Brandon Morrow News

No one is giving the Mariners anything yet as far as the AL West is concerned. Not when the Los Angeles Angels have won three division crowns in a row.

This story by Jon Heyman of SI.com just went up. It says agreement has been reached, sending Cliff Lee to the Mariners and Roy Halladay to the Phillies.

Roy Halladay went 17-10 for the Blue Jays in 2009 and has spent his entire 12-year career with Toronto.

Folks actually made today's chat enjoyable by showing up in numbers and asking great questions - so many, in fact, that there wasn't time to answer them all.

The winter meetings came to an end with this morning's Rule 5 draft, the Mariners selecting 23-year-old pitcher Kanekoa Texeira from the Class AA ranks of the Yankees system.

Greetings from the baseball winter meetings, where I'm now told -- despite what we say in the video above -- that Chone Figgins will not be coming to Indianapolis for the announcement of his deal.

The Seattle Mariners mean business. General Manager Jack Zduriencik is entering just his second offseason at the club's helm, but clearly has the franchise headed in the right direction.

Brandon Morrow pitched in 26 games for Seattle last season after he was sidelined with forearm and shoulder injuries.

We're just over a week away from the start of the baseball winter meetings and the Mariners will be looking to make a slew of additions to their roster.

All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson could be involved in a three-way trade with Seattle and a "mystery team," according to reports.

Amid rumors that the Tigers and Mariners are talking trade, The Detroit News opined the teams are a good fit.

As Chris from Bothell noted on the Lincecum thread, Bob Nightengale of USA Today sent out a tweet that has Mariner fans all atwitter.

As I am sure you all know, news broke recently about the Seattle Mariners potentially looking into trading for Edwin Jackson, most likely trading Brandon Morrow in the process.

Dave Wallace was known as one of the better pitching coaches of his generation, helping to develop the arms of Orel Hersheiser , Pedro Martinez and John Wetteland , to name a few.

Great Day in the Morning ! The Yankees continue to impress with their heroics. They are clearly the Best Team in Baseball ! The Magic number is down to only 5... They have gone 25-3 in the last 28 games played versus the 3 other AL playoff teams ! The pitching, top to bottom has been stellar! C.C. is a horse! Mo is, well, Mo ! The Greatest of All ...

Trade Brandon Morrow to Milwaukee for J.J. Hardy. Trade Jose Lopez, Mark Lowe, and Jason Vargas to Chicago for John Danks.

Morrow drops his hand, KOs the A's The eight shutout innings, nine strikeouts, sharp control of a darting fastball and overall excellence by Brandon Morrow in Wednesday night's victory over the A's obviously were just what Mariners manager Don Wakamastu wanted to see.

Brandon Morrow gets a chance to finish his rocky season on a positive note. And yes, Michael Saunders comes out of semi-hiding to make his 10th start in September -- on the last day of the month.

We told you weeks ago that Mike Sweeney wants to return to the majors for one final season next year and would prefer to play here or in Anaheim, which is close to his home north of San Diego.

Doug Fister will never be confused with Brandon Morrow in terms of velocity. At 6-foot-6, Fister might be expected to have a 98 mph fastball in his arsenal.