for either a player to be named later or cash. Hannahan played in 63 games in AAA-ball for the Mariners this year and he was 51 of 224 (.228 avg, .675 OPS) with 32 ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/22/the-seattle-mariners-trade-jack-hannahan-to-the-red-sox/ 24-year old lefty swinging 3B Matt Mangini didn't come into this season as one of the Mariners' top 30 prospects but he's playing like one in AAA. Mangini has played in 73 games in AAA-ball so far this season and he is 76 of 245 (.310 avg, .901 OPS) ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/19/matt-mangini-could-get-a-shot-with-the-seattle-mariners-at-some-point-in-2010/ The Mariners have signed 35-year old righty reliever Jamey Wright and he will be in the pen starting tonight. Wright pitched in 18 games (0 starts) earlier this season for the Indians and he was 1-2 with a 5.48 ERA and a 1.59 WHIP. He has now pitched ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/15/the-seattle-mariners-sign-jamey-wright/ Many "experts" picked the Mariners as their darkhorse in the A.L. West. They were very wrong! The Mariners finished up the first half of the season with a 35-53 record which has them in last place in the A.L. West, 15 games behind the Rangers. It has ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/13/the-seattle-mariners-season-has-been-a-nightmare-so-far-this-year/ The Mariners have released 33-year old righty reliever Mike Koplove. Koplove pitched in 22 games in AAA-ball this season and he was 0-1 with 1 save, a 4.45 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP. The Mariners decided to let Koplove loose as they are going to try to rebuild ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/13/the-seattle-mariners-release-mike-koplove/ The Mariners have traded 31-year old lefty starting pitcher Cliff Lee, 27-year old righty reliever Mark Lowe and $2.5 million bucks to the Rangers for 23-year old switch hitting 1B Justin Smoak, 21-year old righty starting pitcher Blake Beavan, 25-year old righty reliever Justin Lueke and 24-year old righty swinging ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/09/the-seattle-mariners-trade-cliff-lee-to-the-texas-rangers/ The Mariners are 34-48 on the season which have them in last place in the A.L. West, 14 games behind the Rangers. The Mariners are very disappointed in how there year has went so look for them to start trading some players away this month. Cliff Lee will ... http://www.marinerlocker.com/2010/07/06/the-seattle-mariners-are-getting-close-to-unloading-some-players/