Jarrod Washburn

Thanks to unexpected winning, Jarrod Washburn and his Mariners have turned this season's rebuilding project into a summer game show. Deal or no deal? Last summer, Washburn heard he might be traded to the Minnesota Twins. The veteran left-hander was excited at the potential of playing a couple hours from his hometown in rural Wisconsin. But top team executives scrapped the plan, and a disappointed Washburn stayed. Last month, it appeared rebuilding Seattle would trade the expiring contracts of Washburn and fellow veteran pitcher Erik Bedard — perhaps even Gold Glove third baseman Adrian Beltre, who is in the final year of a contract ... Read Full Story

Jack Wilson was stunned. Stunned to be waking up in Texas with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. Stunned to not be back in Pittsburgh with his wife, their three kids and the woebegone Pirates, for whom he's played for all nine of his years in the major leagues. "A shock. I really don't know what to feel," Wilson said after the defensive whiz and native of Southern California went from the oldest-tenured Pirate of nine years to newest Mariners shortstop in a trade on Wednesday. The deal sent shortstop Ronny Cedeno, catcher Jeff Clement and three minor-league pitchers to Pittsburgh and brought right-hander starter ... Read Full Story

Minnesota added shortstop Orlando Cabrera and Detroit landed left-handed pitcher Jarrod Washburn in late deals made ahead of Major League Baseball's trade deadline on Friday. The Oakland A's sent Cabrera and cash to the Twins in exchange for minor leaguer Tyler Ladendorf just ahead of the deadline for non-waiver transfers, a time when playoff contenders often pluck top talent from also-ran clubs. Cabrera is hitting .280 with four home runs, 41 runs scored, 41 runs batted in and 11 steals for Oakland, 43-58 and 17 games off the pace in the American League West division with two months remaining in the season. The Twins, ... Read Full Story

DETROIT (Reuters) - Brandon Inge hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 win in a tight pitching duel against the Kansas City Royals on Friday. The Tigers third baseman drove a 2-1 pitch to left field off reliever Roman Colon to give pitcher Jarrod Washburn the win and his first victory in three starts since being acquired in a trade with the Seattle Mariners on July 31. Washburn tossed eight scoreless innings to match the effort of Kansas City ace Zack Greinke, who shut out Detroit over seven innings while striking out six ... Read Full Story

DETROIT (Reuters) - Left-hander Jarrod Washburn will be joining the rotation of the Detroit Tigers after the AL Central leaders traded Luke French and a promising minor leaguer to the Seattle Mariners on Friday. The 34-year-old Washburn, who will be eligible for free agency at the end of the year, has had an impressive first half posting an 8-6 record with a 2.64 earned run average that is third-lowest in the American League this season, Major League Baseball website mlb.com reported. Washburn gave a strong audition for Detroit last week when he threw seven scoreless innings and gave up just two hits against the ... Read Full Story