The Rangers are asking for top prospects in exchange for Michael Young and there's lots more going on in Texas and around the AL West. Here's the latest…
- Brett Tomko can opt out of his contract with the Rangers on June 1st, according to Anthony Andro of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (on Twitter). The clause presumably exists in case Tomko is still in the minors at that point.
- Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports argues that the Mariners should call the Yankees and see exactly how much they'd give up for Felix Hernandez. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner is under contract through 2014 for a total of $68MM.
- Nate Robertson will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow and miss at least four weeks. As MLB.com's Greg Johns points out, that leaves Michael Pineda, Luke French and David Pauley as the primary candidates for the Mariners' fifth rotation spot.
- Johns reports that the Mariners turned a $1.7MM profit in the fiscal year ending on October 31st, 2010.
Yes! Our weekly Felix Hernandez trade update.
I can’t wait for next week when we find out he’s STILL untouchable. So exciting!!!
I was having spaztic fits because I thought I wouldn’t be updated yet again on the yankees wanting felix. /sarcasm
Ken Rosenthal is also an idiot.
Felix to the Yankees is an unsolvable catch-22. New York would have to give up the Empire State Building, but then where would King Felix live?
After watching Tomko pitch yesterday, um, you might want to opt out now…
Ken Rosenthal article got a lot of nice comments.
It would be interesting to dangle King Felix to the Yankees just to see what the offer would be. One would have to imagine he would bring back quite a haul. With that being said, I hope King Felix stays where he is.
ask your braves to dangle jayson hayward just to see how much they get in return.
nope the yankees wanted Nick Swisher and they got him.
Cause Nick Swisher really compares to Jason Heyward and/or Felix. Cool story bro
And Heywards name was in the original story where? Trying to hijack Ben’s story?
1/2 season of lee was worth montero plus 2 so so prospects, but 4 seasons of felix is worth montero + top prospect + so so prospects??
i cant fault the argument that trading felix might be in the best interests, but i cant see anyteam putting together a package worth felix
You could easily demand the Yankees top 5 prospects, which would be 5 of BA’s top 80 prospects for MLB. Seems like a half decent starting point (Montero, the 3 B’s, Gary Sanchez).
No way. I get it, we’re desperate because of the 4/5 situation this year, but you don’t sacrifice the next 5 years for 2011. There will always be teams that want to dump guys due to salary, and there will always be pitchers wanting the most money in free agency. Just hang tight until the kids start putting it together, and in the meantime, pick up a few pieces here and there to survive. I’m willing to live with one down year.
I know Felix is a beast, a top 5, or even top 3 pitcher in the league, but I can’t justify making that trade. You’re mistaking Cashman with Minaya.
I agree that they shouldn’t do it (although as a Sox fan I wish they would), but that would be the starting point for trade negotiations. Also I believe an extension would be part of any deal despite him being under contract for 4 seasons, as he would likely leverage his no-trade as well.
Again, the Yankees shouldn’t do it, but the M’s shouldn’t ask for anything less.
considering the other prospects you dub as “so-so” prospects were rated top 100 by BA then yeah it’s worth it, or at least more approaching worth it than you care to admit
I agree. He’s played himself into an untouchable, or untradable rather, player. He’s worth a price no team would realistically give up.
If I were the mariners… I wouldn’t do it. Players like Felix don’t come around often and I think they can get more than Montero + others.
mike rosenthal is the worst reporter in the world. he has an urge to butt-kiss the junkees every single moment of his life.
It’s a good thing we’re talking about Ken Rosenthal here then, not Mike.
sorry man, I just don’t think that “junkees” thing will ever catch on. Try something a little more witty, next time.
I usually never agree with you, but with this one i do, of all the things to call them, Junkies makes no sense, because they aren’t junk, over paid yes but junk? I think not, maybe Burnett, I always tell people Yank These as i grab my self when talking about that NY team, anyways that is all.
Stop it, Ken. Stop. Now.
Desperation is a stinky cologne.
On another note.. So the M’s made roughly 2 million? They’ll make 47 dollars this season if they traded King Felix. As long as Ichiro is still there, I assume they try to contend next season.
Yep, but 2012 is where the money will get really tight if they keep him. Look at it this way, keeping the same quality product on the field, payroll would go up by ~$8M (Felix’s contract), and would likely draw similar revenue since the product would be the same. either you cut salary elsewhere, making the product worse, bringing in less revenue, or you cut costs elsewhere (FO, scouting, draft signings, etc.). I’m not saying that the M’s aren’t a mid market, but they need to do something drastic to afford Felix starting 2012 while still being profitable.
They are owned by NINTENDO, they arent a penny pinching Florida team, they made the deal and they are going to stick with it, they arent going to be paying good ol Milton Bradley after this season and that alone is Felix’s contract, get it? they get rid of Milton and the money goes to Felix, and kids buy more and more video games, they are not the Mets and in Bankruptcy, so they are not in a board room going oh jeez, this sky appears to be falling, lets deal these high priced guy, hmmm first up, Hernandez, Felix lets see if we can get some takers for this guy, Yeah that will save us from collapse….THINK buddy, use that thing called LOGIC, the M’s aren’t trading Felix Hernandez end of story.
Why don’t you use that thing called LOGIC? I don’t care who owns the business, I’ll use GE as an example. GE, huge corporation, has tons of companies and businesses within those companies. Just because GE is huge, doesn’t mean that it keeps around businesses that aren’t being profitable enough. I’m not saying the M’s are penny pinching like the Marlins (if you actually took the time to read my post you would see that I went out of my way to say that they aren’t).
If you read my follow up statement (about a minute after my original) I say that the kids are 1 possible answer, but you apparently can’t be bother to read AND comprehend.
Yes, shedding Bradley’s contract also helps the situation. Congrats on your 1 valid, original thought.
In fairness, I should say that one possible solution is utilizing the young talent coming down the pipeline. It isn’t all doom and gloom like my post made it seem.
Why call the Yankees? It isn’t like they have more talent to give the Mariners than other contending teams.
It was based on the Yankees having both the farm system and a huge need. That being said, I don’t think any teams (other than maybe tiny markets [read Marlins, Rays, Padres, Pirates] and financially unstable teams [Mets]) wouldn’t bid for the King’s services.
I don’t understand why we are hearing just as many “Yankees should inquire on Justin Verlander” rumors, I mean he is just as unlikely to be traded. If you’re going to start stupid rumors, you might as well start rumors about every young ace pitcher
I always enjoy trying to stir the Josh Johnson to the Yankees rumor, I still laugh when the Homer broadcaster stated to all Yankee fans get a good look at your next Pitcher when talking about Josh Johnson, so as a momento, I always say Josh Johnson to the Yankees for (insert crap here)
You just wait…they’ll get him in the free agent market in 4 years….He’ll definitely come over to NY. I mean who doesn’t want to be in pinstripes? *sobs over Cliff Lee*
Don’t sob over Cliff Lee, look up how old he will be when his deal with the Phillies end and ask yourself, wouldn’t you rather the Yankees have a younger pitcher like maybe Josh Johnson?
I’m not, just kidding around. I was just trying to make the point that not everyone wants to play for the Yankees. As far as Josh Johnson goes, I don’t think the Marlins want to get rid of him just yet. Personally, of the two I’d rather Hernandez, like everyone else. I’ll be surprised and happy if the Yankees pull of a trade for Johnson without giving up Montero. But I don’t know what it will take. I say keep what we have and develop the Killer Bee’s.
If Montero is the centerpiece of the trade, then Rosenthal is so insulting it is beyond words. Montero will be a bust. And put him in SafeCo, where righty power hitters die?! He would be worthless to the M’s. There is a reason Jack Z was never even interested in Montero, he only used that as a ploy to drive up Lee’s price. A 21 year-old right handed DH has no value for the M’s, much less equivalent value to their franchise player.