2008 Seattle Mariners season

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2008  Seattle Mariners
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Safeco Field
City Seattle, Washington
Record61–101 (.377)
Divisional place4th
Owners Nintendo of America
(represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers Bill Bavasi, Lee Pelekoudas
Managers John McLaren (dismissed June 20), Jim Riggleman
Television FSN Northwest
(Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims,
Rick Rizzs, Mike Blowers)
Radio KOMO (English)
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs)
KSZN (Spanish)
(Alex Rivera, Julio Cruz)
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The 2008 Seattle Mariners season was the 32nd Major League Baseball season in the team's history. Coming off the heels of the previous 2007 season, in which the M's finished with their first winning record since 2003, the team was widely expected to once again compete for the American League West division championship. The team was bolstered by some major roster additions during the previous offseason, most notably starting pitchers Érik Bédard and Carlos Silva. However, by the end of May, it became apparent that the team had gone back to its losing ways of the 2004–06 seasons. Despite their losing ways, they won their first and last game of the season. Their longest winning-streak of the season is 4 games after a Cleveland sweep at the end of August and a 12-6 win against the Texas Rangers on the first day of September. However, standing at 57-87, their longest losing-streak of the season is 12 games, 11 on the road, 1 at home, after being swept by the L.A. Angels, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and suffering a loss at the last homestand opener against the L.A. Angels. On September 23, the Mariners became the first club to spend $100 million in payroll and lose 100 games. The team finished the season with a 61–101 (.377) record, last in the West for the 4th time in 5 years, and second worst in the majors.

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With the team underperforming and underachieving, a number of people who had become scapegoats for the team's underperformance were dismissed during the season, most notably general manager Bill Bavasi, field manager John McLaren, first baseman Richie Sexson, and designated hitter José Vidro.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 100620.617—50–3150–31
Texas Rangers 79830.4882140–4139–42
Oakland Athletics 75860.46624½43–3832–48
Seattle Mariners 611010.3773935–4626–55

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston 12–6–4–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago 5–43–4–11–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland 4–41–57–11–11–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit 3–42–56–127–11–7–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City 3–51–66–128–1011–7–2–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles 6–38–15–55–46–33–2–5–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota 3–33–410–910–811–712–63–5–4–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York 11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–4–5–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland 5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle 2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–10–3–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay 15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–3–6–311–712–6
Texas 5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–6–4–410–8
Toronto 12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–4–8–10

Roster

2008 Seattle Mariners
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

In-season transactions

Front office/coaching staff

Individual accomplishments

Game log

2008 Game Log
March/April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31 Rangers 5 – 2 Green (1-0) Millwood (0-1) Putz (1)46,3341-0
2April 1 Rangers 5 – 4 Benoit (1-0) Putz (0-1) Wilson (1)25,2041-1
3April 2 Rangers 4 – 1 Silva (1-0) Jennings (0-1) Batista (1)21,3492-1
4April 4@ Orioles 7 – 4 Trachsel (1-0) Washburn (0-1) Sherrill (2)14,4292-2
5April 5@ Orioles 6 – 4 Albers (1-0) Batista (0-1) Sherrill (3)24,8242-3
6April 6@ Orioles 3 – 2 Sarfate (1-0) Lowe (0-1)19,2152-4
7April 7@ Orioles 5 – 4 Sarfate (2-0) O'Flaherty (0-1) Sherrill (4)10,7742-5
8April 8@ Rays 6 – 5 Bédard (1-0) Glover (0-1) Rowland-Smith (1)36,0483-5
9April 9@ Rays 7 – 1 Washburn (1-1) Sonnanstine 12,1064-5
10April 10@ Rays 7 – 0 Jackson (2-0) Batista (0-2)11,8984-6
11April 11 Angels 8 – 5 Hernández (1-0) Weaver (1-2) Lowe (1)28,9155-6
12April 12 Angels 8 – 3 Silva (2-0) Garland (1-2)34,9636-6
13April 13 Angels 10 – 5 Saunders (2-0) Baek (0-1)30,6646-7
14April 14 Royals 5 – 1 Greinke (3-0) Washburn (1-2)16,7516-8
15April 15 Royals 11 – 6 Batista (1-2) Bale (0-3)17,1377-8
16April 16@ Athletics 4 – 2 Hernández (2-0) Blanton (1-3)21,1268-8
17April 17@ Athletics 8 – 1 Silva (3-0) DiNardo (1-1)10,1649-8
18April 18@ Angels 5 – 4 Saunders (3-0) Dickey (0-1) Rodríguez (7)43,9399-9
19April 19@ Angels 4 – 1 Santana (3-0) Washburn (1-2) Shields (1)43,9599-10
20April 20@ Angels 4 – 2 Batista (2-2) Moseley (1-2) Rowland-Smith (2)43,63110-10
21April 22 Orioles 4 – 2 Rhodes (1-0) Guthrie (0-2) Putz (2)17,78011-10
22April 23 Orioles 3 – 2 Cabrera (2-0) Rowland-Smith (0-1) Sherrill (7)16,82311-11
23April 24 Orioles 8 – 7 Bradford (2-1) Green (1-1) Sherrill (8)16,72711-12
24April 25 Athletics 4 – 3 Eveland (3-1) Batista (2-3) Street (7)40,84511-13
25April 26 Athletics 5 – 3 Bédard (2-0) Duchscherer (1-1)37,56312-13
26April 27 Athletics 4 – 2 Blanton (2-4) Hernández (2-1) Street (8)32,61212-14
27April 29@ Indians 7 – 2 Lowe (1-1) Betancourt (1-1)13,82713-14
28April 30@ Indians 8 – 3 Lee (5-0) Washburn (1-4)15,27913-15
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1@ Indians 3 – 2 (11) Kobayashi (2-0) Green (1-2)15,72213-16
30May 2@ Yankees 5 – 1 Wang (6-0) Bedard (2-1)52,19913-17
31May 3@ Yankees 6 – 1 Mussina (4-3) Hernández (2-2)52,18013-18
32May 4@ Yankees 8 – 2 Rasner (1-0) Silva (3-1)53,54213-19
33May 5 Rangers 7 – 3 Washburn (2-4) Millwood (2-3)16,63714-19
34May 6 Rangers 10 – 1 Ponson (2-0) Batista (2-4)15,81814-20
35May 7 Rangers 2 – 0 Padilla (5-2) Bedard (2-2) Wilson (8)17,17314-21
36May 8 Rangers 5 – 0 Germán (1-0) Hernández (2-3)22,92214-22
37May 9 White Sox 4 – 2 Contreras (3-3) Silva (3-2) Jenks (7)27,16914-23
38May 10 White Sox 8 – 4 Vázquez (4-3) Washburn (2-5)33,07814-24
39May 11 White Sox 6 – 3 Batista (3-4) Floyd (3-2) Putz (3)30,34615-24
40May 12@ Rangers 13 – 12 (10) Mathis (1-0) Morrow (0-1)18,50915-25
41May 13@ Rangers 5 – 2 Rupe (2-1) Hernández (2-4) Guardado (1)15,76615-26
42May 14@ Rangers 4 – 3 (12) Putz (1-1) German (1-2) Washburn (1)22,93416-26
43May 16 Padres 6 – 4 Young (4-3) Batista (3-5) Hoffman (8)35,58616-27
44May 17 Padres 4 – 2 Bédard (3-2) Wolf (2-4) Putz (4)32,29017-27
45May 18 Padres 3 – 2 Rhodes (2-0) Bell (0-3) Putz (5)35,48318-27
46May 20@ Tigers 12 – 8 Verlander (2-7) Silva (3-3) Jones (7)39,46318-28
47May 21@ Tigers 9 – 4 Rogers (4-4) Washburn (2-6)36,49518-29
48May 22@ Tigers 9 – 2 Bonderman (3-4) Batista (3-6) Dolsi (1)40,16618-30
49May 23@ Yankees 13 – 2 Pettitte (4-5) Bédard (3-3)52,00518-31
50May 24@ Yankees 12 – 6 Mussina (7-4) Silva (3-4)53,51218-32
51May 25@ Yankees 6 – 5 Ramírez (1-0) Putz (1-2) Rivera (12)54,26918-33
52May 26 Red Sox 5 – 3 Colón (2-0) Hernández (2-5)35,81818-34
53May 27 Red Sox 4 – 3 Putz (2-3) Timlin (2-3)30,75819-34
54May 28 Red Sox 1 – 0 Bédard (4-3) Wakefield (3-4) Putz (6)30,75220-34
55May 30 Tigers 7 – 4 Robertson (3-5) Silva (3-5) Jones (8)34,01920-35
56May 31 Tigers 5 – 0 Hernández (3-5) Verlander (2=8)33,44121-35
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1 Tigers 7 – 5 Miner (2-3) Putz (2-3)38,61021-36
58June 2 Angels 4 – 2 Santana (8-2) Washburn (2-7) Rodríguez (22)22,11021-37
59June 3 Angels 5 – 4 Saunders (9-2) Bédard (4-4) Rodríguez (23)23,53421-38
60June 4 Angels 5 – 4 Weaver (5-6) Silva (3-6) Rodríguez (24)32,77421-39
61June 6@ Red Sox 8 – 0 Hernández (4-5) Colón (3-1)37,75722-39
62June 7@ Red Sox 11 – 3 Wakefield (4-4) Batista (3-7)37,44322-40
63June 8@ Red Sox 2 – 1 Masterson (3-0) Green (1-2) Papelbon (18)37,19822-41
64June 9@ Blue Jays 3 – 2 (10) Dickey (1-1) Frasor (1-1) Putz (7)20,07323-41
65June 10@ Blue Jays 3 – 1 McGowan (5-4) Silva (3-7)36,17023-42
66June 11@ Blue Jays 2 – 1 Hernández (5-5) Ryan (1-3) Morrow (1)35,70224-42
67June 13 Nationals 7 – 6 Hill (1-3) Dickey (1-2) Rauch (14)35,94124-43
68June 14 Nationals 5 – 2 Clippard (1-1) Batista (3-8) Rauch (15)32,14524-44
69June 15 Nationals 6 – 2 Colomé (2-1) Lowe (1-3)38,54824-45
70June 16 Marlins 6 – 1 Miller (5-5) Silva (3-8)21,60924-46
71June 17 Marlins 5 – 4 Hernández (6-5) Olsen (4-4) Morrow (2)20,21425-46
72June 18 Marlins 8 – 3 Tucker (2-1) Dickey (1-3)24,16325-47
73June 20@ Braves 10 – 2 Rowland-Smith (1-1) Campillo (2-2)40,26826-47
74June 21@ Braves 5 – 4 Boyer (2-5) Batista (3-9)47,15826-48
75June 22@ Braves 8 – 3 Hudson (8-5) Silva (3-9)30,96526-49
76June 23@ Mets 5 – 2 Rowland-Smith (2-1) Santana (7-6) Rhodes (1)49,78927-49
77June 24@ Mets 11 – 0 Dickey (2-3) Pérez (5-5)49,38628-49
78June 25@ Mets 8 – 2 Maine (8-5) Batista (3-10)52,15428-50
79June 27@ Padres 5 – 2 Washburn (3-7) Wolf (5-7) Morrow (3)28,64029-50
80June 28@ Padres 4 – 2 Silva (4-9) Baek (1–4) Morrow (4)36,39630-50
81June 29@ Padres 9 – 2 Bédard (5-4) Peavy (5-5)29,96631-50
82June 30 Blue Jays 2 – 0 Halladay (9-6) Dickey (2-4)30,17931-51
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1 Blue Jays 7 – 6 Morrow (1-1) Downs (0-2)24,58632-51
84July 2 Blue Jays 4 – 2 Washburn (4-7) McGowan (6-7) Morrow (5)23,28333-51
85July 3 Tigers 8 – 4 Verlander (5–9) Silva (4–10) Rodney (1)22,52333-52
86July 4 Tigers 4 – 1 Bédard (6-4) Rogers (6–6) Morrow (6)30,56434-52
87July 5 Tigers 3 – 2 Batista (4-10) Rodney (0-2) Morrow (7)30,37335-52
88July 6 Tigers 2 – 1 (15) López (3–1) Burke (0-1) Jones (16)29,08335-53
89July 7@ Athletics 4 – 3 Eveland (7-5) Washburn (4-8) Street (17)11,12935-54
90July 8@ Athletics 2 – 0 Duchscherer (10-5) Silva (4-11)12,54335-55
91July 9@ Athletics 6 – 4 Corcoran (1-0) Blanton (5-12) Morrow (8)21,12836-55
92July 10@ Athletics 3 – 2 (11) Street (2-2) Jiménez (0-1)15,18736-56
93July 11@ Royals 3 – 1 Hochevar (6-7) Hernández (6-6) Soria (25)25,34536-57
94July 12@ Royals 5 – 4 Ramírez (1-0) Morrow (1-2)23,79236-58
95July 13@ Royals 4 – 3 Green (2-2) Soria (1-2) Morrow (9)21,42137-58
96July 18 Indians 8 – 2 Hernández (7-6) Laffey (5-6)42,57038-58
97July 19 Indians 9 – 6 Sowers (1-5) Batista (4-11)37,86938-59
98July 20 Indians 6 – 2 Lee (13-2) Silva (4–12)32,23038-60
99July 21 Red Sox 4 – 0 Lester (8-3) Washburn (4-9) Papelbon (29)37,86138-61
100July 22 Red Sox 4 – 2 Matsuzaka (11-1) Dickey (2-5) Papelbon (30)38,42538-62
101July 23 Red Sox 6 – 3 Papelbon (4-3) Green (2-3) Hansen (2)43,23138-63
102July 25@ Blue Jays 5 – 4 (10) Carlson (3-1) Lowe (1-4)28,46338-64
103July 26@ Blue Jays 8 – 3 Purcey (1-1) Dickey (2-6)33,04138-65
104July 27@ Blue Jays 5 – 1 Washburn (5-9) Marcum (5-5)33,36739-65
105July 28@ Rangers 7 – 5 Green (3-3) Francisco (2-3) Morrow (10)21,74240-65
106July 29@ Rangers 11 – 10 Wilson (1-2) Putz (2-4)17,61840-66
107July 30@ Rangers 4 – 3 Guardado (2-2) Rhodes (2-1) Wilson (24)23,89440-67
108July 31@ Rangers 8 – 5 Dickey (3-6) Harrison (2-2)17,83941-67
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1 Orioles 10 – 5 Olson (8-5) Washburn (5-10)28,11441-68
110August 2 Orioles 3 – 1 Guthrie (8-8) Hernández (7-7)30,50241-69
111August 3 Orioles 8 – 4 Putz (3-4) Cabrera (7-7)33,33442-69
112August 4 Twins 11 – 6 Corcoran (2-0) Bass (3-4)27,75843-69
113August 5 Twins 8 – 7 J. J. Putz (4-4) Guerrier (6-5)26,08344-69
114August 6 Twins 7 – 3 Blackburn (9-6) Washburn (5-11)30,44144-70
115August 7 Rays 2 – 1 Putz (5-4) Wheeler (2-5)25,42345-70
116August 8 Rays 5 – 3 Shields (10-7) Silva (4-13) Percival (25)30,22045-71
117August 9 Rays 8 – 7 (11) Bradford (4-3) Batista (4-12) Percival (26)27,90545-72
118August 10 Rays 11 – 3 Jackson (9-7) Dickey (3-7)30,33645-73
119August 12@ Angels 7-3 Garland (11-7) Washburn (5-12) Rodríguez (46)42,08645-74
120August 13@ Angels 10 – 7 (12) Corcoran (3-0) Speier (1-5)42,75446-74
121August 15@ Twins 9-3 Liriano (3-3) Silva (4-14)32,20846-75
122August 16@ Twins 7-6 Reyes (3-0) Jimenez (0-3)36,31646-76
123August 17@ Twins 11-8 Perkins (10-3) Feierabend (0-1) Nathan (33)35,47846-77
124August 18@ White Sox 13-5 Buehrle (11-10) Washburn (5-13)39,00246-78
125August 19@ White Sox 5-0 Richard (1-2) Hernández (7-8)26,41446-79
126August 20@ White Sox 15-3 Floyd (13-6) Dickey (3-8)27,00046-80
127August 21 Athletics 2-0 Smith (6-12) Rowland-Smith (2-2) Ziegler (4)25,61146-81
128August 22 Athletics 7-5 Corcoran (4-0) Blevins (1-3) Putz (8)26,60347-81
129August 23 Athletics 5 – 1 Eveland (8-8) Washburn (5-14)34,14547-82
130August 24 Athletics 8 – 4 Hernández (8-8) Meyer (0-2) Putz (9)28,73148-82
131August 25 Twins 4 – 2 (11) Dickey (4-8) Crain (5-4)23,27749-82
132August 26 Twins 3 – 2 Rowland-Smith (3-2) Baker (7-4) Corcoran (1)26,29250-82
133August 27 Twins 6 – 5 Perkins (12-3) Green (3-4) Nathan (36)23,58150-83
134August 29@ Indians 3 – 2 Hernández (9-8) Sowers (2-7) Putz (10)26,04751-83
135August 30@ Indians 4 – 3 (10) Putz (6-4) Lewis (0-4) Messenger (1)33,38752-83
136August 31@ Indians 6 – 4 Rowland-Smith (4-2) Jackson (0-1) Corcoran (2)35,37653-83
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Rangers 12 – 6 Green (4-4) Mendoza (3-7)16,17154-83
138September 2@ Rangers 6 – 4 McCarthy (1-0) Feierabend (0-2) Francisco (3)14,52154-84
139September 3@ Rangers 1 – 0 Nippert (2-4) Hernández (9-9) Francisco (4)12,88254-85
140September 5 Yankees 3 – 1 Morrow (2-2) Pettitte (13-12) Putz (11)39,51855-85
141September 6 Yankees 7 – 4 Ponson (8-5) Green (4-5) Rivera (33)44,47355-86
142September 7 Yankees 5 – 2 Feierabend (1-2) Mussina (17-8) Putz (12)42,67756-86
143September 9 Rangers 7 – 3 Padilla (13-7) Hernández (9-10) Madrigal (1)22,70456-87
144September 10 Rangers 8-7 Corcoran (5-0) Millwood (9-9) Putz (13)23,64457-87
145September 11@ Angels 7 – 4 Weaver (11-10) Morrow (2-3) Rodríguez (57)38,20557-88
146September 12@ Angels 5 – 3 Arredondo (8-2) Batista (4-13)43,74357-89
147September 13@ Angels 5 – 2 Garland (14-8) Feierabend (1-3) Rodríguez (58)43,75757-90
148September 14@ Angels 4 – 3 Arredondo (9-2) Corcoran (5-1)41,52857-91
149September 15@ Royals 3 – 0 Davies (7-7) Silva (4-15) Soria (38)10,30757-92
150September 16@ Royals 6 – 3 Duckworth (3-1) Morrow (2-4) Soria (39)19,13557-93
151September 17@ Royals 5 – 2 Meche (12-11) Corcoran (5-2) Soria (40)13,38257-94
152September 18@ Royals 12 – 0 Greinke (12-10) Feierabend (1-4)14,14457-95
153September 19@ Athletics 2 – 0 Eveland (9-8) Hernández (9-11) Ziegler (10)30,14957-96
154September 20@ Athletics 8 – 7 Street (7-5) Thomas (0-1) Ziegler (11)18,75657-97
155September 21@ Athletics 5 – 3 Ziegler (3-0) Batista (4-14) Devine (1)18,70757-98
156September 22 Angels 2 – 1 Santana (16-6) Rowland-Smith (4-3) Rodríguez (61)19,71757-99
157September 23 Angels 9 – 6 Corcoran (6-2) Jepsen (0-1) Putz (14)19,06558-99
158September 24 Angels 6 – 5 Oliver (7-1) Lowe (1-5) Rodríguez (62)19,01558-100
159September 25 Angels 6 – 4 Arredondo (10-2) Putz (6-5) Shields (4)16,93958-101
160September 26 Athletics 10 – 8 Morrow (3-4) Gallagher (2-3) Corcoran (3)24,66259-101
161September 27 Athletics 7 – 3 Rowland-Smith (5-3) Smith (7-16) Green (1)24,44060-101
162September 28 Athletics 4 – 3 R. A. Dickey (5-8) Outman (0-1) J. J. Putz (15)25,000 (approx.)61-101

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Greg Norton 6167.43804
Ichiro Suzuki 162686213.310642
José López 159644191.2971789
Raúl Ibañez 162635186.29323110
Yuniesky Betancourt 153559156.279751
Willie Bloomquist 7116546.27909
Jeremy Reed 9728677.269231
Adrián Beltré 143566148.2662577
Jamie Burke 489224.26118
Bryan LaHair 4514634.250310
Miguel Cairo 10822155.249023
Luis Valbuena 184912.24501
José Vidro 8530872.234745
Brad Wilkerson 195613.23205
Jeff Clement 6620346.227523
Kenji Johjima 11237986.227739
Tug Hulett 304911.22412
Michael Morse 592.22200
Richie Sexson 7425255.2181130
Wladimir Balentien 7124349.202724
Matt Tuiasosopo 14447.15902
Rob Johnson 14314.12912
Charlton Jimerson 210.00000
Pitcher Totals162234.17414
Team Totals16256431498.265124631

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Félix Hernández 31200.291103.45175
Carlos Silva 28153.141506.4669
Érik Bédard 1581.06403.6772
Miguel Batista 44 (20 starts, 4 holds)115.041416.2673
Jarrod Washburn 28 (26 starts)153.251414.6987
Ryan Feierabend 839.21407.7126

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLHSVERASO
J. J. Putz 4746.1650153.8856
Sean Green 7279.0451714.6762
Eric O'Flaherty 76.2012020.254
Mark Lowe 5763.215115.3755
Roy Corcoran 5072.262833.2239
Cha Seung Baek 10 (1 start)30.001005.4015
Ryan Rowland-Smith 47 (12 starts)118.153123.4277
R. A. Dickey 32 (14 starts)112.158005.2158
Arthur Rhodes 3622.0211312.8626
Brandon Morrow 45 (5 starts)64.2343103.3475
César Jiménez 31 (2 starts)34.102403.4126
Jake Woods 1519.000106.169
Randy Messenger 1312.200213.557
Jared Wells 65.1000010.133
Justin Thomas 84.001106.752
Jamie Burke 11.001009.000
Team Pitching Totals1621435.16110157364.731016

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Daren Brown
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Scott Steinmann
A High Desert Mavericks California League Jim Horner
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Terry Pollreisz
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League José Moreno
Rookie Pulaski Mariners Appalachian League Rob Mummau
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Andy Bottin

Major League Baseball Draft

2008 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Information
Owner Nintendo of America
General Manager(s) Bill Bavasi
Lee Pelekoudas
Jack Zduriencik
Manager(s) John McLaren
Jim Riggleman
First pick Joshua Fields (Rule 4)
Reegie Corona (Rule 5)
Draft positions20 (Rule 4)
2 (Rule 5)
Number of selections50 (Rule 4)
2 (Rule 5)
Players signed (Rule 4)36
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Years 2007 • 2008 • 2009

Below is a complete list of the Seattle Mariners draft picks from the two 2008 Major League Baseball drafts. [1] [2]

The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft and the Rule 5 draft in 2008. [1] [2]

The 2008 Major League Baseball Draft was held on June 5 and June 6, 2008. He Mariners made the 20th selection in the draft, selecting Joshua Fields. [1] The Mariners selected a total of 50 players and signed 36 of those selected players. [1]

In the 2008 Rule 5 draft the Mariners selected two players, one in the Major League phase and one in the Triple-A phase. They also had three players selected by other teams, two in the Triple-A phase and one in the Double-A phase. [2]

June amateur draft

Key

Round (Pick)Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
PositionIndicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
BoldIndicates the player signed with the Mariners before the deadline
ItalicsIndicates the player did not sign with the Mariners before the deadline
Bold italicsIndicates a player was signed after the deadline

Table

Round (Pick)NamePositionSchoolRef
1 (20) Joshua Fields Right-handed pitcher University of Georgia [3] [4]
2 (20)Dennis Raben Outfielder University of Miami [5]
3 (98)Aaron Pribanic Right-handed pitcher University of Nebraska [1] [6]
4 (132) Steven Hensley Right-handed pitcher Elon University [1] [7]
5 (162)Brett Lorin Right-handed pitcher Long Beach State University [8]
6 (192)Jarrett Burgess Outfielder Florida Christian School [8]
7 (222) Nate Tenbrink Third baseman Kansas State University [8]
8 (252)Bobby LaFromboise Left-handed pitcher University of New Mexico [8]
9 (282)William Morrison Right-handed pitcher Western Michigan University [1]
10 (312)Nate Newman Right-handed pitcher Pepperdine University [1]
11 (342)Matt Jensen Second basemen Clovis East High School [1]
12 (372)Kenn Kasparek Right-handed pitcher University of Texas [8]
13 (402)Ryan Royster Outfielder University of California, Davis [8]
14 (432)Luke Burnett Right-handed pitcher Louisiana Tech University [1] [9]
15 (462)Jacob Shaffer Outfielder Northern Kentucky University [8]
16 (492)Bennett Billingsley Second baseman Lenoir Community College [8]
17 (422)Michael Dennhardt Right-handed pitcher Don Bosco Preparatory High School [1]
18 (552)Travis Howell Catcher Long Beach State University [8]
19 (582)Taylor Lewis Right-handed pitcher Yavapai College [8]
20 (612)Frederick Bello Shortstop Cerro Coso Community College [1] [10]
21 (642)Jordan Alvis Right-handed pitcher Middle Tennessee State University [8]
22 (672)Blake Nation Right-handed pitcher Georgia Southern University [8]
23 (702)Brandon Maurer Right-handed pitcher Orange Lutheran High School [1]
24 (732) Henry Contreras Catcher California State University, Los Angeles [8]
25 (762)Paul Robinson Second baseman Paris Junior College [1]
26 (792)Taylor Stanton Right-handed pitcher Diablo Valley College [1]
27 (822)Tommy Johnson Catcher Marshall University [1]
28 (852)Scott Savastano Shortstop Franklin Pierce College [1]
29 (882)Stephen Penney Right-handed pitcher University of California, Riverside [1]
30 (912)Brad Reid Right-handed pitcher Bellevue College [8]
31 (942)Randy Castillo Right-handed pitcher Aiea High School [1]
32 (972)Nick Love Right-handed pitcher Bellevue College [8]
33 (1002)Kyle Brown Left-handed pitcher University of California, Santa Barbara [8]
34 (1032)Ty Tostenson Outfielder Oak Ridge High School [1]
35 (1062)Nicholas Czyz Left-handed pitcher University of Kansas [8]
36 (1092)Chris Kirkland Right-handed pitcher University of Memphis [8]
37 (1122)Brandon Pullen Left-handed pitcher San Diego State University [8]
38 (1152) Andres Esquibel Right-handed pitcher University of Kansas [8]
39 (1182)Christian Staehely Right-handed pitcher Princeton University [8]
40 (1212)Troy Channing Catcher Foothill High School [1]
41 (1242)Henry Cotto Outfielder GateWay Community College [1]
42 (1272)Randy Molina First baseman Stanford University [1]
43 (1302)Mike Kindel Outfielder Springboro High School [1]
44 (1332)Donnie Jobe Second baseman Elon University [8]
45 (1360)Andrew Kittredge Right-handed pitcher Joel E. Ferris High School [1]
46 (1387)Alvin Rittman Outfielder Germantown High School [1]
47 (1414)Richard O'Donald Right-handed pitcher John Dickinson High School [1]
48 (1468)D. J. Mauldin Right-handed pitcher California Polytechnic State University [1]
49 (1468)Joshua Rodriguez Catcher South Mountain College [1]
50 (1495)Walker Kelly Left-handed pitcher Arlington Heights High School [1]

Rule 5 draft

Key

PickIndicates the pick the player was drafted
Previous teamIndicates the previous organization, not minor league team

Table

PhasePickNamePositionPrevious teamNotesRef
Major League2 Reegie Corona Shortstop New York Yankees Corona was returned to the Yankees before the regular season. [2] [11]
Triple-A2 Pat Ryan Right-handed pitcher Milwaukee Brewers none [2]

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