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Brandon Workman, Taylor Jungmann

By Dustin McComas

03-18-2010

The Texas Longhorns have two of the top arms in college baseball this season, one is a 2010 draft prospect, another could be a candidate for the No. 1 pick next spring. With the Mariners first pick coming at No. 43 overall, Brandon Workman could be in play for the hometown nine, while Taylor Jun...

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Notes from the desert

By Jason A. Churchill 03-18-2010

PEORIA, ARIZ. -- roamed around the minor league side of the complex on and off for the past two days, and saw a slew of the bigger names in the farm system. Some stood out and some looked like it was just a week or so into spring training (it was for them, minor leaguers didn't report until early last week).

But in quick-hit style, these were my impressions.

Right-hander Tyler Blandford reached 94 mph on the gun but couldn't get the slider over, bouncing several in the dirt during an intrasquad game Tuesday. His release point was all over the map and he had problems with deep counts.

His delivery is one of tons of effort -- think Brandon Morrow, but 10 tim...

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The State's Top Draft Prospects

By Jason A. Churchill 03-13-2010

In the past few days I have seen a handful of the state's top draft prospects, as it's a little better crop this year than in 2009.

That crop is led by Blanchet High School's Josh Sale, a left-handed bat with some athleticism, probably best suited for right field as a pro.

Sale stands about 6-feet tall and is listed at 205 but may be as heavy as 215 -- all muscle, mind you -- but he...

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M's and Rafael DePaula

By Jason A. Churchill 03-08-2010

If you've been following all the news the past several weeks you have heard the Seattle Mariners, along with at least two other clubs -- believed to be the big guns called the Yankees and Red Sox -- are in on right-hander Rafael DePuala of the Dominican Republic, and if a club wants to get him a vis...

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Draft Blog: Strengths and weaknesses

By Chris Crawford 03-06-2010

With four picks in the top 51 (doesn't roll of the toungue quite like fifty, does it?) of last years draft, Seattle was able to add quality and quantity to the minor league system.

This year, with only the one top 50 pick, the M's are going to have far less chances to add, and a lot of...

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Viewing the Top 30

By Jason A. Churchill 03-05-2010

This is the Top 30 for the Handbook that I will start sending out as soon as possible -- probably in couple days -- sorry for the tardiness, happens every y...

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PI Chat -- Friday March 5, 2010

By Chris Crawford 03-04-2010

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Draft Blog: 'Bama SS to M's?

By Chris Crawford 03-04-2010

The Mariner middle infield is in a fairly precarious state right now. Jack Wilson is locked up for two awesome defensive,painful offensive seasons. Jose Lopez is going to be mentioned in trade rumors til he figures out that the word walk isn't just something you do on the beach, and there's no gimme...

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Draft Blog: Early season pay off

By Chris Crawford 03-03-2010

We all have heard some sort of version of the phrase "they mean just as much in April as they do in September". The MLB season is a constant grind though, with plenty of chances to make up for the slow starts of spring with red hot summers and falls.

With the shortness of the prep season, tho...

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