Jack Zduriencik

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Rangers (1): Ran their top three pitchers at the Red Sox in an impressive weekend sweep started by Derek Holland and finished by Yu Darvish, with Alexi Ogando in between. Looking very smart for letting Josh Hamilton...

Josh Hamilton's abominable April inched closer to its finish Sunday at Safeco Field, where the veteran outfielder looked less like the prize acquisition of baseball's 2013 free-agent class than a desperate hacker in need of a swing coach. On an...

They were, by acclimation, can't-miss prospects. Individually, they were on a path to inevitable stardom. Collectively, they were to be the three-headed core of a Mariner revival, cornerstones of a revamped, power-packed lineup. And yet, as another...

A.J. Pierzynski had one of the great quotes of the season. "He had all seven of his pitches working,'' said Pierzynski, who jumped from the White Sox to the Rangers last winter. Pierzynski wasn't kidding. The catcher was giving an honest account of Yu...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH The Mariners' horrific start to what's looking more and more like another lost season in Seattle has already caused one minor shakeup. And unless the Mariners can turn things around...

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Braves (1): They stopped scoring runs over the weekend in Pittsburgh but bought themselves time with the 13-2 start. 2. Giants (2): Tim Lincecum took a shutout into the seventh Saturday, his best start of the...

As he suited up for what could be his final Mariners game for a long while, Franklin Gutierrez offered rare insight into his frustration level. "I know it's been really tough on me the past two or three years," Gutierrez said this week. "I'm just trying...

Perhaps I am exaggerating a tad, but it seems like every time another club makes a personnel move, I get an email or a tweet from an Orioles fan wondering if it could affect the Orioles. If a player is rumored to be on the trade block or gets non-...

Poor Ned Colletti. Seems he’s not too sexy for his shirt or cowboy boots. What has it come to for general managers these days, when they’re not only critiqued on that last free agent signing but also on if they turn heads when they enter a...

When Dan Duquette was hired roughly a year ago as the club’s executive vice president, the Orioles pointed to his impressive track record in the past with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was in charge of some very good teams –...

The Mariners on Thursday fired Chris Chambliss, who worked as the hitting coach on manager Eric Wedge's staff the past two years, after Seattle finished last in the American League in hitting for a third straight year. Chambliss, 63, was the first member...

One of the toughest hitting parks in the Major Leagues should become a little friendlier for hitters next year. According to Seattlemariners.com, the Mariners announced Tuesday that the team will move in Safeco Field's outfield wall for the 2013 season....