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Mariners Listening On Sexson
Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson hit a painful .205/.295/.399 last year. He's got one more year on his contract at $14MM, and most feel that he can't help but be better in 2008. Mariners GM Bill Bavasi recently acknowledged that some teams have inquired about Sexson.
According to the link above, one option could be swapping Sexson for another supposed bad contract, Vicente Padilla. Padilla makes $11MM in '08, $12MM in '09, and has a $12MM club option for 2010 with a $1.75MM buyout. So he has $24.75MM guaranteed left on his contract. Padilla had an injury-plagued year but at least came on strong in September. He's fairly risky in general, but the fact that he's crazy is an added burden. Still, I imagine he's looking interesting to several teams.
Another place to send Sexson could be Kansas City. The Royals don't have a bad contract to swap, so the Ms would have to eat money. I'm guessing the Royals would take a chance on Sexson if they only had to pay half his salary.
The Giants are one other team that has been linked to Sexson, and they do have the Ray Durham contract to swap. Durham makes $7.5MM in '08 in the last year of his deal.
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I think a trade of Sexton for Padilla could be a good one for both teams. Not much downside for either team.
Posted by: Mike Simms | November 10, 2007 at 11:01 AM
I think this would be goo he needs a change of scenary maybe he'll have another breakout season + his in a contract year.
Posted by: JasonV | November 10, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Why would the Mariners be at all interested in Durham? They already have Lopez and Vidro, so it wouldn't be a great idea to add another mediocre second baseman.
Posted by: EvanM | November 10, 2007 at 11:57 AM
They can have Durham, Roberts, Aurilia, and Kline for Sexson!!
Posted by: zito4cyyoung | November 10, 2007 at 12:14 PM
I agree with EvanM, the Mariners don't need more second basemen. Even though Vidro really isnt a 2B anymore, Jose Lopez is young, cheap and is at least a servicable 2B. I don't get why nobody is considering the Yankees. They have an opening at first base and easily enough money to pay him. They could move Sexson and maybe a little cash to the Yanks for a Tyler Clippard or a Jeff Karstens. Or if we want to continue with the bad contracts trade, i think a deal that makes perfect sense is Richie Sexson for Kei Igawa or Carl Pavano. The Mariners need more pitching, they're closer to Japan in Igawa's case, and the odds are quite low that Igawa or Pavano would start for New York next year. and Sexson can fill a hole for the Yankees and add another potent bat to their lineup at a low cost.
Posted by: scribbletone | November 10, 2007 at 12:40 PM
No NL team would want Sexson, he is probably the worst starting fielding first basemen in the entire MLB. A lowly AL team may use him as DH, but if Sexson gets his tendonitis fixed, learn some plate discipline, and at least read pitches that are coming with some some sort thread rotation training, he may get his BA up to .240-250. However, I think this was more than a slump year, because he has isn't making contact.
The only trade I can see anyone doing for Sexson to get rid of problem contracts is Jason Giambi for Sexson, with the Yankees paying some of Giambi salary, while the Mariners picking up some of Sexson's salary.
I can also see the Mariners make any sort of deal for Beltre with the Yankees that they have to take Sexson as well. (highly unlikely)
It takes alot of effort for a club to bench a $14-$15 million player, but Sexson like Giambi main draw was his slugging percentage, not his fielding skills. He has to go down as one of the worst contracts ever.
Posted by: okojo | November 10, 2007 at 01:12 PM
Why is Padilla crazy? Did he do something?
Posted by: Land-Man | November 10, 2007 at 03:30 PM
As far as i know Richie Sexson is actually a fairly good fielder. I would understand that too considering how tall he is, you'd think he'd be able to get to a lot of poorly thrown balls
Posted by: scribbletone | November 10, 2007 at 03:50 PM
Huff for Sexson. Its as good a guess as any. Seattle gets 2 yrs of a decent useful multipositional player Balt hopes Sexson finds his swing and hits 45HR in camden yards
Posted by: touchmymonkey | November 10, 2007 at 03:51 PM
touchmymonkey, that only goes down if the Mariners eat about half of Sexson's salary, since it pretty much doubles Huff's
Posted by: scribbletone | November 10, 2007 at 04:12 PM
scribbletone, I think the Ms would be ok getting Pavano or Igawa, or maybe even Mussina... does anybody think that they could pull off a Sexson for Big Unit deal? Maybe if they add Johjima? I know the dbacks have Jackson at 1B, but they are in desperate need of 40 homer potential...
Posted by: jodroke | November 10, 2007 at 04:56 PM
You must not remember the DBacks history with Sexson. We traded Schilling to the Red Sox and then gave virtually all the value of that trade to the Brewers, plus a few others, for Sexson only to have him get a season ending injury about 3 weeks into the season.
That and RJ came back to AZ because it is his home and we wants to work where he lives.
Lastly, we have Jackson, Tracy, Clark (maybe) and Reynolds who can all play 1B.
Posted by: tmar | November 10, 2007 at 07:14 PM
no, I remember... I know it isn't good... I was just trying find a way to get more power in an otherwise complete lineup, and there is no reason to believe that RJ is going to be pitching more than 15 games this season...
Posted by: jodroke | November 10, 2007 at 07:27 PM
Yeah but there is no way the D-Backs would just bench Conor Jackson. Especially for Richie Sexson. If they want to add power it wouldn't be a good idea to try and get it from first base. Nearly all of the guys in this lineup are younger, so they're all developing their power still, so I would wait a year and see how Drew, Young, Reynolds, Jackson, Upton, Quentin and Montero fair before going out and getting some overpaid cockboy veteran who might have one more big season left in him if he's lucky. Even if it's for the practically useless Randy Johnson. I just don't have confidence in his health
Posted by: scribbletone | November 10, 2007 at 07:33 PM
I have no expectations of RJ pitching a full season, if at all, but I believe there's at least a gentlemans agreement that we not trade him. When he came back to AZ last year it was because he wanted to be here. Even if the front office thought it was a good move, he's not going anywhere next year.
Of all the DBacks problems on offense last year, home runs weren't one of them. Our biggest issues were a bunch of rookie would-be superstars hitting under .250 so even when we jacked one out of the park there was often nobody on base to benefit.
Posted by: tmar | November 10, 2007 at 07:38 PM
scribbletone and tmar: thank you for your points. They certainly have convinced me...
Posted by: jodroke | November 10, 2007 at 08:45 PM
I think the Mariners want to bring in some kind of veteran 2B to challenge Lopez.
Posted by: Tim Dierkes | November 10, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Richie is hardly a lousy fielder (2 errors and a thousand putouts this season), okojo, and some NL pitching could definitely do him some good...
I personally expect that no one is willing to eat Richie's contract and if they have to, Bonehead Bavasi will just stick it out with Rowland-Smith and Morrow if he has to spend any extra pitching money on Sexson...
Posted by: MrGenre | November 11, 2007 at 10:54 PM
Sexson is one of the worst fielding first baseman in MLB. His height helps him gets balls thrown high or wide, but he has no range as a fielder. He is too slow and lumbersome to be a credible first baseman. It is not his stats on put outs but his range that calls in question why in the world any team would had sign him to contract he received. If he works at his hitting during the off season, and learn some plate discipline, and pick up breaking balls, instead of swinging at anything to see if he will get contact, then he may get his BA and OPS up. The Mariners have some strong strong parts of their team, and if they get rid of Sexson or get him to hit with players on base, they can even be better.
If you think I am off base in my assessment, just read the USS Mariner blog about the trials and fielding of the Mariner's first baseman.
Posted by: okojo | November 12, 2007 at 08:13 AM