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Mariners Sign Chad Cordero
FRIDAY, 7:04pm: Joel Sherman of the New York Post has Cordero's contract deals. He gets a base salary of $750K if he reaches the Majors, plus incentives. He can also request his release if he's not in the bigs by June 15th.
THURSDAY, 9:33pm: According to Larry Stone of the Seattle Times, the Mariners signed reliever Chad Cordero to a minor league deal. He picked the right team, as the Ms have perhaps the least-settled closing situation in baseball. In fact, Cordero's agent Larry Reynolds told Ken Rosenthal that the pitcher turned down more money elsewhere for the chance to close in Seattle.
Cordero, 26, had surgery in July to repair a torn labrum and biceps tendon. Reynolds told Rosenthal that the typical recovery time would put Cordero on track to pitch in April or May, barring setbacks. Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the Twins believe Cordero still has a ways to go.
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JJ Putz closing replacement?
Posted by: Mr.Metropolitan | March 12, 2009 at 09:35 PM
Test and Comment -
It was only a matter of time given all the interest in Cordero.
Posted by: AA | March 12, 2009 at 09:36 PM
Would have been an interesting fit in StL...
Posted by: MVPujols | March 12, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Mariners makes perfect sense.
Solid signing.
Posted by: melonis rex | March 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM
"He picked the right team, as the Ms have perhaps the least-settled closing situation in baseball."
Perfect analysis. I know Rob Neyer and Buster Onley will write a 1000+ word column tomorrow about the signing, but you said it all.
Posted by: PWHjort | March 12, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Is anyone else seeing double main article posts? The Price story and Odds and Ends seem to have double posted...
Posted by: Billiken | March 12, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Damn you, Jim Bowden...if you didn't say anything about releasing Chad prematurely, he'd still be a National.
Hail to the Chief.
Posted by: DCSportsGuy | March 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Hard to believe he's only 26. Seems like he's been around for a long time.
Solid signing though.
Posted by: sp_da_man | March 12, 2009 at 11:24 PM
It's a shame all the health issues that have plagued this guy. He is a stand-up guy and first class talent. I first met him at a CSU Fullerton baseball camp the year before he got drafted. He's a great guy and was willing to help out all the kids there. I hope he makes a strong recovery.
Posted by: GScott | March 12, 2009 at 11:31 PM
If he gets back to his 2006 self then this will be the steal of the offseason.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | March 13, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Unfortunately for the Nats they got stuck between a rock and a hard place with the Chief...between the minimum of like $4 mil they would have had to offer him to keep him without non-tendering him and Bowden going out and saying they were gonna cut him loose like the idiot he is...well yeah.
Best of luck to you, Chief. We'll miss you in DC.
Posted by: thehoagster07 | March 13, 2009 at 02:04 AM
There goes David Aardsma's chances of closing in 2009 with this signing..
The closing situation was in rough shape with Aardsma under consideration for the closers job, but apparently he was and now he can go back to late inning relief, where he will be under a little less pressure to have to throw strikes maybe.
Posted by: johns | March 13, 2009 at 04:34 AM
Gagne 2.0
Posted by: Comma8 | March 13, 2009 at 06:35 AM
Hanging onto Cordero when there they could have got *something* for him a few years back, along with the same thing with Soriano - had they traded both, their system and future would likely have been brighter, if only a bit. Just more of Bowden's mistakes. How did he keep his job so long?
Posted by: kswissreject | March 13, 2009 at 09:04 AM
Another great move by Zduriencik.
We'll see how the Griffey and Branyan moves pan out, but I think Jack Z is definitely moving this team in the right direction.
I'm not sure that signing Fields was the right thing to do, but the Putz trade made a massive improvement to the teams overall defense. Gutierrez should be in the outfield for a while, and Cedeno and Olson have a chance to be legitimate contributors on that team. Cleto also has some good upside and is a very solid pitching prospect.
Cordero is the type of high upside/low risk signing that the Mariners need to stock up on, as they hope to vault themselves back into contention.
Posted by: scribbletone | March 13, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Would have been an interesting fit in StL...
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Ummm no, StL has an average summer temperature of 85.8 degrees, and humidity of 112%. It won't work.
Posted by: melonis_rex | March 13, 2009 at 07:44 PM
Hard to believe Bowden didn't trade this guy when he still had value. He's a classic overrated closer, should have been traded for greater value than he actually represents. M's get a descent reliever but the guy is really only a closer in name, no overpowering stuff, just the right guy at the right place at right time. Nothing special but when he's healthy he is competent.
Posted by: pageian | March 13, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Re: Scribbletone (on Fields)
A lot of people around baseball are saying this is an extremely weak draft class. Like one of the worst in the last 10 years. They're saying after about 15 to 20 players, it gets REALLY thin. I think Zduriencik made the right call given that view (since he would have been drafting after 20 if he passed on Fields). That, and the fact that no one is stepping up this spring to fill that closer void. Batista is trash, Lowe is getting hit, Corcoran is questionable to even make the team, Morrow is still slotted for the rotation.. A lot of guys think Fields has the chance to close for the Mariners as early as June/July.
Right now, it looks like Aardsma is the best option out of the gate. He has been solid this spring. I think the signing of Cordero just adds another guy that could step up given that no one else has done so.
And, personally, I REALLY like that Z is supposedly going to give Branyan a full time shot this year. Sure he strikes out a ton but he also has a ton of power. Given 500 at bats, I see him as a lock for 30+ homeruns and 90+ RBI. That may also come with 200Ks but I would take it with that power line.
Posted by: thr33niL | March 13, 2009 at 09:13 PM
Great signing.
Posted by: bjsguess | March 13, 2009 at 11:13 PM
"And, personally, I REALLY like that Z is supposedly going to give Branyan a full time shot this year. Sure he strikes out a ton but he also has a ton of power. Given 500 at bats, I see him as a lock for 30+ homeruns and 90+ RBI. That may also come with 200Ks but I would take it with that power line."
I agree with this. Picking up Branyan on the cheap and giving him a full season should pay off with some nice dividends. Great way to re-inject the power that Ibanez took with him into that lineup.
Posted by: melonis rex | March 14, 2009 at 03:33 PM
Without the lawn darts, of course.
Posted by: melonis rex | March 14, 2009 at 03:34 PM
add it to the list of "maybes" and "could be's"...
I wish that we could have a mariners team that was actually bankable.
Posted by: Griffeysleftknee | March 17, 2009 at 04:17 PM
he chose the mariners over the twins to get a closer role but it looks like that backfired on him and he could be playing for a playoff contention team instead of one that is going to challenge for the worst record in the league
Posted by: twinsfan06 | March 29, 2009 at 03:56 PM