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(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Long-term contracts rarely end well, especially for pitchers. That’s the conventional wisdom at least. Although that position is probably too extreme when you look at the history of long-term deals, there’s obvious truth in it. Any time an organization shells out big bucks to one player, they are taking a […]

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Felix Hernandez stood the mound with his leg in the air and his arms exulted over his head in triumph. The Mariners’ ace had just pitched the 23rd perfect game in baseball history (albeit the third one this season), further stamping his resume as not only one of the best pitchers in the game today, […]

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A couple of weeks ago, Hiroki Kuroda and Yu Darvish staged a rare duel between Japanese-born converts from the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league. Tonight, Kuroda will take part in another reunion, when Ichiro Suzuki’s Seattle Mariners come to town. Although matchups between Japanese pitchers and hitters are much more common these days, the sample […]

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Did Brian Cashman make a wise decision when he sent 22-year old offensive wunderkind Jesus Montero to Seattle in exchange for 23-year old phenom Michael Pineda? As much as it pains me to answer that question with a cliché, in this case, it applies: only time will tell. However, what we do know is Pineda […]

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Pitching, Pitching, Pitching in deed! In the span of a couple of hours, the Yankees went from having a rotation full of question marks to one that very well could be one of the best in the American League. By trading for the Mariners’ young fire baller Michael Pineda and then signing veteran Hiroki Kuroda, […]

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On July 5, the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2. They haven’t won since. With Sunday’s 12-8 loss to the Red Sox, the Mariners established a franchise high 15-game losing streak, topping the old mark that was set in September 1992. In order to set the major league record for consecutive losses, however, Seattle would […]

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