Fantasy ramifications of Halladay, Lee deals

Now teams are flipping former American League Cy Young winners like they're hot potatoes. Someone get Zack Greinke on the phone -- he might be next! ...

Mariners welcome Figgins; Lee next?

The suddenly swashbuckling Mariners introduced new infielder and offensive catalyst Chone Figgins at a news conference.

Russell Branyan had a great year for Seattle, hitting 31 home runs in 116 games

A look at free-agent options for Red Sox at 3B, 1B

...agent first baseman. That list is nearly as thin, with Hank Blalock (25 homers last season), Russell Branyan (31 homers) and Nick Johnson (.831 OPS) heading the candidates

Whole lot of talking, and very little action

Few moves happened at the winter meetings, leaving a lot of action to come in the weeks ahead.

What Figgins means to M's

...than that, and were fundamentally a .500 team (or slightly better). If they can bring back Russell Branyan and sign another good player -- a real DH or a good starting pitcher would be nice...

M's pursuing Bay ... but why?

...last season with 36 home runs and 119 RBI. Put him in left and re-sign Russell Branyan at first base and all of a sudden, the M's would appear quite formidable on...

Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place

...to whether they are Type A or Type B free agents: First base Hank Blalock TEX Russell Branyan SEA Carlos Delgado NYM (B) Nomar Garciaparra OAK Jason Giambi COL Ross Gload FLA Aubrey Huff...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009

Griffey could earn $3.9M in 2010

According to contract figures obtained by The Associated Press, the deal Ken Griffey Jr. signed this month to return to the Seattle Mariners for one more season as a 40-year-old calls for a $2.35 million base salary for 2010.

Wilson, Mariners agree to 2 years, $10M

The Mariners will keep shortstop Jack Wilson in Seattle through 2011.

The Spawn of 'Moneyball'

An American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

O'Dowd is TSN's G-Man of the Year

...85-win team!" Well, yes. But most of the Mariners' improvement was due to two players, Russell Branyan and Franklin Gutierrez. Zduriencik deserves a great deal of credit for acquiring both of them, and...

Chatting with a Mariners blogger

This is something we'll do here on the Rangers blog before every new series the club plays. Obviously, there's one series left. But I thought you stil...

Griffey's three-run homer backs Morrow as Mariners shut out A's

Ken Griffey Jr. hit a three-run homer and Brandon Morrow allowed one hit over eight impressive innings, sending the Seattle Mariners to a 7-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

Hernandez adds to resume with Mariners win over A's

Ken Griffey Jr. started what might be his final homestand with career homer No. 628, and Felix Hernandez added another strong effort to his AL Cy Young Award resume in the Seattle Mariners' 6-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.