Re: YAY YAHOOO YIPPEEEEE

"Floyd Rogers" <fbloogyuds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "falcon83" <falcon83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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.
>
> http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/seattle-mariners.html
> There's a link on the USS Mariner website.
>
Thanks for the link.
Not as bad as I thought, after 2009 considerable money is freed up. 
Hopefully the chosen GM will actually have an eye for talent and value 
unlike Bavasi.
The Carlos Silva contract hurts but jettisoning ***son and Vidro at year
end 
will free up some cash for next year.  After all that was given up for 
Bedard he is only under contract through this year?  Hope he stays healthy

so
he can be dealt at the deadline.  It is unlikely he would want to stick 
around through the rebuilding.

>> 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.
>
> It's very unlikely that Ichiro will be traded due to the Japanese 
> connection
> with Yamauchi/Nintendo.
>
> FloydR
>
I also doubt he will be traded but from a team perspective this is one
asset 
that would return value.  Trading Johjima would be tough for the same 
Nintendo connections.