Junior Would Return To Seattle

But Griffey is the only partner to comment so ... it's on the Mariners.

Ken Griffey JR doesnt need to play the OF all that much ... he can simply DH and get some fielding time in at 1B...

1. Griffey is NOT as bad as he is made out to be by you guys...just because he doesn't have the range he used to have, doesn't mean that he is a horrendous liability. Griffey can still get it done, Ken Williams has shown no disappointment in what Griffey offered to the team. There is a good chance that he could be a regular CF/RF in a similar platoon to what he had with Anderson in Chicago. Pinch Run/Pull him after an at bat in the 7/8th inning for defensive improvement with a guy who can't swing the bat.

2. Griffey won't be going to first base.

3. With the american league, DH is always a possibility to keep him in the line up on his off days

4. From the Marketing Perspective in respect to Seattle, look at Ramirez in LA. They sold record amounts of jerseys at prices higher than any other players. That would be the same thing with Jr. in Seattle. He would practically pay for himself (at 4 mill or so) in souvenir sales, not even mentioning bringing extra fans.

5. For those in Cincy that hated on him as a "virus" and what not...Ozzie and Ken Williams certainly had a different opinion. They said that just having him on the team made them a better team, even if he wasn't in the lineup.

I certainly see Griffey having a choice of where he wants to go, I wouldn't be surprised to see offers from at least 5 clubs. White Sox will probably make an offer, Mariners will probably make an offer, Rays will probably make an offer...and i am sure that there are others out there that want griffey on their roster.

griffey is perfect for the m's right now. here are the reasons:

1.more people in the seats
2.left handed bat at dh, would you rather have jose vidro back?

3.putting him at dh would put clement at 1st to platoon with mike morse.

i know he is older but he would make a great 5th or 6th hitter in the lineup. less chance of getting hurt at dh. hopefully mr. z the new gm can get jj hardy over here from milwaukee. betancourt is more of a concern then griffey. he is playing like a shortstop off the bench.

The only real value to bringing Griffey in now is to put fans in the seats. I know I would go to a few more games if Junior was back. Fact is that Seattle has a ton of questions to answer at a number of positions. That along with their core minor league talent being at least 2 years away means they are going to need to be some stop-gaps brought in.

Griffey would be the king of all stop-gap players. I would like to see him take a stab at 1B. Seattle is devoid of talent there and doesn't have any on the way either.

Griffey would fit in fine as a 1B/DH occasional LFer. He's not getting any World Series rings if he comes to Seattle though and that may weigh heavy on his decision.

coltholt, I know exactly what you're saying. I could never stand the negativity around him caused by the fans here. I was just saying the people who were constantly hating on Griffey were morons. The same idiots who in one week span would hate Griffey for not trying for certain fly balls hard enough and yelling because he dove for a ball but it got past him.

If you wanted griffey for home run plateaus you should have tried for him last offseason. Griffey only (reasonably) has one plateau left and he won't hit that until post all star break 2010 (660/661). If you want him for the plateaus, give him a 3 year deal with incentives for the milestones (3000 hits, 660/661 hrs...other posibilities...outside shot of 2000 RBIs...i don't know all of the all-time standings on the rest of the stats...but i am sure 2000 rbis is getting up there...)

"Griffey was over 10 runs below average defensively in part time play last year. He is miserable in the field at this point."

That may well be an effect of wearing down. Spending more time at DH can help that.