Spring Training 2009

[Rennie Stennett]

I guess the guys went through some situational hitting drills in camp the past day or two. Putting on a show was Ken Griffey Jr. from all reports. What I've heard is Jr. has done more of that (situational hitting) the last few years which is good, because we need a team approach to this offense. Get them on. Get them over and Get them in.

Wak will approaching Yuniesky Betancourt and see how the youngster feels about hitting in the two hole. Wak would like to see Yuni develop like Jose Lopez has at the plate. At the end of last year, the skipper moved Yuni into the two hole and Yuni actually did pretty good.

I know Ryan Rowland Smith wants to start but who will be the situational lefty out of the pen ? We have Wash, and Bedard going from that side at least until one or both of them are dealt somewhere. We'll see how it all shakes out in the coming weeks.

[Rennie Stennett]

Wednesday is the charity game which starts at 12:05 on KIRO (710 am) in Seattle. This kicks off the Spring Training Schedule. The LA Dodgers are in Arizona for the first time, having ended their long stay at Dodger Town in Florida. The M's will see the Dodgers on the 27th.

[Rennie Stennett]

Aumont, Phillippe CAN L/R 6'7" 220lbs 01/07/1989

Beltre, Adrian DOM R/R 5'11" 220lbs 04/07/1979

Campos, Manuel PAN R/R 6'2" 175lbs 01/12/1990

Chavez, Endy VEN L/L 6'0" 170lbs 02/07/1978

Halman, Greg NED R/R 6'4" 190lbs 08/26/1987

Hernandez, Felix VEN R/R 6'3" 225lbs 04/08/1986

Johjima, Kenji JPN R/R 6'0" 205lbs 06/08/1976

Liddi, Alex ITA R/R 6'4" 176lbs 08/14/1988

Lopez, Jose VEN R/R 6'0" 205lbs 11/24/1983

Phillips, Anthony RSA R/R 5'9" 160lbs 04/11/1990

Silva, Carlos VEN R/R 6'4" 250lbs 04/23/1979

Suzuki, Ichiro JPN L/R 5'11" 170lbs 10/22/1973

[Rennie Stennett]

^^ Its interesting.... did he have any past history of that (making a teammate accountable) or is he pretty much easy come easy go?

I think Buhner was that guy as well as Norm.

[Rennie Stennett]

Larry Stone, Seattle Times:

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co...leftovers.html


http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co.../catch-22.html

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co...tsu_hes_a.html

[Rennie Stennett]

I don't know where to put this. Since the WBC happens during Spring Training, I"ll put it here. Noted earlier, Kenji Johjima and Ichiro, as well as others will play in the WBC, even though Kenji really should be in camp. If Japan goes all the way (and they figure to do) they will be playing in the finals which is the 23rd day of March, which leaves about a week left of Spring Training. The good news is the semi's and finals are in LA, California. With Ichiro, it really doesn't matter but with Kenji, I believe it does. Hey, Kenji has that new three year deal and he has the back of upper Mariner Management, so I guess he can do what he wants. With a good Spring, Jeff Clement could steal the Catcher's spot, but they will probably give it to Kenji, no matter what. Jamie Burke is a stud as a back up and they won't keep three Catchers, you'd think. What to do ? I tell you what. Send Johjima packing on the last day of Spring.


Double Elimination March 5-12
Pool A

China

Chinese Taipei

Japan

Korea

Pool B

Australia

Cuba

Mexico

South Africa

Pool C

Canada

USA

Italy

Venezuela

Pool D

Dominican Republic

Netherlands

Panama

Puerto Rico

March 14-19 Continuation of Double Elimination

March 21-19 Round Two Double Elimination

Semi Finals March 21 and 22

March 23rd Finals

[mrakbaseball]

Tommy John surgery a possibility. Wiil visit Dr. Yocum in Los Angeles. That is why Zduriencik spent all off-season acquiring pitching depth, there's never enough.

[Rennie Stennett]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
SEA (0-1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - -
SDG (1-0) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 - -
Final
in 10


SEATTLE (3) AT SAN DIEGO (4)

SEATTLE AB R H BI SAN DIEGO AB R H BI
E Chavez LF 3 0 1 0 S Hairston CF 2 1 2 0
M Wilson LF 2 0 0 0 D Macias PR-CF 1 0 0 0
R Cedeno SS 3 0 2 0 D Eckstein 2B 2 0 0 0
C Woodward SS 2 0 1 0 T Denker 2B-3B 1 0 0 0
J Clement C 3 0 1 0 L Durango PR 0 1 0 0
R Johnson C 2 1 1 1 A Gonzalez 1B 3 0 0 1
M Morse RF 3 1 1 0 K Blanks 1B 2 0 1 1
P Redman RF 2 0 0 0 K Kouzmanoff DH 2 1 1 2
R Branyan DH 3 0 2 0 C Huffman PH-DH 1 0 0 0
M Carp PH-DH 1 0 0 0 C Headley LF 1 0 0 0
F Gutierrez CF 2 0 1 0 E Brown LF 2 0 0 0
G Halman CF 1 0 0 0 E Gonzalez 3B 2 0 1 0
B LaHair 1B 2 1 1 1 E Alfonzo C 2 0 0 0
C Shelton PR-1B 0 0 0 0 W Venable RF 1 0 0 0
M Tuiasosopo 3B 3 0 1 1 P Ciofrone 3B 2 0 1 0
O Navarro 3B 2 0 0 0 E Cabrera PR-SS 0 0 0 0
R Corona 2B 2 0 0 0 N Hundley C 2 0 0 0
C Crabbe 2B 2 0 0 0 C Hunter C-RF 2 0 0 0
L Rodriguez SS 2 1 1 0
C Burke SS-2B 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 3 12 3 TOTALS 31 4 7 4

SEATTLE 020 000 001 0-- 3
SAN DIEGO 003 000 000 1-- 4

WINNING RUN SCORED WITH TWO OUTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 10TH.
E--L Rodriguez, S White. DP--SEATTLE 2, SAN DIEGO
3. LOB--SEATTLE 12, SAN DIEGO 6. 2B--K Blanks, S
Hairston. 3B--M Tuiasosopo. HR--K Kouzmanoff 1 (1)
(off G Olson), R Johnson 1 (1) (off O Perez).
SB--L Durango 1 (1), G Halman 1 (1), C Crabbe 1
(1). CS--G Halman. S--D Eckstein, F Gutierrez.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
SEATTLE
R Rowland-Smith 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
G Olson 1 3 3 3 1 1 1
R Corcoran 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
C Seddon 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
S White 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
R Messenger 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
S Kahn (L,0-1) 2-3 1 1 1 2 0 0
SAN DIEGO
J Peavy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
O Perez 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
E Frieri (W,1-0) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
H Bell 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
C Meredith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
C Britton 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
A Lopez 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
M Worrell 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
S Patterson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
M Ekstrom 1 0 0 0 2 2 0

HBP--C Crabbe by S Patterson. PB--R Johnson.
SO--SEA: M Tuiasosopo, M Wilson, C Crabbe. SD: A
Gonzalez, K Blanks, C Huffman, D Eckstein.
BB--SEA: C Shelton 2, M Carp, G Halman, B LaHair.
SD: S Hairston, C Burke, W Venable, T Denker, D
Macias, C Headley, K Kouzmanoff. T--3:11.
A--5,028.

[Rennie Stennett]

Geoff Baker Blog Seattle Times:

Just a note on Ryan Feierabend. The Mariners issued a release today saying that surgery has yet to be decided upon as a treatment option for him. Feierabend will meet in Los Angeles with Dr. Lewis Yocum on March 3 and he will determine the extent of the injury. At that point, if surgery is decided upon, it will happen on March 4. At this point, surgery is looking very likely.

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/

[Rennie Stennett]

710 KIRO @ 12:05 p.m. PST

This game is the start of Cactus League Play.

[Rennie Stennett]

Thursday's game:

SEATTLE (4) AT SAN DIEGO (4)

SEATTLE AB R H BI SAN DIEGO AB R H BI
E Chavez cf 2 0 0 0 J Gerut cf 1 0 0 0
P Redman cf 2 0 0 0 C Hunter pr-cf 2 1 1 0
J Clement dh 3 1 0 0 C Burke 2b 2 0 0 0
R Johnson ph-dh 1 0 1 0 D Macias lf 2 1 2 1
M Morse 3b 2 0 1 1 B Giles rf 2 0 0 0
M Tuiasosopo 3b 1 0 0 0 W Venable rf 3 0 0 0
C Shelton 1b 3 1 1 1 C Floyd dh 3 0 0 0
M Carp 1b 1 0 0 0 M Canham pr-dh 1 0 1 0
G Halman lf 3 0 1 0 E Brown lf 2 0 1 0
B LaHair lf 1 0 1 0 E Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0
M Wilson rf 3 1 1 0 K Blanks 1b 3 1 1 0
T Gillies rf 1 0 0 0 C Huffman 1b 0 0 0 1
J Burke c 2 0 0 0 H Blanco c 2 1 2 2
A Moore c 2 0 0 0 C Morton c 3 0 1 0
C Woodward ss 2 1 1 1 T Denker 3b 5 0 1 0
O Navarro ss 2 0 0 0 E Cabrera ss 2 0 0 0
R Corona 2b 1 0 0 0 L Durango ph 1 0 0 0
C Crabbe 2b 2 0 1 0 S Kazmar ss 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 3 TOTALS 36 4 10 4

SEATTLE 030 010 000 0-- 4
SAN DIEGO 020 000 011 0-- 4

E--E Cabrera. LOB--SEATTLE 4, SAN DIEGO 10. 2B--D
Macias, E Brown, M Wilson, C Woodward, M Morse.
3B--B LaHair. HR--H Blanco 1 (1) (off F
Hernandez), C Shelton 1 (1) (off J Hampson). SB--M
Canham 1 (1), C Woodward 1 (1), C Crabbe 1 (2).
CS--J Gerut, E Cabrera, R Corona.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
SEATTLE
F Hernandez 2 4 2 2 0 0 1
J Lugo 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
L Munoz 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
J Washburn 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
M Lowe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
D Aardsma 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
s Kelley 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
D Stark 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
T Thorpe 2-3 1 1 1 2 0 0
E Hull 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
SAN DIEGO
C Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
E Moreno 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
G Burke 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
J Hampson 2-3 3 3 2 0 1 1
J Thatcher 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 2 0
C Reineke 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
C Carrillo 1 1 1 1 2 0 0
M Buschmann 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
N Schmidt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
A Lopez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

WP--T Thorpe. HBP--M Morse by J Thatcher, C
Huffman by T Thorpe, C Burke by J Washburn.
SO--SEA: G Halman 2, M Wilson 2, C Shelton, T
Gillies, A Moore, P Redman, E Chavez, O Navarro.
SD: C Burke, T Denker, E Gonzalez, C Morton.
BB--SEA: E Chavez, R Corona, J Clement. SD: J
Gerut 2, E Cabrera, E Gonzalez, C Floyd, C
Huffman. T--3:04. A--2,402.

[Rennie Stennett]

Outfielder Freddy Guzman has fractured the hamate bone in his right hand. He will have surgery to remove the bone. Guzman is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, March 4. Guzman surgery will be performed by Dr. Don Sheridan. An average recovery time from a surgery of this type is four to six weeks.

Guzman, 28, split last season between Toledo (AAA) and Erie (AA) in the Detroit Tigers organization. He ranked second in stolen bases (71) and T4th in runs (101) among all minor league players. He stole 71 bases in 82 attempts, a 87% success rate.

MLB.com

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news...=.jsp&c_id=sea

[Rennie Stennett]

Friday @ 12:05 p.m. 710 am/97.3 fm

[Rennie Stennett]

Mariners' Chris Shelton says he has regained form

By Geoff Baker

Seattle Times staff reporter

nice read:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...95_mari27.html

[Rennie Stennett]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LAD (1-2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 - -
SEA (1-1) 0 1 3 4 0 3 3 4 - 18 - -
Final
W: E. Bedard
L: C. Billingsley



LADODGERS (2) AT SEATTLE (18)

LADODGERS AB R H BI SEATTLE AB R H BI
J Pierre LF 3 0 0 0 R Cedeno SS 4 2 1 0
M Jones LF 1 1 1 2 R Corona SS 2 1 1 1
B Ausmus C 1 0 1 0 J Lopez 2B 3 1 0 0
L May C 2 0 0 0 C Crabbe 2B 2 1 1 1
R Martin DH 2 0 0 0 J Diaz 2B 0 0 0 0
I De Jesus PH-DH 2 0 0 0 R Branyan 1B 3 1 2 2
J Loney 1B 2 0 0 0 M Carp 1B 3 1 2 5
V Pascucci 1B 1 0 0 0 A Beltre DH 3 1 2 3
M Kemp CF 2 0 2 0 G Noriega PR-DH 0 0 0 0
J Repko CF 2 0 0 0 C Shelton PH-DH 1 1 1 0
M Loretta 3B 2 0 0 0 B LaHair LF 3 0 1 1
H Luna 3B 1 0 0 0 M Wilson LF 3 1 1 2
X Paul RF 2 0 0 0 M Tuiasosopo 3B 4 2 2 1
J Hoffmann RF 0 0 0 0 O Navarro PH-3B 1 0 0 0
T Abreu SS 1 0 0 0 F Gutierrez CF 3 0 1 1
J Castro PH-SS 2 0 0 0 G Halman CF 2 0 0 0
C Hu 2B 2 0 0 0 P Redman RF 4 2 2 0
L Maza 2B 0 1 0 0 T Gillies RF 1 1 1 0
R Johnson C 3 1 1 0
J Phillips C 1 2 1 0
TOTALS 28 2 4 2 TOTALS 46 18 20 17

LADODGERS 000 000 002 -- 2
SEATTLE 013 403 34x -- 18

E--M Loretta, T Abreu, H Luna. DP--SEATTLE 3.
LOB--LADODGERS 3, SEATTLE 9. 2B--A Beltre, C
Shelton, M Tuiasosopo, T Gillies, M Carp, R
Corona, B LaHair. 3B--R Branyan. HR--M Tuiasosopo
1 (1) (off T Chick), M Carp 1 (1) (off B Halsey),
M Wilson 1 (1) (off T Chick), M Jones 1 (1) (off L
Pena). SF--C Crabbe.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
LADODGERS
C Billingsley (L,0-1) 2 3 1 1 0 0 0
S Estes 1 1-3 6 7 5 0 0 0
T Sturtze 2-3 1 0 0 0 2 0
E Threets 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
T Chick 1 2 3 3 1 0 2
G Miller 1-3 4 3 3 1 1 0
J Orenduff 2-3 2 3 3 2 2 0
B Halsey 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
SEATTLE
E Bedard (W,1-0) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
J Vargas 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
C Jakubauskas 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
J Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
M Vega 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
L Pena 1 1 2 2 2 1 1

WP--J Vargas. SO--LAD: L May 2, J Pierre, C Hu, J
Castro, R Martin. SEA: R Cedeno, F Gutierrez, M
Tuiasosopo, R Corona, M Wilson, G Halman, B
LaHair. BB--LAD: V Pascucci, J Hoffmann, L Maza, B
Ausmus. SEA: C Shelton 2, O Navarro, J Phillips.
T--2:54. A--4,849.

[Rennie Stennett]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SFO (1-3) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 - -
SEA (2-1) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 - 6 - -
Final



SAN FRANCISCO (4) AT SEATTLE (6)

SAN FRANCISCO AB R H BI SEATTLE AB R H BI
R Winn cf 3 0 0 0 E Chavez lf 2 0 0 1
A Torres cf 1 0 0 0 C Woodward lf 1 1 1 1
E Velez 2b 3 0 0 0 R Cedeno 3b 3 0 0 0
K Frandsen 2b 1 1 1 0 M Tuiasosopo 3b 1 1 1 0
F Lewis lf 2 1 1 1 R Branyan 1b 3 0 0 0
J Bowker lf 2 0 0 0 C Shelton 1b 1 0 0 0
P Sandoval 3b 4 0 2 1 J Lopez 2b 3 0 1 0
R Rohlinger pr-3b 0 0 0 0 C Crabbe 2b 1 1 1 0
T Ishikawa 1b 4 0 1 0 J Clement c 2 0 0 0
S McClain 1b 0 0 0 0 A Moore c 2 0 1 1
A Rowand dh 3 0 1 0 F Gutierrez cf 1 1 1 0
B Bocock pr-dh 0 1 0 0 P Redman cf 2 0 1 1
C Gillaspie ph-dh 1 0 0 0 M Carp dh 3 1 1 0
N Schierholtz rf 2 1 1 0 B LaHair ph-dh 1 0 0 0
M Downs rf 2 0 1 0 G Halman rf 2 1 1 0
J Uribe ss 3 0 2 1 M Wilson rf 2 0 0 0
E Burriss ss 1 0 0 0 R Corona ss 3 0 1 1
S Holm c 3 0 0 0 O Navarro ss 0 0 0 0
E Whiteside c 0 0 0 0
J Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 10 3 TOTALS 33 6 10 5

SAN FRANCISCO 110 000 110 -- 4
SEATTLE 000 030 03x -- 6

E--N Schierholtz, J Bowker. LOB--SAN FRANCISCO 5,
SEATTLE 5. 2B--J Uribe 2, M Downs, A Rowand, M
Tuiasosopo. HR--F Lewis 1 (1) (off C Silva), C
Woodward 1 (1) (off A Hinshaw). SF--E Chavez.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
SAN FRANCISCO
B Zito 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
J Martinez 2 3 2 2 0 2 0
R Ray 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
H Sosa 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
B Medders 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
A Hinshaw (L,0-1) 2-3 5 3 3 0 1 1
O Matos 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEATTLE
C Silva 2 5 2 2 0 0 1
M Batista 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
R Corcoran 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G Hernandez 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
S Kahn 2-3 2 1 1 0 1 0
J Lugo (W,1-0) 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
R Messenger (S,1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

BALK--S Kahn. PB--A Moore. SO--SF: A Torres. SEA:
R Cedeno 2, B LaHair, G Halman, M Carp, A Moore, R
Branyan, M Wilson. BB--SEA: F Gutierrez. T--2:29.
A--6,021.

[bbt]

Wouldn't a link to the boxscore be more effective?

[Rennie Stennett]

The M's say no to Beltre going to the WBC.

[Rennie Stennett]

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[Rennie Stennett]

Hot Stone League

by Larry Stone, Seattle Times:

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.co...not_quite.html

[Rennie Stennett]

Reegie Corona, 2B
Ronny Cedeno, SS
Adrian Beltre, DH
Bryan LaHair, 1B
Mike Morse, 3B
Prentice Redman, CF
Mike Wilson, RF
Rob Johnson, C
Callix Crabbe, LF

Jarrod Washburn, P

[Rennie Stennett]

Balientien is two weeks late and out of minor league options. Camp is full of guys looking for outfield spots as well as other positions. If I was any of those guys playing in the WBC, I think I'd rather be in camp. Could there be a better time to have the WBC ? I don't think any time of year is good. As a player, the mlb is your job, the other is for country. Balientien came up twice in 2008 and struggled. He went down to AAA and destoyed the pitching there. He came back up and struggled. Balientien has power the other way if he will just go with the pitch more often instead of trying to pull everything. An example is early on, he hit a fly ball the other way and it went out. Let's hope he works this out.

Balientien had visa problems that prevented him from arriving om time.

[Rennie Stennett]

Cedeno 2-3 with a run.

The M's take Tuesday off and will play the Aussies Wednesday the 3rd @ 6:05pm. Rumor has it that Ken Griffey Jr. will see action.

[Rennie Stennett]

Tui taking his swings

by Bob Condotta, Seattle Times:

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/

Tuiasosopo off to hot start with Mariners

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...59_mari04.html


Everyone who reads the Mariner's area of Baseball Fever know I'm pulling for Matt Tuiasosopo. I thought last year that he was defensively ready to play in the bigs and he need some work at the plate. He's still young (like 22) and may need another year of AAA ball, but given the M's power play with adrian Beltre, when they said he could not play in the WBC, even though they said earlier that it was his call, Matt may get a shot to play. Like some others Matt came up as a SS but moved to third when everyone figured that Yuniesky Betancourt would be the Mariner SS for the next ten years.

[Rennie Stennett]

6:05 p.m. Seattle Mariners vs. Team Australia on Fox Sports NW.