J.J. Putz Rumors: Tuesday

I figured the jack z and melvin connection would happen. If they could find a way to include beltre this would be a desirable trade

Pretty sure Jeff Clement is not going anywhere.

Thames/Joyce, Larish, and a minor league pitcher for Putz?

I think highly of these guys, esp. Larish, but it might be enough.

Not to mention Iorg, Worth, Dusty Ryan... lesser guys liek St. Pierre, Skelton, Sizemore.
Pitchers Perry, Porcello are untouchable... but Tata is a pitcher that isn't fantastic, but available.

Don't the Brewers also need a closer?

The sad thing is that Steve Phillips actually wrote that, and that isn't a typo from Tim.

Can we PLEASE crown Steve Phillips as the worst baseball writer for any major publication?

Okay so how about this one then:

Putz, Beltre, and a prospect for Fielder and Bill Hall?

I hate Steve Phillips..

HAHAHA STEVE PHILLIPS IS SUCH A MORON

scribbletone, as bad as Phillips is, he's not as bad as Heyman.

I think Phillips meant to say JJ for Cecil Fielder.

you guys are the morons.
phillips lives on "3 steps ahead of you drive".
he has the tigers trading miguel cabrera to the brewers for prince fielder and mike cameron. the tigers then will trade fielder, cameron, and a box of jim leyland's cigars to the mariners for putz and ichiro.

jokes on youuu, suckerssss

i like steve phillips and dave littlefield are proof for every armchair GM that even YOU could get paid millions to run a fantasy team even if you suck at it... but do it in real life.

Either Phillips meant to say Cecil Fielder, or that the Brewers were also in the mix, and would be willing to trade Prince Fielder for JJ and some starting pitching (long-shot, but Washburn anyone? possible of Seattle eats some of his contract)

Phillips needs to get his head in the game though. C'mon man.

why would anyone listen to steve phillips on a trade possibility he thought of, the only person that should listen to him is victor zambrano

• The Mariners need a power hitter. The Brewers need a closer. There is speculation that the two teams are discussing a package involving J.J. Putz and Prince Fielder.

tim, you didnt copy and paste like your supposed to

Brewers should just sign Fuentes or Hoffman and keep Fielder...

morrow looks impressive, how long is he under team control? And he's a future starter, right?

What if they used....., I don't know......Brad Nelson or Matt Gamel?

i dont see corey hart playing 1st just because of his speed. i could see mat gamel moving up, but theyve already said that he'll probably stay in the minors. id love to see him come up though.

im pretty sure the brewers arent gonna move around their outfield. brauns staying put till 2015, cameron is staying unless a really good trade is offered, and corey hart is a fast outfielder with a strong arm. why waste his talent and put him at 1st. if anything put hall at first and sign a third baseman.

well i like that expescialy the hall trade but i think we would need to get a starter in that deal

and move jj to 3rd, do we still have durham?

we dont have durham, but i dont see them signing him to a deal, considering they signed randolph at bench coach to specifically work with weeks. so, unfortunately, weeks will probably be starting at 2nd. jj will stay at ss, unless they dont get a 3rd baseman, but i dont see them moving jj to third.

There is no way the Brewers make a trade that involves Beltre. His contract is huge and it would only add to the payroll. The reason for moving Hall is to get rid of his contract.

It will be hard to trade Fielder considering that we would need a Major league 1B to replace him. Also, he is our only left handed bat right now. I think a multi- team deal would be needed to move Fielder.

craig-

Brian Fuentes is a free agent..

And I seriously doubt that the Mariners would even consider moving Morrow. They need all the young pitching they can get for the future, and guys like him, Hernandez, Bedard, Aumont, Ramirez, etc. are really important to bringing them back to contention.

The problem with a Putz for Fielder deal is that the M's would have to add more in return. That "more" would probably come in the form of young players, who the M's need to keep for their future.

There is no way Bedard is traded right now because his value is about as low as it could possibly be.

If the Mariners trade JJ, there is no way Morrow goes also as he is the obvious replacement for closer. If you paid any attention last year, when JJ was injured Brandon was the one that closed out the games.

And, we don't need another over hyped overweight, no defense first baseman. No way Fielder comes to Seattle. Look at Z's latest signings, 2 first basemen, why would he go after a 3rd.