| Date | News |
| 4/03/10 | Balentien was told he was not making the big league club and will be designated for assignment in hopes of working out a trade. |
| 7/30/09 | Balentien, who's expected to join the club Thursday or Friday, was acquired from the Mariners in exchange for right-handed pitcher Robert Manuel.
Balentien appeared in 56 games this season for the Mariners, including 37 starts in the outfield. He batted .213 with 10 doubles, four home runs and 13 RBIs.
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| 7/29/09 | The Cincinnati Reds acquired OF Wladimir Balentien from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for pitcher Robert Manuel.
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| 7/25/09 | The Mariners designated Balentien for assignment. |
| 6/06/09 | Balentien got one of the Mariners' four hits last night and it batting .235 - but his 10th inning error in the outfield might cost him some at-bats. It led to the game-winning run by the Twins in their 2-1 victory over the Mariners. |
| 4/12/09 | Balentien sat out today's game with a sore left wrist, but could have pinch run or played the outfield as a defensive replacement. |
| 4/11/09 | Balentien left today’s game against the Athletics because of a sprained left wrist. He jammed his wrist on the ground when he dove for a ball hit by Orlando Cabrera in the bottom of the first inning. |
| 3/24/09 | Balentien drove in three runs with a second-inning home run (his third of the spring), a seventh-inning sacrifice fly, and a ninth-inning single. He is batting .410 this spring. |
| 3/09/09 | Balentien launched his second home run of camp, a three-run shot in the first inning of yesterday's Cactus League game. He arrived at training camp a week ago. |
| 3/05/09 | Balentien made his first appearance of the spring and went 1-for-3 with a walk.
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| 3/02/09 | Balentien arrived at Mariners' spring training camp Sunday. He attributed the delay to visa issues traveling through Venezuela. Mariners' manager Don Wakamatsu said that Balentien needs the better part of a week before he sees game action. Last spring, Balentien got off to a good start, but the Mariners optioned him back to Tacoma in mid-June when his average dipped below .200. The team recalled him in August. He finished the year hitting .202 with seven HR - and 79 strikeouts in only 243 at-bats. Balentien said. "I will take that experience and bring it into this year and still try to be myself and try not to do too much and just try to have a little more success." He might not find that success with the Mariners - he no longer has any options, so if he does not earn a spot on the Mariners' major-league roster for opening day he will have to go through waivers. If that happens, he will most certainly end up on another team. |
| 2/20/09 | Balentien might have lost his chance to play regularly in the Seattle outfield with the reacquisition of franchise legend Ken Griffey Jr. and the trade for Franklin Gutierrez. If the Mariners return Balentien to the minors, he must clear waivers – he is out of options. |
| 8/05/08 | Balentien was recalled to replace Vidro. Balentien, 24, batted .196 (21-for-107) with four doubles and four home runs in 32 games from April 30-June 6, and then was returned to Tacoma to regain his batting stroke. Balentien responded well, batting .270 with 12 home runs and 35 RBIs in 44 games after the demotion. |
| 6/19/08 | Outfielder Wladimir Balentien was sent back to the minors |
| 6/08/08 | Balentien provided some power when he came up on April 30, but has since struggled and currently owns a .194 batting average. |
| 6/03/08 | Mariners right fielder Balentien is the latest struggling hitter to see extra time in the batting cages instead of the field. Balentien has only eight hits in his last 43 at-bats, with only one of those, a double, going for extra bases.
He has also struck out 30 times in his first 89 at-bats since a late-April call-up from Class AAA. Hence the extra work in batting cages with hitting coach Jeff Pentland. |
| 5/29/08 | With a double on Wednesday, Wladimir Balentien reached base safely for the 17th consecutive game. |
| 5/14/08 | Mariners outfielder Wladimir Balentien's two-run home run Monday night gave him four homers in 13 games this season. |
| 5/10/08 | After his solo shot Friday night, Wladimir Balentien leads the team with three home runs since being called up on April 30. . |
| 5/05/08 | Balentien began with a three-run homer off Cleveland's Cliff Lee just after being recalled from Class AAA Tacoma on Wednesday. In the four games since, Balentien has gone 1 for 14 with seven strikeouts. |
| 5/01/08 | Balentien was called up to the Mariners |
| 4/30/08 | Balentien was not in Tacoma's line up after he hit three home runs in Monday's game. Speculation exists that he may be called up to the Mariners |
| 4/21/08 | The Mariners were breathing sighs of relief Sunday when early word was that outfield prospect Wladimir Balentien wasn't seriously hurt when slamming his left knee into some concrete Saturday night while attempting a sliding catch. Balentien injured the knee in the top of the sixth inning in a Class AAA game between Tacoma and Colorado Springs. Early reports stated that Balentien did not suffer any broken bones or torn ligaments, though he had to be helped off the field by teammates — his injured leg not touching the ground. Balentien was to be re-evaluated again Sunday. |
| 3/24/08 | The 23-year-old Balentien, who batted .319 (15-for-47) with a team-leading three home runs and nine RBIs in Cactus League games, was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma |
| 3/13/08 | The team leader in doubles is Wladimir Balentien with five this spring |
| 3/02/08 | Wladimir Balentien hit a monster shot home run off Padres reliever Enrique Gonzalez in the sixth inning, then delivered a two-run shot that tied the game at 10 in the ninth on Saturday |
| 9/27/07 | Balentien slugged his first big league home run yesterday against the Indians and has gone 2-for-3 since joining the Mariners from Triple-A Tacoma. He hit 24 home runs for Triple-A Tacoma. |
| 9/04/07 | Balentien hit a two-run double in his first at-bat in the Major Leagues - and in Yankee Stadium to boot. |
| 9/04/07 | The Seattle Mariners recalled Wladimir Balentien from Triple-A Tacoma today. He won Pacific Coast Rookie of the Year honors by hitting .291 with 24 doubles, 24 homers, 84 RBI, and 15 steals. |
| 8/13/07 | Tacoma's Wladimir Balentien dislocated the little finger on his left hand and will be sidelined at least two weeks. He sustained the injury while trying to make a diving catch on Friday. |
| 11/29/05 | From minorleaguebaseball.com, "... really started putting it together this year with Inland Empire. Although he struck out 160 times, he posted his highest batting average to date, .291, while leading the organization with 25 homers and driving in 93 runs. He slugged .553, thanks to a total of 71 extra-base hits (38 doubles and eight triples)." |
Wladimir Balentien
