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| Raul Ibanez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-1 victory over the Tigers at home. |
Our View: That was his 10th homer of the season, and his second against the Tigers. |
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| Erik Bedard was in solid form in Friday's 4-1 win over the Tigers at home, as he only surrendered one earned run on five hits over five innings, with three walks and six strikeouts. The only run came on a Miguel Cabrera home run. |
Our View: Bedard has pitched well when healthy this season, and he now has a two-game winning streak, and has only allowed one run in both outings. He is 6-4 and trimmed his ERA to 3.67. Keep him active in your lineups. |
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| Richie Sexson has a good matchup tonight against Kenny Rogers. For his career, Sexson has punished Rogers for a .435 batting average and OPS of 1.349. |
Our View: Amazingly, Sexson has hit .348 in his last seven games, while scoring five runs. If you have Sexson stashed on your bench in a deep AL-only league, give him a shot at first base tonight. |
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| Ichiro Suzuki set a career record on Thursday, going 80 consecutive plate appearances without getting an extra-base hit, and hitting his 24th consecutive single, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. |
Our View: Suzuki's slugging percentage is a poor .379, but one advantage for fantasy players is that all those singles mean more stolen base attempts. He has 33 stolen bases on the year and has been caught only twice. |
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| Adrian Beltre faces the Detroit Tigers and hurler Justin Verlander tonight. Beltre has picked his game up a bit as of late, but this is not a good match-up for him. In his career against Verlander, Beltre is 3-for-18, a .167 average, with five strikeouts. |
Our View: In his last six games, Beltre has gotten two or more hits in four of them. Still, with his poor track record against Verlander, it may be best to stick somebody else at the hot corner on your fantasy squad. |
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| Erik Bedard is being scouted by the Philadelphia Phillies as a potential trade acquisition in order to bolster their rotation, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. |
Our View: Bedard has been a bit of a disappointment in Seattle, with a 5-4 record and 3.79 ERA. It's difficult to say a change of scenery sill help him, because he is in his first season with the Mariners. Going to the National League could raise his fantasy value, although leaving spacious Safeco Field for the more intimate confines of Philly's Citizens Bank Park may offset that. |
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| Felix Hernandez threw a side session yesterday, and Mariners manager Jim Riggleman would like to get him a start before the All-Star break, according to the Seattle Times. |
Our View: Hopefully Riggleman won't rush Hernandez back. The Mariners are out of the race, so pushing it does not seem wise. Hernandez has been great for fantasy owners this year, and they'd surely take one less start of Hernandez if it means he can come back and continue to throw like he has. |
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| After a solid six inning start in which he allowed only two earned runs, Jarrod Washburn could be trade bait for teams in need of starting pitching depth, according to the Seattle Times. |
Our View: Washburn has lowered his ERA from 6.99 on May 21 to 5.08. He isn't a great option for fantasy teams at the moment, but getting traded to a team in the National League would increase his value. |
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| Brandon Morrow earned his fifth save of the season in Seattle's 4-2 victory over Toronto on Wednesday night, lowering his ERA to 0.71. |
Our View: Morrow continues to close for Seattle while J.J. Putz is on the mend. If you are in need of saves and he is on the waiver wire, he should be picked up. There is no word on when Putz will be back for the Mariners. |
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| Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-3 on Wednesday raising his average over .300 for the first time since April 9. |
Our View: Don't expect his average to get much lower. Ichiro has been the league's most consistent hitter for multiple years and should continue to get his despite the struggles of his team. |
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| Seattle LHP Jarrod Washburn picked up his fourth win of the season, helping his Mariners earned the hard-fought 4-2 win over Toronto. Washburn pitched six innings, allowing two runs (both earned) on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts. |
Our View: Washburn now sits at 4-7 with an ERA of 5.08. This is his second decision in his last five starts, going 1-1 through June, though he now touts consecutive wins. |
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| The Mariners needed every bit of offense they could find this evening to pull the 4-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, an effort led by infielder Miguel Cairo. Cairo went 2-for-4 with two doubles, posting three RBIs and one run scored along the way. |
Our View: Cairo only gets limited action and hasn't done too much with the at-bats he does receive, but tonight might earn him another look (though the veteran is going to find tough times if the Mariners start looking towards the youth of tomorrow). |
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| Seattle and Toronto battled late into the night with the hometown Mariners finding the strength to emerge victorious, 7-6. The charge was led by third baseman Adrian Beltre , going 3-for-4 with one walk and his 16th home run of the season, totaling two RBIs and two runs scored on the night. |
Our View: Beltre managed to hit just .264 last month with three home runs and 15 RBIs. We all know he is capable of much more, and with this impressive start to July, we may see it come to the stage in the month ahead. |
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| Felix Hernandez not only will not make his scheduled start on Tuesday, his injured ankle will in fact force him to the DL, according to MLB.com. "He threw a few pitches and the landing foot is still not really right, and we're not going to put him out there till it is right," manager Jim Riggleman said. |
Our View: So much for him making his next start. The hope is that Hernandez will be ready to go right before the All-Star game since the move was retroactive to June 24th. In the long run this might actually work to his benefit by allowing him some time to rest his young arm. |
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