Author: Clive
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Analyzing 2025’s Splitters
Splitters have become the hottest pitch in baseball for pitchers to start throwing. A once obsolete pitch now has a presence is every bullpen and starting rotation to some degree. In the MLB last year of pitchers who threw at least 100 pitches in the season there were 144 of them that threw a Read more
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My Favorite Free Agent Fits for the Mariners
Coming off objectively the best season in Mariners history they’ve been met with a few decisions they need to make this offseason many regarding the expiring free agents from the middle of the lineup. They resigned Josh Naylor on a back-loaded contract, and this is a great first step for the Mariners but with question Read more
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Mariners 2025 Trade Deadline Preview
The trade deadline is approaching fast and with the all-star break almost over and only 2 weeks and a few days for the Mariners to improve their 51-45 roster things are expected to ramp up. This deadline looks to be a little more star-studded potentially than last year and there’s a lot of good cheap Read more
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No Runs, No Hits, No Fun. A Recap of the Mariners bad First 6 Games
The first 6 games haven’t been anything much more than completely underwhelming and honestly deflating. The team did not finish on the highest note coming out of spring training, but they certainly had some bright spots to go with that. Julio Rodriguez finished with the most RBI’s in the Cactus League. The Mariners were one Read more
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Mariners Spring Training Checkpoint
The spring training season is halfway done for the most part with the Mariners less than 3 weeks away from opening day. The 2024 spring training season has been full of a lot of up and down rides for the Mariners this year. Dan Wilson’s first spring training as manager has shown lots of promise Read more
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How Much Sound Can They Make – A Sounders Preview
Yesterday’s 3-1-win vs Antigua GFC in Guatemala marked the sounders first regulation win of the new season. The finish to last years season was whelming to say the least. Going to the Western Conference final for the first time since 2020 and losing on a late goal to the eventual MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy Read more
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Bracketology – February 6th, 2025
As a college basketball fanatic and bracket enthusiast I love making a bracketology every couple of days and especially as we have so much movement later in the season. This is the first of many weekly bracketologies I plan on posting for all to see with a little bit of a breakdown for some of Read more
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Why the Mariners Disappointing Offseason is so Disappointing After all
Unlike most I’m not upset with this Mariners offseason, for I think the front office of Dipoto and Hollander quietly did a good job at setting us up for the long term. Now Mariners fans do not want to hear the long term after only making the playoffs once since the 2001 season, and after Read more