Mariners Rumors: Putz, Washburn, Beltre

Thr33niL is right. I don't care if Putz is traded or not. Morrow needs to be in the rotation until he pitches himself out as an incapable starter. If Morrow works on his pitch counts, I think he can be an effective starter IMO. KEEP HIM THERE. And trade Putz. A rebuilding team doesn't need a closer anyways.

Sam- The Josh Fields signing and Morrow's future are irrelevant. Morrow should start off in the rotation regardless, and stay there unless hes ineffective.

I'm against the Fields signing b/c a rebuilding team with a mediocre farm system(top prospects are years away) doesn't need a closer, it needs impact bats/arms. The M's can use the comp pick from not signing Fields on a different player.

Mariners new GM needs to convince ownership to go into sell mode for what they can get value for, notably, Putz and beltre right off should be hot tickets at the meetings and could both go a long way to rebuilding the farm system they depleted in the bedard trade. Johjima they are flat out stuck with, probably the same with washburn unless they eat 1/2 or so of washburn's money and even more of Johjimma's contract, which might just be the worst now in the league?

Bedard a non tender candidate, so no trade value there, but ichiro could get something, doubt Japanese ownership would allow that however.