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Kelly Shoppach moves into starting role

CBSSports.com Fantasy — The Mariners are expected to demote catcher Jesus Montero to Triple-A Tacoma, according to The News Tribune, which means Kelly Shoppach takes over as the starting catcher. Jesus Sucre is being recalled from Tacoma to be the backup catcher. Shoppach, who has started the last three games at catcher, is batting .229 through 23 games. In fact, he's batting .163 (7 for 43) in his last 13 games.

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Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach recalls his days in Cleveland

Seattle Times — Kelly Shoppach says he sees similarities between the Mariners and the Cleveland teams he played for from 2006 through 2009.

Seattle Mariners May 20, 2013

Kelly Shoppach connects for second home run

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach homered for the second time this season and drove in two runs Saturday against the Athletics. Shoppach, who backs up starter Jesus Montero, is batting .264 with a .472 slugging percentage, five doubles and seven RBI in 18 games.

May 12, 2013

17-20: Chart/Reaction

Lookout Landing — Source: FanGraphs Studly-pants: Kelly Shoppach (.175 WPA) Dudly-pants: Mike Morse (-.277 WPA)

Seattle Mariners May 11, 2013

Saturday’s line-ups, official game notes, updates stats vs. the A’s

Mariners Insider | Tacoma News-Tribune —   Mariners manager Eric Wedge has Raul Ibanez back in the line-up after hitting a home run last night. Kelly Shoppach is in tonight, so that means Jesus Montero will catch tomorrow’s day game. Otherwise it’s a pretty standard Mariners line-up. No, I don’t know when Nick Franklin will be called up. 05.11.13 SEA Notes by … Read more »

Seattle Mariners May 11, 2013

Sunday’s line-ups, official game notes and pregame comments vs. the Angels

Mariners Insider | Tacoma News-Tribune — Justin Smoak gets his first off day of the season.  He’s been battling lower  back and knee stiffness as he’s  been playing the last week or so.  Mariners manager Eric Wedge decided to go with both catchers in his line-up. That means if Kelly Shoppach were to get injured, the Mariners would lose the DH for the game if Montero had to replace him. “We needed to give Smoak a day and I wanted to catch Shoppach,” Wedge said. “So it was either him or one of the lefties to DH. I thought this was a good … Read more »

Seattle Mariners April 28, 2013

Jesus Montero is a buy-low candidate

CBSSports.com Fantasy — The entire Jesus Montero situation is very weird. He's on the wrong side of a timeshare with Kelly Shoppach, but has managed a .375 average in his last four games, all coming with a gap of one or two days in between. Usually when a player is taken out of regular playing time, he sees his numbers dip, as loses his rhythm; Montero has done the opposite. Meanwhile, Justin Smoak, who has an average about 30 points lower than Montero, isn't losing at-bats at first base (a position Montero has been almost-playing for three years). Montero hit .260 with 15 home runs in 515 at-bats last year. He stink...

April 22, 2013

The Future of Jesus Montero

Lookout Landing — How do you solve a problem like Jesus Montero? The Mariners seem to be faced with that very question, and right now their solution has been to bench him. Kelly Shoppach has been hot at the plate and Montero's struggling. Shoppach has now gotten the start over Montero in three of the last four games, and last night's start even after a day off was particularly telling. Is this the abrupt end to trying Montero out as the team's full time catcher? Montero's defense has been terrible this season. He's had issues with catching the ball (generally a good skill for a catcher), he's yet to thr...

Seattle Mariners April 17, 2013

Kelly Shoppach to receive more playing time

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Mariners manager Eric Wedge plans to give catcher Kelly Shoppach more time behind the plate with Jesus Montero off to a slow start. Shoppach has hit .389/.476/.667 with one home run in 18 at-bats this season. “We’re going to mix-and-match with that for a while and hopefully keep Shopp going, but also help to get Jesus going,” Wedge told MLB.com. Montero has hit just .211/.211/.237 through 38 at-bats.

April 17, 2013

Shoppach spikes the throw, Denard redeems himself.

Bless You Boys — If you missed the game last night (with some weak excuse like "sleep") you missed this gem from Kelly Shoppach via gifs.houseofthebluebird.com (Good job Matt - @Matt_HBB) Of course this drew instant comparisons to Denard Robinson's awful first pitch. I'd credit the person who made the joke, but it was the entire internet simultaneously. But life is not without moments of redemption. In true Tosh.0 style, Denard had a second chance at a U of M baseball game. How did he do? You would think a guy used to playing in front of 100,000 people wouldn't only be able to perform in front of a...

Detroit Tigers April 17, 2013

Saunders injured in Mariners' 8-3 loss to Astros

Seattle Times — Kelly Shoppach hit a ball off the top of Safeco Field's new fence. Michael Saunders ran right into the old one.

Seattle Mariners April 11, 2013

Mariners manager Eric Wedge on why he bunted in fifth inning yesterday

Seattle Times — Many of you have written in to me on Twitter asking why Mariners manager Eric Wedge opted to have catcher Kelly Shoppach bunt with two on and none out in yesterday’s fifth inning, but then opted not to pinch-hit for Raul Ibanez against a left-handed reliever with two on and one out in the sixt

Seattle Mariners April 7, 2013

Mariners | Kelly Shoppach expected to play Sunday

KFFL — Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge said C Kelly Shoppach would likely start behind the plate ...

April 6, 2013

Radio: Talking Mariners on KJR, plus podcasts of Brendan Ryan, Kelly Shoppach

Mariners Insider | Tacoma News-Tribune — Lots of Mariners talk on the radio today. So let’s start with the most important interview – me. I was on my normal Friday spot  on KJR with Jason Puckett and Ian Furness. We talked about Brandon Maurer, Michael Morse, hitting, the cold weather, me forgetting a coat, I complained a little …. normal stuff. After the jump are podcasts of Kelly Shoppach on with Furness and Puckett and Brendan Ryan on with Bob and Groz. … Read more »

Seattle Mariners April 5, 2013

I guess we have some time to kill: a Seattle Mariners preview

South Side Sox — Offense: Michael Saunders-RF, Kyle Seager-3B, Kendrys Morales-DH, Michael Morse-LF, Justin Smoak-1B, Jesus Montero-C, Dustin Ackley-2B, Franklin Gutierrez-CF, Brendan Ryan-SS. Bench: Kelly Shoppach-C, Robert Andino-INF, Jason Bay-OF, Raul Ibanez-OF. It's still far too early in the season for me to be displaying runs per game from this year, so we fall back into the past and notice that the Seattle Mariners had the absolute worst offense in the American League last summer. Their 3.82 R/G represent the only team in the AL to finish below 4.0 R/G, finishing ahead of only the Cubs, Marlin...

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Kelly Shoppach Photos

  • Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis, right, watches his three-run home run with Seattle Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach in the 10th inning to defeat the Mariners 6-3 in a baseball game on Friday, May 17, 2013, in Cleveland The Associated Press
    Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis, right, watches his three-run home run with Seattle Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach in the 10th inning to defeat the Mariners 6-3 in a baseball game on Friday, May 17, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
  • New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki catches a fly ball by Seattle Mariners' Kelly Shoppach during the second inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in New York. The Yankees won 4-3 The Associated Press
    New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki catches a fly ball by Seattle Mariners' Kelly Shoppach during the second inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in New York. The Yankees won 4-3. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
  • 17-20: Chart/Reaction
    Source: FanGraphs Studly-pants: Kelly Shoppach (.175 WPA) Dudly-pants: Mike Morse (-.277 WPA)
  • Saturday’s line-ups, official game notes, updates stats vs. the A’s
      Mariners manager Eric Wedge has Raul Ibanez back in the line-up after hitting a home run last night. Kelly Shoppach is in tonight, so that means Jesus Montero will catch tomorrow’s day game. Otherwise it’s a pretty standard Mariners line-up. No, I don’t know when Nick Franklin will be called up. 05.11.13 SEA Notes by … Read more »
  • Seattle Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach, left, tags Los Angeles Angels' Mark Trumbo after Trumbo struck out in the second inning of a baseball game on Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Seattle, Wash. The Associated Press
    Seattle Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach, left, tags Los Angeles Angels' Mark Trumbo after Trumbo struck out in the second inning of a baseball game on Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Seattle, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  • Sunday’s line-ups, official game notes and pregame comments vs. the Angels
    Justin Smoak gets his first off day of the season.  He’s been battling lower  back and knee stiffness as he’s  been playing the last week or so.  Mariners manager Eric Wedge decided to go with both catchers in his line-up. That means if Kelly Shoppach were to get injured, the Mariners would lose the DH for the game if Montero had to replace him. “We needed to give Smoak a day and I wanted to catch Shoppach,” Wedge said. “So it was either him or one of the lefties to DH. I thought this was a good … Read more »
  • Seattle Mariners' Kelly Shoppach ducks away from a pitch after squaring up to bunt against the Los Angeles Angels in the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Seattle. Shoppach later sacrificed on the turn The Associated Press
    Seattle Mariners' Kelly Shoppach ducks away from a pitch after squaring up to bunt against the Los Angeles Angels in the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Seattle. Shoppach later sacrificed on the turn. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  • The Future of Jesus Montero
    How do you solve a problem like Jesus Montero? The Mariners seem to be faced with that very question, and right now their solution has been to bench him. Kelly Shoppach has been hot at the plate and Montero's struggling. Shoppach has now gotten the start over Montero in three of the last four games, and last night's start even after a day off was particularly telling. Is this the abrupt end to trying Montero out as the team's full time catcher? Montero's defense has been terrible this season. He's had issues with catching the ball (generally a good skill for a catcher), he's yet to thr...
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