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Mariners Nation 2012

West

Cash4Golden
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Thread for me, taters, nevermind, and the few others out there for the 2012 mariners season. If you dont like the mariners you are still welcome to join this topical discussion, unless you like the rangers. Then you are a gay and can make your own topical discussion

I want to use this thread to keep track of the best team ever together in one place. Join me gentleman and let it be a glorious season

go mariners!
 
herro basebaw, cy young yes

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgLjgoIf4CY"]Mariner's new pitcher: Japanese RH Hisashi Iwakuma - YouTube[/ame]

welcome iwakuma

kuma supposedly translates into 'bear', they call him the bear in japan and represent him with posters and signs of bears

i can dig it

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So is Ichiro actually going to finally slide down the batting order?

MLB.com said:
SEATTLE -- Eric Wedge first brought up at the Winter Meetings in Dallas in early December the idea that Ichiro Suzuki might not be his leadoff hitter any longer, and the Mariners manager said Thursday he's now "further down the road in leaning that direction to have Ichi hit somewhere else."

Speaking at the Mariners pre-Spring Training media luncheon, Wedge expanded on his thoughts, saying Ichiro could bat second or third if he's not leading off. And he mentioned Dustin Ackley, Chone Figgins and perhaps a healthier Franklin Gutierrez as candidates to fill the leadoff role.

"I haven't made any firm decisions," Wedge said. "I know it's a big deal to everybody. But my job is to communicate that to Ichiro and make sure everybody understands the options and what they're fighting for and what I'm thinking about it.

"We've talked about the three-hole, I've contemplated hitting him second, there's still a chance he might lead off," Wedge said. "What we're going to do is put out the best lineup possible to score more runs. It's unacceptable the amount of runs we've scored the last couple years. Last year I sat back and bit my tongue off more than once. But it was the right thing to do. My wife was proud of me.
 
MLB.com said:
SEATTLE -- Casper Wells doesn't know exactly how to describe what derailed the end of his 2011 season with the Mariners, but he does know the health and head issues that plagued him have gone away and he's ready and rarin' to go again as Spring Training nears.

Mariners trainer Rick Griffin said the young outfielder has fully recovered from what he called a "balance disorder." The club previously has referred to "vertigo-like symptoms" in trying to put a name on Wells' late-season trouble that caused him to miss the final 12 games after his batting average plummeted in the previous month.

All Wells knows is that he started having vision and balance problems soon after he took a Brandon Morrow fastball off the nose in an Aug. 17 game against the Blue Jays. At the time, Wells was batting .277 with an .859 OPS, and he had homered in four straight games at Safeco Field.

cliff- casper wells is healthy
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Wells now says he can see straight and feels perfectly fine. He's been healing up all this time and feels great and in baseball shape for spring training.

I am really wondering about our left field situation. With Greg Halman dying (RIP) and Mike Carp potentially moving to an infield position, where does that lead us at left field? We have a healthy Casper Wells and Trayvon Robinson.

Personally I think I like Robinson over Wells. It's hit or miss with either though so I trust in Jack Z and the management with playing the right guy I guess.

Speaking of Mike Carp i'd like to see him play an every day starting role. I think he is the most underrated dude on the team. More than anything he's been clutch for us, and as a team that doesn't win a lot of ball games I think thats huge. I dont really care for Smoak, I wouldn't mind if Carp took his job. Or better yet, teach him third to replace Figgins. Kyle Seager isnt really ready yet IMO.

cliff- left field needs work
mike carp is sweet
 
This is what our prospective lineup looks like.


1. King Felix
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2. Viva Los Vargas
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3.Hisashi THE BEAR Iwakuma
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4. Leave It to Beavan
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5.
Nasty Noesi
(competing with charlie furbush and danny hultzen)
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I can dig it
 
Prospective Depth Chart-

Catcher-
Miguel Olivo

First Base-
Justin Smoak

Second Base-
Dustin Ackley

Short Stop-
Brendan Ryan

Third Base-
Alex Liddi

Left Field-
Casper Wells

Center Field-
Franklin Gutierrez

Right Field-
Ichiro
 
Wells now says he can see straight and feels perfectly fine. He's been healing up all this time and feels great and in baseball shape for spring training.

I am really wondering about our left field situation. With Greg Halman dying (RIP) and Mike Carp potentially moving to an infield position, where does that lead us at left field? We have a healthy Casper Wells and Trayvon Robinson.

Personally I think I like Robinson over Wells. It's hit or miss with either though so I trust in Jack Z and the management with playing the right guy I guess.

Speaking of Mike Carp i'd like to see him play an every day starting role. I think he is the most underrated dude on the team. More than anything he's been clutch for us, and as a team that doesn't win a lot of ball games I think thats huge. I dont really care for Smoak, I wouldn't mind if Carp took his job. Or better yet, teach him third to replace Figgins. Kyle Seager isnt really ready yet IMO.

cliff- left field needs work
mike carp is sweet

I still love Trayvon Robinson in left. But that could just be the sucker in me.
 
MLB.com said:
SEATTLE -- Veteran infielder Carlos Guillen, who began his career with the Mariners from 1998-2003, signed a Minor League deal with Seattle on Wednesday that includes an invitation to Major League camp.

Guillen, 36, was a three-time All-Star while with the Tigers between 2004-11, but played just 28 games last year after sitting out the first three and a half months while recovering from microfracture knee surgery and then missing the end of the season with a wrist injury.

Guillen becomes the 26th non-roster invitee to the Mariners camp, which opens in two weeks in Peoria, Ariz. He figures to compete for time at third base and in the outfield, if healthy.

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welcome Carlos to Mariners Nation. I hope you fair well with the Rainiers and Mariners this season. I think you could be cool

go mariners
 
Really proud of Carp...wasn't highly thought of in that trade for Putz but he's come into his own and I really followed him as he was a former Met farmhand...is he slated to get some starting time in LF maybe? or DH??...i'm pretty sure u don't wanna see Carp in 3B...lol
 
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