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Jarrod Washburn Rumors: Wednesday
6:41pm: Dan Graziano says the Yankees aren't looking at other starters. They're waiting to see if the Mariners will drop their price on Washburn. They may try to acquire him in August.
11:17am: SI.com's Jon Heyman says the Ms are asking for quite a bit for Washburn - two of one NL team's top prospects, for example. Meanwhile, Buster Olney talked to one exec who speculated that Washburn might make sense for the Mets.
9:42am: I spoke too soon - the Rockies are indeed interested in Washburn. Tim Redding and Josh Fogg are a couple other names on the radar.
Ken Rosenthal characterizes the Fogg interest as legit, but feels that the Ms are just trying to stir Colorado's interest in Washburn.
9:29am: According to Ken Davidoff of Newsday, the Yankees' trade talks for Jarrod Washburn are dead. The Yanks will turn to Ian Kennedy, Phil Hughes, and maybe Freddy Garcia. They can also rekindle the Washburn talks in August if they think he will clear waivers (most do).
I am surprised other teams aren't looking more seriously at Washburn given the weak market for starting pitching. The Rockies, White Sox, and Mets would all make sense.
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"I am surprised other teams aren't looking more seriously at Washburn given the weak market for starting pitching. The Rockies, White Sox, and Mets would all make sense."
Yes, those teams all make sense. It's the Mariners' demands that don't make sense. They can get salary relief or a decent player/prospect. Not both.
Posted by: mac_1103 | July 30, 2008 at 09:44 AM
The Mariners need to let this fantasy of Washburn yielding anything other then salary relief go. It's going to cost them in the end; literally and figuratively.
Posted by: WidespreadPanic | July 30, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Demanding 2 top prospects for Washburn (if true) is the reason the Mariners are doomed for mediocrity for the forseeable future.
Posted by: UConnHuskies | July 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM
smart decion by the yankees in not trading for washburn them's are asking wayyyy too much
and the yankees are just gonna wait it out for hughes or kennedy possibly pavano
Posted by: yankeefanbriccio13 | July 30, 2008 at 12:07 PM
We don't really know what teams are or were interensted in Wash since the Yankees thing took up all of the speculation. Two quality prospects is too much for Washburn, but I think we should get one if we are going to trade him. Even if we ate some of his contract in exchange for getting a good prospect it would still be worth it. This team needs good young players, which is not going to happen by just dumping his salary.
Posted by: ZBham | July 30, 2008 at 06:40 PM
The M's have money... salary relief isn't a big deal for them because they have the revenue/willingness to still pay Wash's contract even if they trade him or keep him and want to sign free agents in the offseason. That's what people keep ignoring here... sure, it would be nice to get the remainder of his contract off their books... but the M's are not a poor team. They give ludicrous contracts to players of dubious talent, so obviously they have money and aren't afraid to spend it. At this point, they need prospects WAY WAY more than salary relief. It's gonna take a long time to recover from Bavasi's brilliant Bedard trade.
And I think it's pretty arrogant for the Yanks to just think they'll be able to pick Wash up in August if they need/want. At that point, the M's should just keep him... he's substantially better than Silva and Batista.
Posted by: rlh37 | July 30, 2008 at 06:52 PM
I'm gettin tired with Washburn and the M's.
Posted by: yankfan1 | July 30, 2008 at 08:33 PM
Announcer Chad Krueger (after the 3-4 Ms loss to Texas) just said he believes Washburn is gone once the Ms/Yankees pinpoint what prospect is going to go to Seattle. He also said Arthut Rhodes is gone to the Bucs or Florida.
I hate the Yankees... anyone else notice they added another prick to their roster? I-Rod.
Posted by: 116ismyfavoritenumber | July 30, 2008 at 10:26 PM