The Seattle Mariners  have assumed a controlling stake in a regional sports network (RSN), ROOT Sports, a partnership with DirecTV that will run through the 2030 baseball season.  According to sources the deal will total $2 billion over 17 years and  the Mariners will get to shield some of the  income from baseballs revenue-sharing system. In addition to the Mariners, the network will provide other professi ...

For the second time in a week, Aaron Harang has been traded. The Los Angeles Dodgers entered Spring Training with eight major league starters and were widely speculated to be trading one not soon after the start of the regular season. Last week, Los Angeles swapped Harang for catcher, Ramon Hernandez and sent Colorado $4.25 million dollars. After being immediately designated for assignment, the Rockies flip ...

When the Seattle Mariners made the deal to acquire Michael Morse  they were looking for right-handed power.  So far, so good.  Morse hit his fourth home run in the past three games leading off the sixth inning against Athletics starter A.J. Griffin  and joined Ken Griffey Jr. as the only two Mariners players to hit four home runs in the fourth game of the season.  Griffey did it in the 1997 season. "I hit t ...

Michael Morse  was rumored to be heading to at least a half-dozen teams this winter. The Seattle Mariners finally made the deal with the Washington Nationals and so far  Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik  is looking like a genius. Morse broke a sixth-inning tie with his sixth home run of spring training, and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-5 Monday. Morse homered off starter A.J ...

With Felix Hernandez signed to a long-term deal, the Seattle Mariners have what most Major League teams lack - a premium ace who is one of the most dominant starters in the game. As Opening Day approaches, the club also has enviable rotation depth at the big league and minor league levels. Though the Opening Day rotation appears set with Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma, Joe Saunders, Blake Beaven and either Eras ...

Seattle Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik was one of the busiest executives in baseball during the offseason. The result is a Mariners team that could surprise baseball pundits and fans alike in the American League West race. The most prominent news out of Seattle during the Hot Stove League was the signing of uber ace Felix Hernandez to a seven-year, $175 million contract. The transaction ended long ...

The Seattle Mariners announced that they have made room for starting pitcher Joe Saunders by designating for assignment first baseman Mike Carp. Saunders reached an agreement with the team late last week on a one-year deal. The deal was dependent on Saunders passing a physical. The Mariners made the move to part ways with Carp as a result. Carp has hit 255/.327/.413 with 18 home runs in 608 plate appearance ...

The Seattle Mariners who made big news earlier today by extending ace right-hander Felix Hernandez to a seven-year $175 million deal, also announced they have reached an agreement with free-agent left-hander Joe Saunders on a one-year deal. The deal is pending passing a physical and financial terms of the deal were not announced. The Baltimore Orioles who traded for the left-hander with the Arizona Diamondb ...

With the ever rising cost of offense, more and more teams are looking to platoons as a low-cost, high-reward alternative. Even though penny-pinching organizations like the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays have long been using the platoon, now even bigger market teams--like the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox--are beginning to join the fray. Below is an in-depth, projected list of th ...

The Seattle Mariners have reached an agreement with ace Felix Hernandez on a seven-year deal worth $175 million according to USA Today. The deal sets a new salary standard and would make Hernandez the highest-paid pitcher in baseball history. The deal is not yet official, but would surpass the seven year $161 million deal CC Sabathia signed with the New York Yankees before the 2009 season. At that time Saba ...

The Seattle Mariners have reached an agreement with free-agent catcher Kelly Shoppach on a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. The deal is contingent upon Shoppach passing a physical which is scheduled for Wednesday. Shoppach will be reunited with Mariners manager Eric Wedge. Wedge and Shoppach were with the Indians from 2006 to 2009. Shoppach split time with the Red Sox and Mets in 2012, hitting .233/.309/.4 ...

Kyle Lohse and Michael Bourn remain the biggest free agent names still available this winter and neither one has a clear landing spot. Lohse, in particular, seems to have an intriguing situation. We're now fully aware of the power of draft pick compensation which puts Lohse in the weird universe of not being elite enough to command a big deal, but being too good by being worthy of rejecting a qualifying off ...

For the first time in several seasons, Seattle Mariners fans can embrace the upcoming season with excitement for the year ahead and the long-term future. The club has one of the game's few elite starters in Felix Hernandez; it has upgraded its lineup with the acquisition of Mike Morse and Kendrys Morales; and the farm system boasts a plethora of high-ceiling prospects. At the Major League level, third basem ...

When the Washington Nationals re-signed first baseman Adam LaRoche, it was assumed that it would only be a matter of time before the Nats traded Michael Morse. Today the Nationals sent Morse to the Seattle Mariners in a three-team trade involving the Oakland A's. In the deal Morse goes to the Mariners, right-handed pitching prospect A.J. Cole is headed to Washington from Oakland, and the Mariners sent catch ...