Category: Seattle Mariners

I’m going to make a bold prediction. Certainly a prediction that will have its fair share of naysayers, people who will laugh, scoff, insult my baseball knowledge, and best of all, will be utterly stupefied when it comes true. Are you ready?

The Seattle Mariners will win the AL West. Yes, I said the Seattle Mariners. The same Mariners that became the first team in MLB history to win 90 games in back to back seasons and then proceed to lose 90 games in back to back seasons. In fact, one step worse, they actually had a string of four 90 win seasons snapped by their two consecutive 90 loss seasons.

Let me be clear about one thing. This is not the same Mariner team that stumbled out of the gates in 2005.

A week ago the Seattle Mariners made their first big splash in the Free Agent Market, by signing Kenji Johjima to a 3-year deal for 16.5 million dollars. The 29 year-old Japanese catcher will become teammates with fellow country man Ichiro. Now on the outside looking in, Kenji looks like a great sign with a lot of positives. But will the Mariners risk in signing him end up flopping? Let’s take a closer look.