Is there a website that lists how long the Mariners contracts run. With
most of those listed the players will be paid until the contract expires
which is a huge burden.
One thing the team needs to think about is trading Ichiro. Even with his
large salary there would be a market for his services. He would bring in
younger players to meet the need of a five year rebuilding process. In
five
years Ichiro's value will not be that great.
Also why stop the firing there, believe Howard Lincoln should go for not
acting sooner.
"Bret Ripley" <ripley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:40:49 -0700 (PDT), jessica_smith_nyc wrote:
>
>> I think we need to trade ***son, Batista, Vidro, and Washburn
>
> 1) Make a list of baseball decision-makers that would seriously consider
> making a trade for any of those guys.
>
> 2) Are any names left after you cross off the ones who already work for
> the
> Mariners?
>
> If Pelekoudas' Trade-Hotline phone is ringing, it'll be GMs asking about
> Felix, Bedard, Morrow, Clement ... they won't be asking about low-upside
> under-performers with mill-stones for contracts (unless maybe Seattle
> agrees to eat most of the mill-stone).
>
>> start. Maybe bring Clement back up
>
> DING!
>
>> and put him in as the everyday
>> catcher. Ichiro is back in right again so maybe bring up another
>> outfielder. The real challenge this season is to avoid 100 losses and
>> be the first team to do that while spending over $100 million.
>
> Completely disagree. The real challenge is to make savvy moves to build
a
> legitimate playoff contender for 2009 or 2010 without squa****ng the life
> out of the farm system. Holding on to players that may have trade value
> just to avoid 100 losses is nuts. If there are deals on the table that
> make
> the team better for next year, this year's projected loss total simply
> shouldn't be a factor. I don't care if they lose 110 games in 2008 if
> they're back in the playoff hunt within the next two years.
>
> Bret
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