Mark Lowe News

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.

Don Wakamatsu had a whirlwind first year as manager of the Mariners. The soft-spoken former big league catcher led his team to a dramatic turnaround, going 85-77 a year after the club finished with the worst record in the American League at 61-101. The 24-game improvement was the best in the Majors in 2009 and garnered Wakamatsu recognition in the ...

Mark Teahen of the Chicago White Sox has been named the 2009 recipient of the Hutch Award, given annually to the player who "best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication" of Seattle baseball legend Fred Hutchinson.

WARNING: This article is heavily sabermetrics-oriented. Assuming we dona TMt get a second baseman in return, which is quite unlikely, wea TMre obviously going to need someone to replace him.

Seven players from the Mariners organization played for the Javelinas and some looked they're close to the big league.

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

Wea re heavy into the award season now, but in the midst of that we also have a Nov.

This is a Sept. 15, 2009, file photo showing Seattle Mariners' Ken Griffey Jr. in the dugout during a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, in Seattle.

For the past three years, Mariners reliever Mark Lowe was an interested spectator at the annual Hutch Award luncheon held at Safeco Field.

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.

After the initial shock of learning that catcher Kenji Johjima was leaving the Mariners with two years and $16 million left on his contract, the general feeling among some in the organization is that it comes as no tremendous surprise.

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

Mariners' reliever Mark Lowe has been named one of 10 finalists for the Hutch Award, the prestigious humanitarian award named in honor of Seattle pitching legend Fred Hutchinson and bestowed by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

It's just possible this particular collection of Seattle Mariners has hit their ceiling, maxed out at 83 wins, gone about as far as what they have will take them.

The high-volume, postgame beer shower has become a happy routine for the Seattle Mariners this season celebrating everything from first home runs to career milestones but Ken Griffey Jr.

A share of second place in the American League West went out the window on Friday night when two of the Mariners' most reliable late-inning relievers were unable to hold a one-run lead and Seattle dropped a 7-4 decision to the Rangers before 27,899 on Fan Appreciation Night at Safeco Field.

The Mariners had a shot in this one, but their two biggest bullpen arms couldn't get it done.

Ken Griffey Jr. has given the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning, cranking the 630th home run of his career over the right field wall.

We're all tied up again in the eighth after Andruw Jones hit a leadoff double against Mark Lowe and then Michael Young drove in pinch runner Esteban German with a two-out single.

Given the mum-ness going around the Mariners concerning the future of Ken Griffey Jr., we don't know if this will be the last week of his career or simply his season.