Pro Ball NW / Bleeding Blue and Teal When I decided to quite blogging I couldn’t think of any reason outside of appeasing the readership to keep the site going through a hectic ‘real life’ schedule.  But the flurry of Seattle Mariners activity this...

I started Bleeding Blue and Teal back in November 2007 as a way to curb some offseason boredom after rediscovering my love for baseball the previous season.  Since then the way I view the game has changed dramatically and the site has grown into a...

According to the Baseball America transaction logs the Seattle Mariners have granted Josh Wilson his release after removing him from the 40-man roster last week. This shouldn’t be newsworthy considering Josh Wilson is a journeyman infielder who isn’t...

John Smoltz The rumor: “The Cardinals, Dodgers, Mets and Mariners are among the teams that have expressed preliminary interest in free-agent right-hander John Smoltz, according to a major-league source.” “Preliminary interest” doesn’t mean much, and...

Ackley to get reps at 2B The entire beat (Shannon Drayer, Geoff Baker, Larry LaRue) is reporting that the Seattle Mariners are going to take a look at Dustin Ackley, a high school shortstop, as a second baseman.  This was a popular idea among some...