Spring Update

Less than three weeks before spring training ends and the real excitement begins, but until then, here's some spring training numbers for you all:

2: Number of Mariners to be ejected in the some number of games. On Monday, Cliff Lee was ejected for throwing a couple of questionable pitches at Chris Snyder, the second of which sailed over Young's head. The benches cleared, but no fighting occurred. Then, during tonight's game against the Rangers, Milton, "Big Bad," Bradley was thrown out for what the umpire thought was a protest against a called third strike. After called out, Bradley dropped his bat and began to take off his batting gloves to which the umpire took offense. Wakamatsu immediately ran out to protest the ejection as it appeared that Bradley merely thought the inning was over. Umpire Bellino said he couldn't take the call back and Bradley was replaced by Ryan Langerhans. Which leads us to...

5: Games that the league has suspended Cliff Lee to start off the 2010 season. Seems like a bit of over kill for a spring training ejection. Lee will appeal and at least try to get the suspension reduced.

.105: Chone Figgins' spring batting average, he's 2 for 19.

.393: Chone Figgins' spring on base percentage, almost 4 times higher than his batting average thanks to 9 walks. Figgins has also managed to come around and score 5 times, so while the batting average isn't pretty, he's still very productive.

.160: Batting average that rule 5 draft pick Kaneoka Texeira has held opponents to in spring exhibition. Texeira has only given up 1 earned run as well and is strongly making a case for the Mariners to keep him around for a while.

.750: Mike Sweeney's batting average during spring exhibition, which actually dipped a little when he went 2 for 3 in monday's game against Arizona. As I've said before, it'll be awful hard to cut Sweeney if he continues to hit like this.

12: Non-Roster invitees left in the major league training camp. They Jesus Colome, Chad Cordero, Mike Koplove, David Pauley, Levale Speigner, Eliezer Alfonzo, Josh Bard, Gullermo Quiroz, Josh Wilson, Chris Woodard, Corey Patterson, and Mike Sweeney. Add 32 players still on the active roster and that means that there are still 17 cuts to make in order to piece together the 25 man opening day roster.