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2008 Seattle Mariners season

Field	Value
name	Seattle Mariners
season	2008
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Safeco Field
city	Seattle, Washington
record
divisional_place	4th
owners	Nintendo of America
(represented by Howard Lincoln)
general_managers	Bill Bavasi, Lee Pelekoudas
managers	John McLaren (dismissed June 20), Jim Riggleman
television	FSN Northwest
(Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims,
Rick Rizzs, Mike Blowers)
radio	KOMO (English)
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs)
KSZN (Spanish)
(Alex Rivera, Julio Cruz)

(represented by Howard Lincoln) (Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims, Rick Rizzs, Mike Blowers) (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs) KSZN (Spanish) (Alex Rivera, Julio Cruz) |}} The 2008 Seattle Mariners season was the 32nd Major League Baseball season in the team's history. Coming off the heels of the previous 2007 season, in which the Mariners finished with their first winning record since 2003, the team was widely expected to once again compete for the American League West championship. The team was bolstered by some major roster additions during the previous offseason, most notably starting pitchers Érik Bédard and Carlos Silva. However, by the end of May, it became apparent that the team had gone back to its losing ways of the 2004–06 seasons. Despite their losing ways, they won their first and last game of the season. Their longest winning-streak of the season was 4 games after a sweep of the Cleveland Indians at the end of August and a 12-6 win against the Texas Rangers on the first day of September. However, standing at 57–87, their longest losing-streak of the season was 12 games, 11 on the road, 1 at home, after being swept by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and suffering a loss at the last homestand opener against the Angels. On September 23, the Mariners became the first club to spend $100 million in payroll and lose 100 games. The team finished the season with a record, last in the West for the 4th time in 5 years, and second worst in the majors.

With the team underperforming and underachieving, a number of people who had become scapegoats for the team's underperformance were dismissed during the season, most notably general manager Bill Bavasi, field manager John McLaren, first baseman Richie Sexson, and designated hitter José Vidro.

Offseason

December 20, 2007: Signed free agent RHP Carlos Silva to a four-year, $48 million contract.
January 8, 2008: Signed free agent INF Miguel Cairo to a one-year, $850,000 contract
January 31, 2008: Signed free agent OF Brad Wilkerson to a one-year, $3 million contract.
February 8, 2008: Traded OF Adam Jones, LHP George Sherrill, and minor league pitchers Tony Butler, Chris Tillman, and Kam Mickolio to the Baltimore Orioles for LHP Érik Bédard.
Dismissed all coaches hired under Mike Hargrove except hitting coach Jeff Pentland and hired former MLB managers Jim Riggleman (bench coach), Sam Perlozzo (third base coach), and Lee Elia (special assistant to the manager), as well as Mel Stottlemyre (pitching coach), Norm Charlton (bullpen coach), and Eddie Rodriguez (first base coach).

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

2008 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers

In-season transactions

April 2, 2008: Placed pitcher J. J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list and purchased the contract of pitcher Roy Corcoran from Triple-A Tacoma.
April 11: Recalled IF Greg Norton from Triple-A Tacoma; designated OF Charlton Jimerson for assignment.
April 14: Selected the contract of LHP Arthur Rhodes from Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx; Recalled RHP R. A. Dickey from Triple-A Tacoma; Placed OF Mike Morse on 15-day disabled list with a dislocated left shoulder; Optioned LHP Eric O'Flaherty to Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
April 15: Placed LHP Érik Bédard on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 9, with inflammation in his left hip.
April 16: Recalled RHP Brandon Morrow from Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Re-signed OF Charlton Jimerson to a Minor League contract. (He had been designated for assignment on April 10.)
April 22: Activated RHP J. J. Putz from the 15-day disabled list; optioned RHP R. A. Dickey to Triple-A Tacoma.
April 25: Signed C Kenji Johjima to a 3-year, $24 million contract extension through 2011.
April 26: Activated LHP Érik Bédard from the 15-day disabled list; optioned RHP Roy Corcoran to Triple-A Tacoma.
April 30: Recalled C Jeff Clement and OF Wladimir Balentien from Triple-A Tacoma; Designated INF Greg Norton and OF Brad Wilkerson for assignment.
May 5: Traded Greg Norton to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named or cash considerations; Released nonroster OF Bronson Sardinha.
May 7: Released OF Brad Wilkerson, he had been designated for assignment on April 30.
May 18: Optioned C Jeff Clement to Triple-A Tacoma.
May 19: Recalled OF Jeremy Reed from Triple-A Tacoma; claimed RHP Tracy Thorpe off waivers from Toronto.
May 21: Designated RHP Cha Seung Baek for assignment.
May 22: Recalled RHP R. A. Dickey from Triple-A Tacoma.
May 27: Acquired RHP Jared Wells from the San Diego Padres for RHP Cha Seung Baek.
May 28: Optioned RHP Jared Wells to Triple-A Tacoma; Activated RHP Anderson Garcia from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Single-A High Desert.
June 13: Placed RHP J. J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list with a hyper-extended right elbow; Recalled RHP Roy Corcoran from Triple-A Tacoma.
June 16: Recalled C Jeff Clement from Triple-A Tacoma; Optioned OF Wladimir Balentien to Triple-A Tacoma.
June 24: Acquired LHP Nelson Payano from the Atlanta Braves to complete the May 5 trade.
July 1: Placed RHP Félix Hernández on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left ankle retroactive to June 24; Recalled LHP Cesar Jimenez from Triple-A Tacoma.
July 7: Released RHP Anderson Garcia.
July 10: Recalled RHP Jared Wells from Triple-A Tacoma; Selected the contract of INF Tug Hulett from Triple-A Tacoma; Placed LHP Érik Bédard on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 5, with stiffness in his left shoulder; Released INF Richie Sexson.
July 11: Activated RHP Félix Hernández from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned RHP Jared Wells to Triple-A Tacoma.
July 17: Optioned INF Tug Hulett to Triple-A Tacoma; Signed OF Julio Morban and RHP Francisco Valdivia.
July 18: Recalled 1B Bryan LaHair from Triple-A Tacoma.
July 20: Activated RHP J. J. Putz from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith to Triple-A Tacoma.
July 25: Signed RHP Jorge Sosa to a minor league contract.
July 30: Claimed RHP Luis Munoz off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Double-A West Tenn.
July 31: Acquired RHP Gaby Hernandez from the Florida Marlins in exchange for LHP Arthur Rhodes.
August 13: Released DH/INF José Vidro (Designated for assignment on August 5)

Front office/coaching staff

June 9, 2008: Dismissed hitting coach Jeff Pentland and named special assistant Lee Elia as his replacement
June 16: Dismissed general manager Bill Bavasi and named vice president/assistant GM Lee Pelekoudas as interim GM
June 19: Dismissed field manager John McLaren and named bench coach Jim Riggleman as interim manager. Elia promoted to bench coach and minor league hitting instructor Jose Castro promoted to hitting coach.

Individual accomplishments

May 18: OF Ichiro Suzuki breaks the franchise stolen base record of 290 previously held by Julio Cruz in a game against the San Diego Padres. (Cruz, watched from the broadcast booth as Suzuki broke his record.)
June 17: RHP Félix Hernández throws an immaculate inning (retiring all three batters via strikeout using only nine pitches to do so) against the Florida Marlins, becoming the 13th American League pitcher to do so.
June 23: Félix Hernández hits a grand slam off New York Mets pitcher (and fellow Venezuelan) Johan Santana, becoming the first pitcher in franchise history to hit a home run and the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam in modern interleague play.
July 6: C Jamie Burke pitched in the 15th inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers after catching the previous six innings. Burke, who had made four relief appearances in the minor leagues, was saddled with a loss and became the first position player to receive a decision as a pitcher since 2000.
July 15: Ichiro Suzuki plays in his eighth consecutive MLB All-Star Game.
July 29: Ichiro Suzuki records his 3,000th major-league hit (1,278 in Nippon Professional Baseball and 1,722 in MLB) in a game against the Texas Rangers.
September 1: 3B Adrián Beltré hit for the cycle against the Texas Rangers, becoming the fourth Mariner to accomplish the feat. Beltre's cycle came hours after Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew hit for the cycle in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, marking the first time two players hit for the cycle in the same day since 1920.
September 18: Ichiro Suzuki records his 200th hit of the season, completing eight straight seasons of accomplishing the feat, tying the major league with Hall of Famer Willie Keeler, who did so from 1894 through 1901.

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || Rangers || 5 – 2 || Green (1-0) || Millwood (0-1) || Putz (1) || 46,334 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 1 || Rangers || 5 – 4 || Benoit (1-0) || Putz (0-1) || Wilson (1) || 25,204 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 2 || Rangers || 4 – 1 || Silva (1-0) || Jennings (0-1) || Batista (1) || 21,349 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 4 || @ Orioles || 7 – 4 || Trachsel (1-0) || Washburn (0-1) || Sherrill (2) || 14,429 || 2-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 5 || @ Orioles || 6 – 4 || Albers (1-0) || Batista (0-1) || Sherrill (3) || 24,824 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 6 || @ Orioles || 3 – 2 || Sarfate (1-0) || Lowe (0-1) || || 19,215 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 7 || @ Orioles || 5 – 4 || Sarfate (2-0) || O'Flaherty (0-1) || Sherrill (4) || 10,774 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 8 || @ Rays || 6 – 5 || Bédard (1-0) || Glover (0-1) || Rowland-Smith (1) || 36,048 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 9 || @ Rays || 7 – 1 || Washburn (1-1) || Sonnanstine || || 12,106 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 10 || @ Rays || 7 – 0 || Jackson (2-0) || Batista (0-2) || || 11,898 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 11 || Angels || 8 – 5 || Hernández (1-0) || Weaver (1-2) || Lowe (1) || 28,915 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 12 || Angels || 8 – 3 || Silva (2-0) || Garland (1-2) || || 34,963 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 13 || Angels || 10 – 5 || Saunders (2-0) || Baek (0-1) || || 30,664 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 14 || Royals || 5 – 1 || Greinke (3-0) || Washburn (1-2) || || 16,751 || 6-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || April 15 || Royals || 11 – 6 || Batista (1-2) || Bale (0-3) || || 17,137 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 || April 16 || @ Athletics || 4 – 2 || Hernández (2-0) || Blanton (1-3) || || 21,126 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 || April 17 || @ Athletics || 8 – 1 || Silva (3-0) || DiNardo (1-1) || || 10,164 || 9-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 18 || @ Angels || 5 – 4 || Saunders (3-0) || Dickey (0-1) || Rodríguez (7) || 43,939 || 9-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 19 || @ Angels || 4 – 1 || Santana (3-0) || Washburn (1-2) || Shields (1) || 43,959 || 9-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 20 || @ Angels || 4 – 2 || Batista (2-2) || Moseley (1-2) || Rowland-Smith (2) || 43,631 || 10-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 22 || Orioles || 4 – 2 || Rhodes (1-0) || Guthrie (0-2) || Putz (2) || 17,780 || 11-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 23 || Orioles || 3 – 2 || Cabrera (2-0) || Rowland-Smith (0-1) || Sherrill (7) || 16,823 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 24 || Orioles || 8 – 7 || Bradford (2-1) || Green (1-1) || Sherrill (8) || 16,727 || 11-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || April 25 || Athletics || 4 – 3 || Eveland (3-1) || Batista (2-3) || Street (7) || 40,845 || 11-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || April 26 || Athletics || 5 – 3 || Bédard (2-0) || Duchscherer (1-1) || || 37,563 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || April 27 || Athletics || 4 – 2 || Blanton (2-4) || Hernández (2-1) || Street (8) || 32,612 || 12-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || April 29 || @ Indians || 7 – 2 || Lowe (1-1) || Betancourt (1-1) || || 13,827 || 13-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || April 30 || @ Indians || 8 – 3 || Lee (5-0) || Washburn (1-4) || || 15,279 || 13-15 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 1 || @ Indians || 3 – 2 (11)|| Kobayashi (2-0) || Green (1-2) || || 15,722 || 13-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 2 || @ Yankees || 5 – 1 || Wang (6-0) || Bedard (2-1) || || 52,199 || 13-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 3 || @ Yankees || 6 – 1 || Mussina (4-3) || Hernández (2-2) || || 52,180 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 4 || @ Yankees || 8 – 2 || Rasner (1-0) || Silva (3-1) || || 53,542 || 13-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 5 || Rangers || 7 – 3 || Washburn (2-4) || Millwood (2-3) || || 16,637 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 6 || Rangers || 10 – 1 || Ponson (2-0) || Batista (2-4) || || 15,818 || 14-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 7 || Rangers || 2 – 0 || Padilla (5-2) || Bedard (2-2) || Wilson (8) || 17,173 || 14-21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 8 || Rangers || 5 – 0 || Germán (1-0) || Hernández (2-3) || || 22,922 || 14-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 9 || White Sox || 4 – 2 || Contreras (3-3) || Silva (3-2) || Jenks (7) || 27,169 || 14-23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || May 10 || White Sox || 8 – 4 || Vázquez (4-3) || Washburn (2-5) || || 33,078 || 14-24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 11 || White Sox || 6 – 3 ||Batista (3-4) || Floyd (3-2)|| Putz (3) || 30,346 || 15-24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 12 || @ Rangers || 13 – 12 (10) || Mathis (1-0) || Morrow (0-1) || || 18,509 || 15-25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 13 || @ Rangers || 5 – 2 || Rupe (2-1) || Hernández (2-4) || Guardado (1) || 15,766 || 15-26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 14 || @ Rangers || 4 – 3 (12) || Putz (1-1) || German (1-2) || Washburn (1) || 22,934 || 16-26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 16 || Padres || 6 – 4 || Young (4-3) || Batista (3-5) || Hoffman (8) || 35,586 || 16-27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 17 || Padres || 4 – 2 || Bédard (3-2) || Wolf (2-4) || Putz (4) || 32,290 || 17-27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 18 || Padres || 3 – 2 || Rhodes (2-0) || Bell (0-3) || Putz (5) || 35,483 || 18-27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 20 || @ Tigers || 12 – 8 || Verlander (2-7) || Silva (3-3) || Jones (7) || 39,463 || 18-28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 21 || @ Tigers || 9 – 4 || Rogers (4-4) || Washburn (2-6) || || 36,495 || 18-29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 22 || @ Tigers || 9 – 2 || Bonderman (3-4) || Batista (3-6) || Dolsi (1)|| 40,166 || 18-30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 23 || @ Yankees || 13 – 2 || Pettitte (4-5)|| Bédard (3-3) || || 52,005 || 18-31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 24 || @ Yankees || 12 – 6 || Mussina (7-4) || Silva (3-4) || || 53,512 || 18-32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 25 || @ Yankees || 6 – 5 || Ramírez (1-0) || Putz (1-2)|| Rivera (12) || 54,269 || 18-33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || May 26 || Red Sox || 5 – 3 || Colón (2-0) || Hernández (2-5) || || 35,818 || 18-34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 27 || Red Sox || 4 – 3 || Putz (2-3) || Timlin (2-3) || || 30,758 || 19-34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || May 28 || Red Sox || 1 – 0 || Bédard (4-3) || Wakefield (3-4) || Putz (6) || 30,752 || 20-34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || May 30 || Tigers || 7 – 4 || Robertson (3-5) || Silva (3-5) || Jones (8) || 34,019 || 20-35 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || May 31 || Tigers || 5 – 0 || Hernández (3-5) || Verlander (2=8) || || 33,441 || 21-35 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 1 || Tigers || 7 – 5 || Miner (2-3) || Putz (2-3) || || 38,610 || 21-36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 2 || Angels || 4 – 2 ||Santana (8-2) ||Washburn (2-7) || Rodríguez (22) || 22,110 || 21-37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 3 || Angels || 5 – 4 ||Saunders (9-2) ||Bédard (4-4) || Rodríguez (23) || 23,534 ||21-38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 4 || Angels || 5 – 4 ||Weaver (5-6) ||Silva (3-6) || Rodríguez (24) || 32,774 ||21-39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 6 || @ Red Sox || 8 – 0 ||Hernández (4-5) ||Colón (3-1) || || 37,757 ||22-39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 7 || @ Red Sox || 11 – 3 ||Wakefield (4-4) ||Batista (3-7) || || 37,443 ||22-40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 8 || @ Red Sox || 2 – 1 ||Masterson (3-0) ||Green (1-2) || Papelbon (18) || 37,198 ||22-41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 9 || @ Blue Jays || 3 – 2 (10)||Dickey (1-1) ||Frasor (1-1) || Putz (7) || 20,073 ||23-41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 10 || @ Blue Jays || 3 – 1 ||McGowan (5-4) ||Silva (3-7) || || 36,170 ||23-42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 11 || @ Blue Jays || 2 – 1 ||Hernández (5-5) ||Ryan (1-3) || Morrow (1) || 35,702 ||24-42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 13 || Nationals ||7 – 6 ||Hill (1-3) || Dickey (1-2)|| Rauch (14) || 35,941 ||24-43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 14 || Nationals ||5 – 2 ||Clippard (1-1) ||Batista (3-8) || Rauch (15) || 32,145 ||24-44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 15 || Nationals ||6 – 2 ||Colomé (2-1) ||Lowe (1-3)|| || 38,548 ||24-45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 16 || Marlins ||6 – 1 ||Miller (5-5) ||Silva (3-8) || || 21,609 ||24-46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 17 || Marlins ||5 – 4 ||Hernández (6-5) ||Olsen (4-4) || Morrow (2) || 20,214 ||25-46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 18 || Marlins ||8 – 3 ||Tucker (2-1) || Dickey (1-3) || || 24,163 ||25-47 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 20 || @ Braves || 10 – 2 || Rowland-Smith (1-1) || Campillo (2-2) || || 40,268 ||26-47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 21 || @ Braves || 5 – 4 || Boyer (2-5) || Batista (3-9) || || 47,158 ||26-48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 22 || @ Braves ||8 – 3 ||Hudson (8-5) || Silva (3-9) || || 30,965 ||26-49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 23 || @ Mets || 5 – 2 ||Rowland-Smith (2-1) || Santana (7-6) ||Rhodes (1) || 49,789 ||27-49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || June 24 || @ Mets || 11 – 0 || Dickey (2-3) || Pérez (5-5) || || 49,386 || 28-49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 25 || @ Mets || 8 – 2 || Maine (8-5) || Batista (3-10) || || 52,154 || 28-50 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || June 27 || @ Padres || 5 – 2 || Washburn (3-7) || Wolf (5-7) || Morrow (3) || 28,640 || 29-50 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || June 28 || @ Padres || 4 – 2 || Silva (4-9) ||Baek (1–4) || Morrow (4) || 36,396 || 30-50 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || June 29 || @ Padres || 9 – 2 || Bédard (5-4) || Peavy (5-5) || || 29,966 || 31-50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || June 30 || Blue Jays || 2 – 0 || Halladay (9-6) || Dickey (2-4) || || 30,179 || 31-51 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 1 || Blue Jays || 7 – 6 || Morrow (1-1) || Downs (0-2) || || 24,586 || 32-51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 2 || Blue Jays || 4 – 2 || Washburn (4-7) || McGowan (6-7) || Morrow (5) || 23,283 || 33-51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 3 || Tigers || 8 – 4 || Verlander (5–9) || Silva (4–10) || Rodney (1) || 22,523 || 33-52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 4 || Tigers || 4 – 1 || Bédard (6-4) || Rogers (6–6) || Morrow (6) || 30,564 || 34-52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 5 || Tigers || 3 – 2 || Batista (4-10) || Rodney (0-2) || Morrow (7) || 30,373 || 35-52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 6 || Tigers || 2 – 1 (15)|| López (3–1) || Burke (0-1) || Jones (16) || 29,083 || 35-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 7 || @ Athletics || 4 – 3 || Eveland (7-5) || Washburn (4-8) || Street (17) || 11,129 || 35-54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 8 || @ Athletics || 2 – 0 || Duchscherer (10-5) || Silva (4-11) || || 12,543 || 35-55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 9 || @ Athletics || 6 – 4 || Corcoran (1-0) || Blanton (5-12) || Morrow (8) || 21,128 || 36-55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 10 || @ Athletics || 3 – 2 (11) || Street (2-2) || Jiménez (0-1) || || 15,187 || 36-56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 11 || @ Royals || 3 – 1 || Hochevar (6-7) || Hernández (6-6) || Soria (25) || 25,345 || 36-57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 12 || @ Royals || 5 – 4 || Ramírez (1-0) || Morrow (1-2) || || 23,792 || 36-58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 95 || July 13 || @ Royals || 4 – 3 || Green (2-2) || Soria (1-2) || Morrow (9) || 21,421 || 37-58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 18 || Indians || 8 – 2 || Hernández (7-6) || Laffey (5-6) || || 42,570 || 38-58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 19 || Indians || 9 – 6 || Sowers (1-5) || Batista (4-11) || || 37,869 || 38-59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 98 || July 20 || Indians || 6 – 2 || Lee (13-2) || Silva (4–12) || || 32,230 || 38-60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 21 || Red Sox || 4 – 0 || Lester (8-3) || Washburn (4-9) || Papelbon (29) || 37,861 || 38-61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 22 || Red Sox || 4 – 2 || Matsuzaka (11-1) || Dickey (2-5) || Papelbon (30) || 38,425 || 38-62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 23 || Red Sox || 6 – 3 || Papelbon (4-3) || Green (2-3) || Hansen (2) || 43,231 || 38-63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 25 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 4 (10) || Carlson (3-1) || Lowe (1-4) || || 28,463 || 38-64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 26 || @ Blue Jays || 8 – 3 || Purcey (1-1) || Dickey (2-6) || || 33,041 || 38-65 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 27 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 1 || Washburn (5-9) || Marcum (5-5) || || 33,367 || 39-65 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || July 28 || @ Rangers || 7 – 5 || Green (3-3) || Francisco (2-3) || Morrow (10) || 21,742 || 40-65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 29 || @ Rangers || 11 – 10 || Wilson (1-2) || Putz (2-4) || || 17,618 || 40-66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 30 || @ Rangers || 4 – 3 || Guardado (2-2) || Rhodes (2-1) || Wilson (24) || 23,894 || 40-67 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 108 || July 31 || @ Rangers || 8 – 5 || Dickey (3-6) || Harrison (2-2) || || 17,839 || 41-67 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 1 || Orioles || 10 – 5 || Olson (8-5) || Washburn (5-10) || || 28,114 || 41-68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 2 || Orioles || 3 – 1 || Guthrie (8-8) || Hernández (7-7) || || 30,502 || 41-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 3 || Orioles || 8 – 4 || Putz (3-4) || Cabrera (7-7) || || 33,334 || 42-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 4 || Twins || 11 – 6 || Corcoran (2-0) || Bass (3-4) || || 27,758 || 43-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 5 || Twins || 8 – 7 || J. J. Putz (4-4) || Guerrier (6-5) || || 26,083 || 44-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 6 || Twins || 7 – 3 || Blackburn (9-6) || Washburn (5-11) || || 30,441 || 44-70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 7 || Rays || 2 – 1 || Putz (5-4) || Wheeler (2-5) || || 25,423 || 45-70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 8 || Rays || 5 – 3 || Shields (10-7) || Silva (4-13) || Percival (25) || 30,220 || 45-71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 9 || Rays || 8 – 7 (11) || Bradford (4-3) || Batista (4-12) || Percival (26) || 27,905 || 45-72 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 10 || Rays || 11 – 3 || Jackson (9-7) || Dickey (3-7) || || 30,336 || 45-73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 12 || @ Angels || 7-3 || Garland (11-7) || Washburn (5-12) || Rodríguez (46) || 42,086 || 45-74 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 13 || @ Angels || 10 – 7 (12) || Corcoran (3-0) || Speier (1-5) || || 42,754 || 46-74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 15 || @ Twins || 9-3 || Liriano (3-3) || Silva (4-14) || || 32,208 || 46-75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 16 || @ Twins || 7-6 || Reyes (3-0) || Jimenez (0-3) || || 36,316 || 46-76 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 17 || @ Twins || 11-8 || Perkins (10-3) || Feierabend (0-1) || Nathan (33) || 35,478 || 46-77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 18 || @ White Sox || 13-5 || Buehrle (11-10) || Washburn (5-13) || || 39,002 || 46-78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 19 || @ White Sox || 5-0 || Richard (1-2) || Hernández (7-8) || || 26,414 || 46-79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 20 || @ White Sox || 15-3 || Floyd (13-6) || Dickey (3-8) || || 27,000 || 46-80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 21 || Athletics || 2-0 || Smith (6-12) || Rowland-Smith (2-2) || Ziegler (4) || 25,611 || 46-81 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 22 || Athletics || 7-5 || Corcoran (4-0) || Blevins (1-3) || Putz (8) || 26,603 || 47-81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 23 || Athletics || 5 – 1 || Eveland (8-8) || Washburn (5-14) || || 34,145 || 47-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 24 || Athletics || 8 – 4 || Hernández (8-8) || Meyer (0-2) || Putz (9) || 28,731 || 48-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 25 || Twins || 4 – 2 (11) || Dickey (4-8) || Crain (5-4) || || 23,277 || 49-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || August 26 || Twins || 3 – 2 || Rowland-Smith (3-2) || Baker (7-4) || Corcoran (1) || 26,292 || 50-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 27 || Twins || 6 – 5 || Perkins (12-3) || Green (3-4) || Nathan (36) || 23,581 || 50-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || August 29 || @ Indians || 3 – 2 || Hernández (9-8) || Sowers (2-7) || Putz (10) || 26,047 || 51-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || August 30 || @ Indians || 4 – 3 (10) || Putz (6-4) || Lewis (0-4) || Messenger (1) || 33,387 || 52-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || August 31 || @ Indians || 6 – 4 || Rowland-Smith (4-2) || Jackson (0-1) || Corcoran (2) || 35,376 || 53-83 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || September 1 || @ Rangers || 12 – 6 || Green (4-4) || Mendoza (3-7) || || 16,171 || 54-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 2 || @ Rangers || 6 – 4 || McCarthy (1-0) || Feierabend (0-2) || Francisco (3) || 14,521 || 54-84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 3 || @ Rangers || 1 – 0 || Nippert (2-4) || Hernández (9-9) || Francisco (4) || 12,882 || 54-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 5 || Yankees || 3 – 1 || Morrow (2-2) || Pettitte (13-12) || Putz (11) || 39,518 || 55-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 6 || Yankees || 7 – 4 || Ponson (8-5) || Green (4-5) || Rivera (33) || 44,473 || 55-86 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || September 7 || Yankees || 5 – 2 || Feierabend (1-2) || Mussina (17-8) || Putz (12) || 42,677 || 56-86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 9 || Rangers || 7 – 3 || Padilla (13-7) || Hernández (9-10) || Madrigal (1) || 22,704 || 56-87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 || September 10 || Rangers || 8-7 || Corcoran (5-0) || Millwood (9-9) || Putz (13) || 23,644 || 57-87 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 11 || @ Angels || 7 – 4 || Weaver (11-10) || Morrow (2-3) || Rodríguez (57) || 38,205 || 57-88 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 12 || @ Angels || 5 – 3 || Arredondo (8-2) || Batista (4-13) || || 43,743 || 57-89 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 13 || @ Angels || 5 – 2 || Garland (14-8) || Feierabend (1-3) || Rodríguez (58) || 43,757 || 57-90 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 14 || @ Angels || 4 – 3 || Arredondo (9-2) || Corcoran (5-1) || || 41,528 || 57-91 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 15 || @ Royals || 3 – 0 || Davies (7-7) || Silva (4-15) || Soria (38) || 10,307 || 57-92 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 16 || @ Royals || 6 – 3 || Duckworth (3-1) || Morrow (2-4) || Soria (39) || 19,135 || 57-93 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 17 || @ Royals || 5 – 2 || Meche (12-11) || Corcoran (5-2) || Soria (40) || 13,382 || 57-94 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 18 || @ Royals || 12 – 0 || Greinke (12-10) || Feierabend (1-4) || || 14,144 || 57-95 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 19 || @ Athletics || 2 – 0 || Eveland (9-8) || Hernández (9-11) || Ziegler (10) || 30,149 || 57-96 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 20 || @ Athletics || 8 – 7 || Street (7-5) || Thomas (0-1) || Ziegler (11) || 18,756 || 57-97 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 21 || @ Athletics || 5 – 3 || Ziegler (3-0) || Batista (4-14) || Devine (1) || 18,707 || 57-98 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 22 || Angels || 2 – 1 || Santana (16-6) || Rowland-Smith (4-3) || Rodríguez (61) || 19,717 || 57-99 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 157 || September 23 || Angels || 9 – 6 || Corcoran (6-2) || Jepsen (0-1) || Putz (14) || 19,065 || 58-99 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 24 || Angels || 6 – 5 || Oliver (7-1) || Lowe (1-5) || Rodríguez (62) || 19,015 || 58-100 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 25 || Angels || 6 – 4 || Arredondo (10-2) || Putz (6-5) || Shields (4) || 16,939 || 58-101 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || September 26 || Athletics || 10 – 8 || Morrow (3-4) || Gallagher (2-3) || Corcoran (3) || 24,662 || 59-101 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || September 27 || Athletics || 7 – 3 || Rowland-Smith (5-3) || Smith (7-16) || Green (1) || 24,440 || 60-101 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || September 28 || Athletics ||4 – 3 ||R. A. Dickey (5-8) ||Outman (0-1) || J. J. Putz (15) || 25,000 (approx.) || 61-101 |-

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Greg Norton	6	16	7	.438	0	4
Ichiro Suzuki	162	686	213	.310	6	42
José López	159	644	191	.297	17	89
Raúl Ibañez	162	635	186	.293	23	110
Yuniesky Betancourt	153	559	156	.279	7	51
Willie Bloomquist	71	165	46	.279	0	9
Jeremy Reed	97	286	77	.269	2	31
Adrián Beltré	143	566	148	.266	25	77
Jamie Burke	48	92	24	.261	1	8
Bryan LaHair	45	146	34	.250	3	10
Miguel Cairo	108	221	55	.249	0	23
Luis Valbuena	18	49	12	.245	0	1
José Vidro	85	308	72	.234	7	45
Brad Wilkerson	19	56	13	.232	0	5
Jeff Clement	66	203	46	.227	5	23
Kenji Johjima	112	379	86	.227	7	39
Tug Hulett	30	49	11	.224	1	2
Michael Morse	5	9	2	.222	0	0
Richie Sexson	74	252	55	.218	11	30
Wladimir Balentien	71	243	49	.202	7	24
Matt Tuiasosopo	14	44	7	.159	0	2
Rob Johnson	14	31	4	.129	1	2
Charlton Jimerson	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Pitcher Totals	162	23	4	.174	1	4
Team Totals	162	5643	1498	.265	124	631

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Félix Hernández	31	200.2	9	11	0	3.45	175
Carlos Silva	28	153.1	4	15	0	6.46	69
Érik Bédard	15	81.0	6	4	0	3.67	72
Miguel Batista	44 (20 starts, 4 holds)	115.0	4	14	1	6.26	73
Jarrod Washburn	28 (26 starts)	153.2	5	14	1	4.69	87
Ryan Feierabend	8	39.2	1	4	0	7.71	26

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	H	SV	ERA	SO
J. J. Putz	47	46.1	6	5	0	15	3.88	56
Sean Green	72	79	4	5	17	1	4.67	62
Eric O'Flaherty	7	6.2	0	1	2	0	20.25	4
Mark Lowe	57	63.2	1	5	1	1	5.37	55
Roy Corcoran	50	72.2	6	2	8	3	3.22	39
Cha Seung Baek	10 (1 start)	30	0	1	0	0	5.40	15
Ryan Rowland-Smith	47 (12 starts)	118.1	5	3	1	2	3.42	77
R. A. Dickey	32 (14 starts)	112.1	5	8	0	0	5.21	58
Arthur Rhodes	36	22	2	1	13	1	2.86	26
Brandon Morrow	45 (5 starts)	64.2	3	4	3	10	3.34	75
César Jiménez	31 (2 starts)	34.1	0	2	4	0	3.41	26
Jake Woods	15	19	0	0	1	0	6.16	9
Randy Messenger	13	12.2	0	0	2	1	3.55	7
Jared Wells	6	5.1	0	0	0	0	10.13	3
Justin Thomas	8	4	0	1	1	0	6.75	2
Jamie Burke	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	0
Team Pitching Totals	162	1435.1	61	101	57	36	4.73	1016

Farm system

Major League Baseball draft

2008 Seattle Mariners draft picks	Information	Links
Owner	Nintendo of America
General Manager(s)	Bill Bavasi
Lee Pelekoudas
Jack Zduriencik
Manager(s)	John McLaren
Jim Riggleman
First pick	Joshua Fields (Rule 4)
Reegie Corona (Rule 5)
Draft positions	20 (Rule 4)
2 (Rule 5)
Number of selections	50 (Rule 4)
2 (Rule 5)
Players signed (Rule 4)	36
Results	Baseball-Reference
The Baseball Cube
Official Site	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122082340/http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=sea	date=January 22, 2009 }}
Years	2007 • 2008 • 2009

Below is a complete list of the Seattle Mariners draft picks from the two 2008 Major League Baseball drafts.

The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft and the Rule 5 draft in .

The 2008 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 5 and June 6, 2008. He Mariners made the 20th selection in the draft, selecting Joshua Fields. The Mariners selected a total of 50 players and signed 36 of those selected players.

In the 2008 Rule 5 draft the Mariners selected two players, one in the Major League phase and one in the Triple-A phase. They also had three players selected by other teams, two in the Triple-A phase and one in the Double-A phase.

June amateur draft

Key

Bold italics	Indicates a player was signed after the deadline

Table

Round (Pick)	Name	Position	School	Ref
1 (20)	Joshua Fields	Right-handed pitcher	University of Georgia
2 (20)	Dennis Raben	Outfielder	University of Miami
3 (98)	Aaron Pribanic	Right-handed pitcher	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/team/draft.jsp?c_id=sea&year=2008	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617082101/http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/team/draft.jsp?c_id=sea&year=2008	url-status=dead	archive-date=June 17, 2011	title=Seattle Mariners 2008 Draft Results	work=Major League Baseball	publisher=seattle.mariners.mlb.com	access-date=2009-12-17}}
4 (132)	Steven Hensley	Right-handed pitcher	Elon University	url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=475622	title=Steven Hensley Stats & Bio	work=Minor League Baseball	publisher=Minor League Baseball	access-date=2009-12-17	archive-date=June 11, 2010	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611234315/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=475622	url-status=dead }}
5 (162)	Brett Lorin	Right-handed pitcher	Long Beach State University	url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080612&content_id=2901379&vkey=pr_sea&fext=.jsp	title=Mariners sign 23 players from 2008 Draft	date=June 12, 2008	work=Major League Baseball	publisher=mlb.mlb.com	access-date=2009-12-17}}
6 (192)	Jarrett Burgess	Outfielder	Florida Christian School
7 (222)	Nate Tenbrink	Third baseman	Kansas State University
8 (252)	Bobby LaFromboise	Left-handed pitcher	University of New Mexico
9 (282)	William Morrison	Right-handed pitcher	Western Michigan University
10 (312)	Nate Newman	Right-handed pitcher	Pepperdine University
11 (342)	Matt Jensen	Second basemen	Clovis East High School
12 (372)	Kenn Kasparek	Right-handed pitcher	University of Texas
13 (402)	Ryan Royster	Outfielder	University of California, Davis
14 (432)	Luke Burnett	Right-handed pitcher	Louisiana Tech University	url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488752	archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721131026/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488752	url-status=dead	archive-date=July 21, 2012	title=Luke Burnett Stats & Bio	work=Minor League Baseball	publisher=Minor League Baseball	access-date=2009-12-17 }}
15 (462)	Jacob Shaffer	Outfielder	Northern Kentucky University
16 (492)	Bennett Billingsley	Second baseman	Lenoir Community College
17 (422)	Michael Dennhardt	Right-handed pitcher	Don Bosco Preparatory High School
18 (552)	Travis Howell	Catcher	Long Beach State University
19 (582)	Taylor Lewis	Right-handed pitcher	Yavapai College
20 (612)	Frederick Bello	Shortstop	Cerro Coso Community College	url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=542927	archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718011343/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=542927	url-status=dead	archive-date=July 18, 2012	title=Fred Bello Stats & Bio	work=Minor League Baseball	publisher=Minor League Baseball	access-date=2009-12-17 }}
21 (642)	Jordan Alvis	Right-handed pitcher	Middle Tennessee State University
22 (672)	Blake Nation	Right-handed pitcher	Georgia Southern University
23 (702)	Brandon Maurer	Right-handed pitcher	Orange Lutheran High School
24 (732)	Henry Contreras	Catcher	Cal State LA
25 (762)	Paul Robinson	Second baseman	Paris Junior College
26 (792)	Taylor Stanton	Right-handed pitcher	Diablo Valley College
27 (822)	Tommy Johnson	Catcher	Marshall University
28 (852)	Scott Savastano	Shortstop	Franklin Pierce College
29 (882)	Stephen Penney	Right-handed pitcher	University of California, Riverside
30 (912)	Brad Reid	Right-handed pitcher	Bellevue College
31 (942)	Randy Castillo	Right-handed pitcher	Aiea High School
32 (972)	Nick Love	Right-handed pitcher	Bellevue University
33 (1002)	Kyle Brown	Left-handed pitcher	University of California, Santa Barbara
34 (1032)	Ty Tostenson	Outfielder	Oak Ridge High School
35 (1062)	Nicholas Czyz	Left-handed pitcher	University of Kansas
36 (1092)	Chris Kirkland	Right-handed pitcher	University of Memphis
37 (1122)	Brandon Pullen	Left-handed pitcher	San Diego State University
38 (1152)	Andres Esquibel	Right-handed pitcher	University of Kansas
39 (1182)	Christian Staehely	Right-handed pitcher	Princeton University
40 (1212)	Troy Channing	Catcher	Foothill High School
41 (1242)	Henry Cotto	Outfielder	GateWay Community College
42 (1272)	Randy Molina	First baseman	Stanford University
43 (1302)	Mike Kindel	Outfielder	Springboro High School
44 (1332)	Donnie Jobe	Second baseman	Elon University
45 (1360)	Andrew Kittredge	Right-handed pitcher	Ferris High School
46 (1387)	Alvin Rittman	Outfielder	Germantown High School
47 (1414)	Richard O'Donald	Right-handed pitcher	John Dickinson High School
48 (1468)	D. J. Mauldin	Right-handed pitcher	California Poly San Luis Obispo
49 (1468)	Joshua Rodriguez	Catcher	South Mountain Community College
50 (1495)	Walker Kelly	Left-handed pitcher	Arlington Heights High School

Rule 5 draft

Key

Previous team	Indicates the previous organization, not minor league team

Table

Phase	Pick	Name	Position	Previous team	Notes	Ref
Major League	2	Reegie Corona	Shortstop	New York Yankees	Corona was returned to the Yankees before the regular season.	url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/news/2008/267346.html	title=2008 Rule 5 Draft Picks	date=December 13, 2008	work=Baseball America	publisher=baseballamerica.com	access-date=2009-12-14}}
Triple-A	2	Pat Ryan	Right-handed pitcher	Milwaukee Brewers	none

References

Game Logs: :1st Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN :2nd Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN
Batting Statistics: Seattle Mariners Batting Stats on ESPN
Pitching Statistics: Seattle Mariners Pitching Stats on ESPN
2008 Seattle Mariners season at Baseball Reference
2008 Seattle Mariners team page at Baseball Almanac
Seattle Mariners Team page at MLB.com

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