MARINERS: Column: Buy or sell at the trade deadline?
nextseasonsports.com 6/30/2009 — With the most recent trade of infielder Mike Morse for Washington Nationals outfielder Ryan Langerhans, the question still remains, are the Mariners going to make a push this season or sell off talent to compete next year?According to Christina Kahrl of Baseball Prospectus, Adrian Beltre has ...

The Mariners should go for it.
umpbump.com 6/18/2009 — Few people thought the Mariners would contend this year, yet amazingly, they are only 5 1/2 games out of first place in the AL West at the moment. With the division looking quite weak this year, I say they should go for it. M's GM Jack Zduriencik has shown outside-the-box thinking in the ...

MARINERS: Offensive woes may keep Seattle from competing for division crown
nextseasonsports.com 7/15/2009 — It's been a great run so far for the Mariners. At just four games back from the AL West lead at the break, the Mariners are showing some incredible improvement from last season's 100-loss season.The main reason is improved pitching and defense, and an injection of speed in the lineup, which has ...

Who’s left to deal?
outsidethepressbox.com 6/30/2009 — Just a few days ago I suggested that if the Mariners went 5-4 on their nine-game road swing against tough competiton, they’d be in the position to be buyers before the trade deadline. So far, they’ve gotten off to a good start, taking two of three heading into the start of the ...

MARINERS: Lopez white-hot as Seattle tops Los Angeles 4-2
nextseasonsports.com 6/28/2009 — Phase one, complete.Now that the Seattle Mariners have taken the series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, they will head to New York to try and play like how they did during today’s 4-2 matinee win.The first of the Seattle’s four runs came from a base hit by Franklin Gutierrez to score Jose Lopez in ...

Make or break time for M’s
outsidethepressbox.com 6/26/2009 — As we approach the halfway point of the season, the Mariners find themselves in a strange position - too good to start having a firesale, yet not good enough to consider taking on salary. Quite simply, the M’s have been paralyzed into inactivity by their own modest success. At 37-35, ...

Did The Mariners Take Trade Advice From Fans?
my.thescore.com 6/30/2009 — Dan Steinberg of The Sporting Blog has noticed something fascinating about the otherwise unremarkable trade of minor leaguers that sent Ryan Langerhans to the Seattle Mariners and Mike Morse to the Washington Nationals: bringing Langerhans to the ...

Scouting the Mariners
rightoffrussell.com 7/6/2009 — Jeff Sullivan, from Lookout Landing , gives us his take on the current state of the Mariners. The M’s finished an East Coast road trip at 3-3 vs the Yankees and Red Sox, the top 2 teams in the AL. How satisfied are you with the performance over those 6 games? Ecstatic. And if you ...

MARINERS: Seattle pounds Sabathia, avoids the sweep
nextseasonsports.com 7/3/2009 — For once, the Mariners (40-38) were the ones going long, as two home runs pushed them to an 8-4 victory over the Yankees today in New York.But the bullpen was the real star today for Seattle, going five scoreless innings, from Miguel Batista to Mark Lowe to David Aardsma, after starter Jason ...

A Statistical Look at the Seattle Mariners' Season So Far
bleacherreport.com 6/26/2009 — With the Mariners only a couple games out of first place in the AL West, it is time to start looking deeper at some statistics to see whether the Mariners truly have a shot at making the playoffs. The biggest apparent weakness of the Mariners has ...

Cabrera hits key double in Yanks 8-5 win over M's — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/1/2009
Melky Cabrera hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning and Mariano Rivera tossed out the first ball -- and threw the final pitch -- as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 8-5 Tuesday night for their sixth straight win.

A-Rod puts Yanks' win streak at seven — Major League Baseball News 7/2/2009
The Yankees ran their win streak to seven on Wednesday behind two early home runs and a decisive shot by Alex Rodriguez that broke a tie with the Mariners and set up a 4-2 win.

Home runs help Yankees blow by Mariners, 4-2 — The Seattle Times: Sports 7/2/2009
The New York Yankees took advantage of a stiff breeze at new Yankee Stadium with three home runs to beat Seattle.

A-ROD'S HOMER LIFTS PETTITTE, YANKEES OVER SEATTLE — NY Post: Sports 7/2/2009
> Alex Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer, Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Johnny Damon and Melky Cabrera also went ...

A-Rod's HR pushes Yankees' run to 7 (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/2/2009
Alex Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer, Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Johnny Damon and Melky Cabrera also went deep for ...