Mason's connection to majors
Major league spring training begins in less than two weeks, and while there are no former Wild Things in the big-league camps there is one connection to Washington manager Mark Mason.
Right-hander Chris Jakubauskas, who was a pitcher for the Mason-managed Ohio Valley Redcoats in 2005, is a non-roster invitee in the Seattle Mariners' camp.
Jakubauskas spent three seasons (2003-05) in the Frontier League with Florence and Ohio Valley. He had a 9-15 record. Against the Wild Things, Jakubauskas was 2-3 with a 4.55 ERA. Jakubauskas, who played in college at Oklahoma, was selected by an awful Florence team with the No. 1 pick in the 2003 Frontier League draft.
In his one season with Mason, Jakubauskas had a 5-4 record that included one win over the Wild Things.
After leaving the FL, Jakubauskas spent time in two other independent leagues before being signed by Seattle in 2007. He made it to Class AAA last year, going 5-1 in 12 games (nine starts).
Also among the Mariners' 17 non-roster invitees is first baseman Chris Shelton. You might remember him as one of the players the Pirates lost in the Rule 5 draft purge of 2004. That was the year when five of the first six players chosen in the Rule 5 were players left unprotected by the Pirates. There was a big stink in Pittsburgh about losing Shelton because he was the Pirates' minor league player of the year the previous season.
Right-hander Chris Jakubauskas, who was a pitcher for the Mason-managed Ohio Valley Redcoats in 2005, is a non-roster invitee in the Seattle Mariners' camp.
Jakubauskas spent three seasons (2003-05) in the Frontier League with Florence and Ohio Valley. He had a 9-15 record. Against the Wild Things, Jakubauskas was 2-3 with a 4.55 ERA. Jakubauskas, who played in college at Oklahoma, was selected by an awful Florence team with the No. 1 pick in the 2003 Frontier League draft.
In his one season with Mason, Jakubauskas had a 5-4 record that included one win over the Wild Things.
After leaving the FL, Jakubauskas spent time in two other independent leagues before being signed by Seattle in 2007. He made it to Class AAA last year, going 5-1 in 12 games (nine starts).
Also among the Mariners' 17 non-roster invitees is first baseman Chris Shelton. You might remember him as one of the players the Pirates lost in the Rule 5 draft purge of 2004. That was the year when five of the first six players chosen in the Rule 5 were players left unprotected by the Pirates. There was a big stink in Pittsburgh about losing Shelton because he was the Pirates' minor league player of the year the previous season.
Labels: Chris Jakubauskas, Mark Mason
posted by Chris Dugan at
2:03 PM
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Mason's only connection to the the majors is that he still has to pay for a ticket to see one of their games!
What a knuckle dragger!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Real class act. Must be Jelks.
jelks wouldn't write something like that, he doesn't read this blog,...most likely one of the players Mason already dropped from last years roster
MARK MASON HAS IN THE PAST BEEN A GOOD COACH AND CONTINUES TO BE A GOOD COACH - THE PLAYERS HAVE ALWAYS LIKED HIM AND HE HAS TAKEN CHANCES WITH SOME OF THE PLAYERS THAT PAID OFF FOR THE TEAM - WHO CARES -- ALL OF YOU CRITICS WOULD LOVE TO BE IN HIS PLACE - BUT HA HA YOU'RE NOT AND HE IS THE COACH AND A GOOD ONE AT THAT!!
Why are you SHOUTING?
If Mark Mason was so good why in the past two season that he managed did he have losing records. Mason sucks
If Joe Torre managed the Pirates the last year, two years, five years, 10 years, would they not still have had a losing record?
If Danny Murtaugh managed the Pirates the last year, two years, five years, 10 years, would they not still have had a losing record?
If Tony LaRussa managed the Pirates the last year, two years, five years, 10 years, would they not still have had a losing record?
If Jim Leyland managed the Pirates the last year, two years, five years, 10 years, would they not still have had a losing record?
If Mark Mason managed the Wild Things the last year, two years, five years, would they have had a better or worse record?
But, here's what really matters, WITH Mark Mason managing the Wild Things THIS year, will they be better or worse than if somebody else was the manager?
That's really the question.
Mason has managed for 3 seasons, (05, 07, 08), during those 3 seasons he had more wins than Jelks did in the same seasons.
Both had travel teams but Mason's teams were truly on the road, where Jelks had a home field at Slippery Rock. That was Mason's 1st year of pro managing and they had 46 wins, (he was also named Manager of the Year) Jelks, who had been managing in the league much longer had 29 wins with Slippery Rock. Eric Coleman managed the Midwest Sliders ( traveling team in 08) and he had 29 wins.
Mason has had no pitching or hitting coaches the last 2 years in Chillicothe, Jelks and all other managers have had at least one position coach and most have more. (Washington has 3 assistant coaches plus the manager).
I believe with a full on field support staff Mason will be extremely successful! He has done pretty well in possibly the toughest circumstances in the league.
I should have said combined wins during the 3 seasons of (05, 07 and 08).
I wish Mason the best, he finally gets a good situation and I'm sure he'll take advantage of it.
I agree with the Paints fan. Give the guy a chance.
The pain's fan is way off base. Mason only had one season that was better then Jelks, which was in 07
In 05 he was 46-49 as Jelks was 52-43, and in 08 they both had the same record. As for Mason's traveling team he only traveled in the begining of the season and then played home games in one place. As a manager he has never had a winning season he has never even been at .500 so how in the world could you say he is a good manager. The wild things are definetly in trouble
To clear up a little confusion on the Mason and Jelks records of the past:
Ohio Valley played 23 "home" games in 2005. If memory serves me correctly, the Redcoats played 3 home games in Lorain, Ohio, 6 more in Marietta, Ohio, and 14 in Lafayette, Ind. There really wasn't much of a home-field advantage or travel break.
Slippery Rock played 30 home games in 2007, all in The Rock. Still, a difficult season for travel.
In head-to-head matchups, Jelks' teams hold a 20-18 edge over Mason's teams.
for the anons that can't read. I said combined wins in 05, 07 and 08.
Mason had 132 in those 3 seasons
Jelks had 129 in those 3 seasons
Jelks has also not had a winning record in the past 3 seasons.
in 06 he was 46-50, in 07 he was 29-56 and in 08 he was 48-48. Although, he did win a championship in 06 with a below .500 record, representing the west which was really down in talent that year. Only one team in the west had a winning record that year and it was Rockford (49-47).
Jelks might not have had a winning season in 3 years but MASON HAS NEVER HAD A WINNING SEASON
... And he's still a better manager than Jelks.
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