http://prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb513651.htm

"The SBI is the first ever standard measurement to identify the top blogs across all sports and in each major sports category and aims to be a helpful tool to determine where the most passionate fans go on the Internet and which blogs carry the most weight."

Not too shabby, eh?  Congratulations, Jeff!  You definitely deserve this sort of acclaim.

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As an added note, check out who is listed at #7...  Seattle is -very- well represented.

There has been some increasing buzz around the Mariner camp that Brandon Morrow, the 5th pick in last year's amateur draft, could make the 25 man roster this spring as a reliever.

Through 6 1/3 innings, he has yet to give up a run and has K'd 8 batters via his 97 mile per hour fastball and slider combination.  Batters so far have been quite unsuccessful at getting on base against him, what with the a grand total of two hits and two walks accounting for all of the difficulty he's encountered thus far.

(There's a nice little first hand recount of his March 15th performance versus the Cub's top four hitters at U.S.S. Mariner: http://ussmariner.com/2007/03/15/notes-from-mesa-and-peoria/)

Couple this with Putz's current battle with elbow tightness, and there's reason for the Mariner brass to consider moving him into the major league pen for the start of the year.  In fact, the GM, Bavasi, made some comments on the radio during Morrow's latest outing today (1 1/3 innings, 0 runs, 1 BB and 2 Ks) that said, in effect, that he currently has a "high percentage" of making the club.

I don't have much to offer in insofar as speculation on where they would put him, initially, but it could be anywhere from fireman duty (ala Mark Lowe last year) to actually closing games.  (Again, wholly dependent on how Putz's elbow feels in the next week.)

I know some of you are convinced that he's bound for a major league reliever's career, so there ya go.  :)  However, I'm sure that the M's brass still considers him ultimately as a starter, and will begin stretching him out eventually.  If not in the minors this season, then definitely next year.

http://ussmariner.com/2006/07/12/adam-jones-to-the-majors/#comments

Seems a bit rushed, as he's only 20 years old, and has been a CF for all of about 4 months (including the AZ Fall League).

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