Odds & Ends: Phillies, Nationals, Mariners

I was basically just about to post the same comment you did there.

Don't know much about Seattle's financial situation but what do you think they could get Lackey for? Can they make the $100M offer?

But, damn, Hernandez-Lackey-Jackson is pretty nice.

Edwin Jackson-
2009-4.28fip/4.75tra career 4.72 fip/ 5.22 tra
Anyone buying 'high' on Edwin Jackson is going to be sorely disappointed by his regression to his mean.

Vizquel should be a Met. Great defensive sub and a leader. Hima an Hinske along with Pagan and the backup catcher on the Mets bench looks pretty nice. And relatively cheap.

Mariners fans are getting ahead of themselves. We aren't about to jump into any major signing unless the player's name is Felix.

Posted by: jwise224 | November 16, 2009 at 10:03 PM

Not totally. If they are major players for Lackey I fear Felix's days in Seattle maybe numbered. They had a major improvement last year.. if they trade Felix they need someone to step up and pick up the slack. Not that Lackey is anyways equal to Felix. But, at least they have a decent numero uno.

Anyways, the average fan would have a hard time understanding the Felix trade. Lackey would be just to soften the blow and hope to put together another competitive team and await the "King's Ransom" of prospects Seattle receives, to be ready to compete at the ML level.

Aumont at 5?

Posted by: baseball52 | November 16, 2009 at 09:37 PM

I agree, but for some reason they are breeding Aumont to be a closer or set up man.....kinda stupid with Fields (who is only a closer) coming up too!

I'd say one of those two are probable trade bait!

The M's have 50M off the books this year, considering an extension would pay Felix at the most 15M this year and then will rise in the coming years on the contract.

If Lackey does get his 100M contract over say 5 years, then thats 35M spent on Felix and Lackey this year and maybe 40-45M next (raise in Felix's salary brings it up).

Now take the 12M Carlos Silva is owed through 2012 and it covers the larger part of Felix's contract once he is through his arbitration years.

That means that in 2010 you have at the most 35M spent on Lackey/Felix, leaving you 15M to find your power bat.

And if the M's show winning ways and the front offices continues to show sound decision making, ownership would probably raise payroll (do not forget Seattle is not a small market team).

So finance is not an issue for the M's.

I agree Gary. I would take Felix over any other pitcher in baseball right now. But, I think that is they pay w/e it takes to get Lackey, it might be a sign of bad negotiations with Felix, or that he has said that he wants to test the free agent market.

I do hope that's the sign. That its just to show Felix they're serious about winning. But I think they'd go after a power bat if that was the sign. Say look we got a decent staff, we got a defense, lets score some runs now.

That is very possible, mfan and M's fan. I'm guessing the power bat is either Bay or Holliday then, along with Branyan?

Not gonna lie-seeing Ichiro-Branyan-Gutierrez-Bay/Holliday as the top 4 batters (not sure of the order) would vastly improve the offense.

Dan Dibley owes his career to the great Gary Radnich.