Peoria is great because there is so much baseball to watch. During spring training, there is the opportunity to see both the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres play at the Peoria Sports Complex. After the game (or before) there is always going to be the need to eat.

Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik remains extremely optimistic about the bounty of young talent the Mariners possess. He also knows the abundance of youth means another challenging season lies ahead in the Pacific Northwest. “I think we have some very talented young kids. I think this is going to be a challenging year at the big league level for us.

Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge has been hinting about taking Ichiro Suzuki out of the leadoff spot in the batting order, and on Thursday he made a stronger statement in that regard, saying he’s “further down the road in leaning that direction to have Ichi hit…

Ichiro Suzuki might begin his final guaranteed season with the Seattle Mariners somewhere other than the leadoff spot that he’s locked down for the past decade. Seattle manager Eric Wedge said Thursday during the Mariners’ pre-spring training luncheon that he’s leaning toward moving Suzuki out of the leadoff spot as a way to try to bolster the Mariners’ anemic offense.

The Yankees have finalized their $10 million, one-year contract with free-agent right-hander Hiroki Kuroda.

He may have started his career in Major League Baseball way back in 1989 with the Seattle Mariners, but Omar Vizquel is trying to prove that he still has something to offer the game. Vizquel agreed to a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays this week, possibly gaining a…

Eric Wedge is seriously considering moving Ichiro Suzuki out of the leadoff spot for the Seattle Mariners in 2012. This would open up that spot for one of the younger players on the roster and Dustin Ackley almost seems like the obvious choice.

The annual Seattle Mariners FanFest takes place this weekend (Jan. 28-29) at Safeco Field. This is a great opportunity for fans to meet some of the best players on the Mariners roster as well as the new up-and-coming prospects in the minor league system.

I certainly wouldn’t have complained if Prince Fielder had signed with the Seattle Mariners and spent the next few years crushing home runs into the Safeco Field seats. However, the deal that Prince signed showed how much money it takes to lock up a top-tier free agent in…

Prince Fielder’s free-agent search brought him full circle to Detroit, a city ready to fall in love all over again.