Felix Hernandez, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $50/year It may seem like Felix has been around forever, but he just turned 23 years old, and hasn't even hit his prime. His success starts with his fastball that can touch 100 MPH. Felix will typically pitch in the low-mid 90s however, getting some amazing sinking action with his 2-seamer. He likes pitching inside to right handed hitters, buring that 2-seamer under their bats. Felix has been improving his secondary pitches and can snap off two different breaking balls. His slider is very hard, and usually much sharper than the curve, but they both get nasty downward movement. Over the last two seasons, Hernandez has made the biggest strides with his changeup. The Venezuelan will throw this pitch to right handers or left handers, often preferring it over his slider or curve. 8/17/09 CSJ *fastball(91-96), changeup(84-89), slider(82-87), curve(75-81)

Erik Bedard, LHP, starter Sponsor this player for $45/year Bedard is a hard thrower. He can touch 95 mph at times, which is dominant velocity from the left side. He tweaks his fastball by throwing a cut variety to either side of the plate. The cut fastball is subtle, but can be just enough to break a bat. Bedard owns a filthy Canadian Hammer; a curveball that breaks down and hard. His fourth pitch, a very distant fourth, is a changeup, a soft pitch that he'll show to RHs. 6/5/09 CSJ *fastball(89-94), curveball(75-80), cutter(88-93), changeup(77-81)

Ryan Rowland-Smith, LHP, reliever/starter Sponsor this player for $15/year Rowland 'Dash' Smith deals a full four-pitch repertoire and none of his stuff looks overly impressive. He has an average, upper 80s fastball that he spots well. Ryan owns a big, slow curveball, that he can drop in for strikes, or get swing and misses with. R-Smith will often mix in a changeup to both RHs and LHs. His fourth pitch is a standard slider. Rowland-Smith is from one of the most famous athletic families in Australia. His father is a sports trainer known as The Sandhill Warrior, and his sister is a professional surfer. 8/18/09 CSJ *fastball(86-92), curve(68-74), changeup(78-83), slider(77-80)

Mark Lowe, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $20/year Mark Lowe has improved dramatically in 2009. The Texan is now pumping his fastball in the mid to upper 90s, and breaking off devastating sliders. He looks like the bullpen force that he was expected to be last season. Lowe will use a sinking changeup as his third option. At just 26 years old, Lowe could have a future in late inning relief. 8/18/09 CSJ *fastball(93-98), changeup(86-89), slider(85-88)

Shawn Kelley, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Kelley completed a full collegiate career at Austin Peay, pitching in parts of five seasons, and even rebounded from TJ surgery. He was drafted in 2007, placed in the bullpen, and shot through the Mariners' system by striking out 89 batters in just 80 minor league innings. Kelley's fastball, which sits in the low 90s and flies fairly straight, looks hittable. However, he seems to have good command of the pitch and can hit the edges of the plate with it. He'll mix the standard relief pitcher combination of slider and changeup as his secondary pitches. What isn't standard, is the rating that Kelley's slider has gotten by most scouts. He may have the best slider in the entire organization, and the fact that Kelley appears to be in control on the mound, dictating the at-bats, will only increase his potential at a late inning reliever. 8/17/09 CSJ *fastball(90-94), slider(82-85), changeup(81)

Carlos Silva, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $40/year Silva lives and dies with his sinking fastball. He'll throw it over 70% of the time, not interested in fooling anyone. His second pitch is a sinking changeup that he'll throw to LHs and RHs. He has two breaking balls, a slider and a curve. Both pitches are standard at best, and not used very often. 5/22/08 CSJ *fastball(86-91), changeup(79-82), curveball(74-76), slider(80-83)

Dennis Stark, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Stark is back in the majors after a four year hiatus. He uses a moving fastball and a splitter. I'm sure he mixes in a breaking ball of some kind, but I haven't seen it yet. 6/5/09 CSJ *fastball(89-92), splitter(84)

Justin Thomas, LHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Thomas, a young lefthander, threw only sliders in the one outing I have seen from him so far. 9/12/08 CSJ *slider(80-83)

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Brandon Morrow, RHP, starter/reliever Sponsor this player for $40/year Morrow has a free and easy motion that produces a fastball with excellent velocity, touching the upper-90s. He doesn't get much movement with it except for some 'rise' from the 4-seamer. He has an excellent curveball that drops off the table and throws a slider to RHs. The velocities of these two pitches blend together at times, but the movement is quite different. Morrow has started throwing a changeup in 2008, and is finally starting to show some command and success with it. Brandon appears to have scrapped the splitter at some point this season. 9/12/08 CSJ *fastball(93-98), curve(81-85), changeup(81-87), slider(85-88)

David Aardsma, RHP, closer Sponsor this player for $25/year Aardsma, a former first round draft pick out of Rice University, is finally producing at the major league level. At just 27 years old, he's already pitching for his fifth different team, not a good indication of what those clubs thought of him. Now with the Mariners, Aardsma has simplified his approach, is trusting his fastball, and trying to throw more strikes. He can bring his fastball upwards of 96 MPH, using it to set up his sinking splitter and diving slider. He is successfully closing games nowadays, and may be removed from the days when I described him like this.... "It's appropriate that David has three A's in his last name, because that's where he belongs, AAA". 8/17/09 CSJ *fastball(92-97), slider(82-85), splitter(86-89)

Sean White, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Sean White is a Washington kid. He was born in Pullman, went to U of W, and now pitches for the Mariners. He's a career minor league starting pitcher that never fared that well in pro ball. However, since being moved to the bullpen in 2009, he's putting up numbers at the big league level. White owns a four-pitch starter's repertoire, relying heavily on his changeup. 6/5/09 CSJ *fastball(92-95), changeup(83-86), curve, slider(88)

Miguel Batista, RHP, starter/reliever Sponsor this player for $35/year Batista continues to rely on his slider. His fastball tails and sinks, while his slider moves sharply to his glove side as it nears home plate. He'll throw the slider inside or outside at any count, to LH and RH. As he gets deep into starts, his slider can start to slow up and resemble more of a curveball. He also throws lots of splitters, and a rare changeup. He'll throw a curveball as his second breaking pitch. As Batista continues to struggle at this point in his career, he is beginning to become more known for his novels than his pitching prowess. 7/1/08 CSJ *fastball(83-93), slider(80-89), splitter(78-84), curve(71-78), changeup(82)

Ian Snell, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $15/year Ian Snell has the ability to rack up Ks. However, he seems to be overthrowing all his pitches, which leads to high walk totals and no command within the strikezone. Snell owns a decent moving fastball that touches 95 MPH at times. Ian uses a curveball and slider as his secondary pitches. However, because he overthows both of them, they have a tendency to blend together into one below average pitch. Ideally, Snell's curveball thrown around 80 MPH with good downward movement, while his slider is a very tight breaker in the mid-upper 80s. He has a tendency to use the curve against LHs and the slider against RHs. Ian does have a changeup as his fourth pitch, but he is basically a fastball/breaking ball pitcher. Snell is from Delaware. 5/28/09 CSJ *fastball(88-95), curve(79-82), slider(85-88), change(82-85)

Garrett Olson, LHP, starter Sponsor this player for $10/year Olson relies on his curveball often, to both LHs and RHs. His fastball sits around 88mph and is very hittable. The lefty's third pitch is his changeup that he'll show to RHs. 6/18/08 CSJ *fastball(87-91), curve(78-82), changeup(79-82)

Ryan Feierabend, LHP, starter/reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Ryan, a lefthander, works with a decent fastball/changeup combination. He'll throw his changeup to any hitter, and will even mix them inside. Ryan's slider is standard, sweeping away from LHs and breaking in on RHs. Basically, Ryan doesn't excite anyone with his stuff, but seems to know what he's good at and what he's not, and that should help him. 9/10/08 CSJ *fastball(87-90), changeup(77-80), slider(77-81), curve(71-74)