Shawn Kelley Rumors & News

As Logan noted last week, the Mariners have made a transition in their bullpen strategy from general skill sets to specialized ones, jettisoning such steady characters as Shawn Kelley and Paul Spoljaric. One of the costs to such an approach was made numerically evident on Wednesday, when Kameron Loe appeared on television for about fifteen more pitches than he should have. But there's a second, more insidious repercussion stemming from the new bullpen. Enjoy this bleak and not altogether unsurprising graph: Correlation is not causation! It isn't. But in this case, we're talking about ...

Kelley can go multiple innings, Aardsma cannot

In the last calendar year, the Mariners have traded three relievers: Brandon League, Shawn Kelley, and Steve Delabar. League was excised from the roster because he was a closer and also terrible, so that doesn't really fit with the narrative here, but I'm a sportswriter now so I feel entirely justified in ignoring data points because they don't fit with my narratives. Anyways. Kelley and Delabar are the subjects of interest here. The Mariners never really seemed to like either of them, demoting them more often than they demoted other relievers and ultimately trading them for less-than-...

The break from Ryan Divish: #Mariners RHP Shawn Kelley has been traded to the Yankees for minor league OF Abraham Almonte ... here's BR page bit.ly/11HoEZL — Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) February 14, 2013 Almonte is a switch-hitting center fielder with a lot of speed, some decent idea of the strike zone in the lower minor leagues and pretty much no power. He'll be 24 in baseball years this 2013 season and last year was his first taste of Double-A ball. Basically, he's Minor League detritus. Mike Curto adds: New OF Abe Almonte played reached AA last year. Not ranked among Yankees Top...

The Mariners have traded right-handed reliever Shawn Kelley to the New York Yankees for minor league outfielder Abraham Almonte. After designating Kelley for assignment to make room for Kelly Shoppach, the Mariners had 10 days to either trade, release or outright him. Kelley, who has value as a reliever, wasn’t going to clear waivers, so instead of losing him without a return, the Mariners picked up Almonte to add to their organizational depth. Almonte, 23, played 78 games for Double A Trenton, hitting .276 with 17 doubles, four triples, four homers and 25 RBI with 30 stolen bases. He posted …...

Not long ago, the Seattle Mariners designated Shawn Kelley for assignment, because the Mariners decided there was something about Kelley that offsets the fact that he's good at pitching. Where that's removing one 2013 bullpen candidate, though, it looks like we can add another in Kelley's place. Here's this nugget of wonder: Add 6-ft-8, 245-lb Kameron Loe to SEA non-roster pitching invites. Must pass physical. Ex-TEX minor league teammate Blake Beavan greeted him — Geoff Baker (@gbakermariners) February 12, 2013 Here's an unofficial welcome to Kameron Loe, who is almost officially Ma...

The Mariners have signed Kelly Shoppach to be the backup and defensive replacement catcher. To make room on the 40-man roster, they have designated Shawn Kelley for assignment. If the Internet is to be believed -- and I see no reason to think it shouldn't, all of the time -- Jack Zduriencik hinted over the weekend that the next week could bring a significant move, for the Seattle Mariners. It's no secret that the Mariners aren't finished with their offseason, and while "significant move" makes people daydream about the likes of Giancarlo Stanton, what's more likely is that the Mariners...

Official news: #Mariners officially sign catcher Kelly Shoppach to Major League contract. RHP Shawn Kelley designated for assignment. — Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) February 7, 2013 For some time now the team has acted very sour on Shawn Kelley. I couldn't tell you why. His performance record is excellent. I don't want to condemn it as fact, but it seems to me that their dislike is rooted in his personality, clubhouse demeanor or something of that sort. That bums me out because deciding to discard useful players solely because of some perceived or intangible fault has been exactly ...