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lookoutlanding.com - 8 hours ago
Dustin Ackley, the 2nd baseman?
— lookoutlanding.com — The idea is not new, but this is the first that I can recall it being seriously talked about. According to Shannon Drayer the Mariners are going to give Dustin Ackley some reps at second base. Here's a quick rundown of some pros and cons: PROS  ... (more) Dustin Ackley, the 2nd baseman?

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Reaction Chronology

Published 15 hours ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Chris Jakubauskas claimed by Pirates Huh Wait, why? I guess Jak wasn't very good He's over his head as a starter and just a standard replaceable long reliever. He belongs in the NL Guess this opens the door a little wider for someone like Nick Hill, and increases Carlos Silva 's ...
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Jakubauskas Claimed

Published 15 hours ago by Matthew at Lookout Landing

Reports surfacing that Chris Jakubauskas has been claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates . Jakubauskas was a decent pitcher for us this season coming in roughly average. He's not a big loss. And here's the official press release link.
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Thursday Bullet Points

Published 31 hours ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

The hot rumor of the day is that the M's and Tigers have been talking about a three-team deal involving Brandon Morrow and Edwin Jackson . I'm only bringing this one up because the M's have been linked to Jackson before, so I can believe in their possible interest. That said: (1) Jackson ...
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Dear Media: This Isn't Helping

Published 33 hours ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

From the LA Times . Article headline: Dodgers won't be pursuing John Lackey Article content: [LA's team president] said that would rule out Lackey "unless there is an effective way to make that kind of deal." In other words, the Dodgers won't try to sign John Lackey unless it ...
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A Second Poll

Published 37 hours ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Closely related to the one below, of course... Poll I think a ~daily open rumor thread would: Be awesome! Neither really add to nor detract from the site Be stupid and a total waste   144 votes | Results
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Polling The Reader

Published 38 hours ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Help me out here. I can't decide how best to handle this part of the offseason. Poll What do you want to read about? I want to read about as many Mariner rumors as possible! Rumors! I only want to read about Mariner rumors that you determine to ...
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Faces
lookoutlanding.com - 22 hours ago
Faces
— lookoutlanding.com — Dave Krynzel looks like he's having fun wearing a hand-me-down cap from Tony Clark. (more) Faces

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Baseball, Life, And The Worth Of First Impressions

Published 2 days ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Warning: what follows is not a baseball post. Driving home from work today, I found myself in some approximation of bumper-to-bumper traffic when a guy in a sports car to my right floored it to get ahead of me and merged into a 15-foot gap without signaling. Per usual, it pissed me off, and I ...
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Faces

Published 2 days ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Luke Scott looks like he's talking to someone important and is ashamed to have such a dweeb for a friend so when you come up to him he pretends he doesn't know you. 
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Felix, Greinke, And Some Reflecting

Published 3 days ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

May 19th, they say, was the turning point. Following a rough start against the Angels in which he gave up a bunch of hits and a bunch of stolen bases, Felix was called out by Don Wakamatsu for a lack of focus and determination, and from then on it was like night and day. Beginning the next ...
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Faces
lookoutlanding.com - 2 days ago
Faces
— lookoutlanding.com — Matt Anderson looks like he's chewing a discus.  (more) Faces

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Right Player, Wrong Season

Published 3 days ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Since 2000 - covering the last ten years - there have been 428 American League starter seasons with at least 150 innings pitched. Here's how Felix's 2009 ranks among them: ERA: #5 FIP: #17 Combined*: #8 * (2*ERA + 6*FIP)/8. A quick and dirty way of still giving starters some credit for ...
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They're Getting Smarter

Published 3 days ago by Graham at Lookout Landing

2009 AL Cy Young: Zack Greinke (Felix came second with two first place votes)
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lookoutlanding.com - 3 days ago
All Assumptions-Are-Dangerous Minor League Free Agent Team
— lookoutlanding.com — Dave at Fangraphs passed along a link to this year's crop of minor league free agents. A popular thing to do with this information is pick out a handful of guys that would make interesting and potentially worthwhile pick-ups. This is not that. This ... (more) All Assumptions-Are-Dangerous Minor League Free Agent Team

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Some 2010 Projections

Published 5 days ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

For those of you who are (justifiably) distrustful of the Bill James projections but still want to look at some numbers, the 2010 CHONE projections are live. For hitters, anyway.  Here are the Mariners ,  here are the free agents, and here are the Yankees , in case looking at the ...
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~Where We Stand With Regard To The Moneys
lookoutlanding.com - 45 hours ago
~Where We Stand With Regard To The Moneys
— lookoutlanding.com — The following table shows what our payroll situation would be if we built a team from what we already have in-house. Some figures are exact, and others, such as those of the arbitration-eligibles, are approximations. (Don't worry about things like, ... (more) ~Where We Stand With Regard To The Moneys

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lookoutlanding.com - 6 days ago
We Have Come A Long Way
— lookoutlanding.com — Pretty much everybody that gives a crap about baseball understands by now that the Mariners are way different from how they used to be, but people's minds have been changed by different events. Some people were convinced by the hiring of Jack ... (more) We Have Come A Long Way

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Reader Poll

Published 7 days ago by Jeff at Lookout Landing

Given the following information: ----- 32 year old injury-prone shortstop UZR +14 runs in 105 games in 2009, +23.6 in 316 games since 2007 Plus/Minus +27 runs in 2009, around +48 since 2007 Revised Zone Rating +15 runs in 2009, around +50 since 2007 Fan Scouting Report #7 ...
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Jack Wilson Inked

Published 7 days ago by Matthew at Lookout Landing

Two-year deal. Details forthcoming. Jeff's update: $10m, 2 years. I think I said everything I have to say about Wilson the other day, so the bottom line is that this is a great deal in a vacuum and still a pretty good deal for a team in our situation. The shortstop hole has been plugged ...
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