Montero, 23, was the centerpiece of the trade that brought pitcher Michael Pineda to the Yankees in January 2012, but he has struggled in his second season in Seattle. After hitting .260 with 15 homers and 62 RBI in 135 games last season as......

It was inevitable, and now it’s happening: As reported by Ryan Divish of the Tacoma News-Tribune, Jesus Montero is headed to Tacoma, and Jesus Sucre is coming up. It was a move the Mariners had to make, as I wrote about two nights ago.......

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On the heels of a six-game losing streak and a 2-7 road trip, the Seattle Mariners will make an expected and needed roster move sometime today....

Josh Hamilton hits a single that drives in two runs during the Angels' victory over the Seattle Mariners, 7-1. (Jeff Gross / Getty Images / May 22, 2013)...

I hate pessimism. In the past I've been an addict of it. The ease that comes from assuming the worst, the safety of not allowing in hope has protected me from who knows what emotional trauma. ......

There are going to be the usual jokes made about this, but it was no laughing matter inside the clubhouse post-game as Mariners veterans got all of the players inside a private, off-limits room and held a team meeting prior to everyody dressing......

There are moral victories and then there are real ones. After taking a bunch of moral victories out of Cleveland, the Mariners need the real thing this afternoon as they conclude a road trip currently at 2-6 after starting off oh so promising......

Needless to say, the Mariners could use a victory later this afternon in this finale of a road trip that began so well and then went south on the team in a hurry. The Mariners are 2-6 on the trip after losing five straight, the most recent of......

Well, it was enjoyable to make fun of the Angels there for a second, and I guess, considering the standings, it still is. Last night, however, didn't do much to further the cause, and hopefully......

Will the Seattle Mariners potential lead to a breakthrough? Will the Seattle Mariners potential lead to a breakthrough?...

Sometimes, as in what happened this past weekend in Cleveland, there isn’t much a coaching staff or front office can do. Players are the ones who play and when they lose games because of walkoff home runs, or dropped balls, or whatever,......

The last thing you want to do as a baseball team is overreact to a bad stretch. But the Mariners have reached a point where a few moves are necessary not just as a knee-jerk way to shake things up in the middle of a slump, but as a realistic......

12-0 and it was not that close....

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Tough not to notice all the strikeouts the Mariners have taken of late. Hitting coach Dave Hansen is hard to pin down, but we got him for a few moments today and one of the topics that came up was the team’s strikeout rate. The Mariners......

The Mariners first baseman hit a home run that gave me a headache....

Jesus Montero doesn't know how to position himself at home plate....

Several jokes were flying yesterday about Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez after 170-pound Endy Chavez popped a ninth-inning, go-ahead homer off him. It was the first homer of the season by Chavez and the fact it came in a pinch-hit appearan...

I remember being in favor of the Mariners pursuing free agent Josh Hamilton. There was all that hot talk about the team being willing to spend more money and how the young guys were about to break......

While the Mariners have struggled, their crop of young players give them reason to be optimistic. If hitters like Jesus Montero and Dustin Ackley get on track, they can help support a young group of pitchers waiting to come up from the Minors....

From the blog Big League Stew: Before the walkoff, came the muff. Seattle Mariners closer Tom Wilhelmsen, messing up a play that pitchers and first basemen across the league work have worked on time and memorial during spring training, muffed......

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NEW YORK -- Last week, a committee led by two future Hall of Fame managers, Joe Torre and Tony La Russa, and legendary Braves executive John Schuerholz made a presentation of ideas at the owners' meeting about MLB's consideration of expanded......

The Mariners, in the past, were very un-selective and strikeout-prone. Then they hired Dave Hansen to be the hitting coach. So far, the results are freakin' sweet!...

ADDITIONAL NOTE: Be sure to join me at 8 a.m. PT for Talkin’ Baseball with Mitch Levy on Sports Radio KJR. We’ve got a real early 9:05 a.m. PT start time today, so Mariners manager Eric Wedge held his pregame chat first thing this......

Sometimes, we'll use this space for a long, elaborate intro — one filled with alternate versions of reality and mind-bending hypotheticals. This week, we offer something simpler, but no less mind-bending: Jake "The Snake" Roberts sing...

We’ve written many positive things in this space about the Mariners and their offense this season. But it’s safe to say, this team is far from perfect offensively. And one of the shortcomings that gets mentioned a lot is the lack......

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