Three years ago today, Mark Teixeira hit an eighth inning solo homer off Mark Lowe, giving the Angels a 6-5 lead over the Mariners. Francisco Rodriguez closed the game out, making Seattle the first 100-100 team in baseball history. That is, 100 losses and a $100MM payroll.
These links will provide some more bang for the buck; here's the best the blogosphere had to offer last week…
- Amazin' Avenue provided a transcript of Mets GM Sandy Alderson's recent in-game interview.
- Swingin' A's interviewed Brandon McCarthy.
- U.S.S. Mariner says the Mariners should target Joey Votto in a trade this offseason.
- Meanwhile, Redleg Nation explains why the Reds should not trade Votto.
- Blog Red Machine tries to figure out what the Reds should do with Brandon Phillips.
- Crashburn Alley revisits the Michael Young to the Phillies trade rumors.
- Brotherly Glove wonders if the Phillies should non-tender Kyle Kendrick.
- Beer Leaguer doesn't think there's a viable way for the White Sox to re-sign Mark Buehrle without hurting the team.
- Pirates Prospects looks at the Pirates players that will be out of options next season.
- DRays Bay wonders if the trade rumors affected B.J. Upton's performance.
- Giants Nirvana thinks the Giants should consider signing Madison Bumgarner long-term.
- Bay City Ball broke down Cody Ross and the Giants outfield depth.
- Jays Prospects says the Blue Jays will have some decisions to make regarding their outfield prospects.
- Viva El Birdos remembers the glory days, when Ryan Theriot was the Cardinals starting shortstop.
- FanSpeak looked ahead to the Nationals offseason.
- Rant Sports Royals thinks Luke Hochevar might be on the verge of something big.
- We Should Be GMs says the Phillies have shown some cracks in the armor this month.
- Infield Chatter looked at how the Red Sox let the AL East slip away.
- Chad Moriyama analyzed James Loney's late season surge.
- Motor City Bengals broke down Jose Valverde's save streak.
- Rox Pile lists the top ten offensive performance for the 2011 Rockies.
- Lasorda's Lair compared a pair of Dodgers prospects in the low minors.
- Through The Fence Baseball previews the 2012 draft.
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Got it.
If the Phillies non-tender Kyle Kendrick, the Mariners should bring the righthander home to Seattle to help replenish a starting rotation depleted by the trade of Michael Pineda and others for Joey Votto.
So what is a fair value in a Votto trade? Pineda & League hardly feel like enough for the reigning MVP. Heck … if the M’s have money to burn, then lets swap 2Bers while we’re at it … Votto & Phillips for Pineda, Ackley, and a minor league player … M’s get two top flight major leaguers and the Reds get what they need … young ML ready players and salary relief
love votto, but with albert and prince in free agency it’s not a good market for first basemen right now. a rookie of the year caliber pitcher for 2 years of an MVP 1B isn’t far off, but the reds should prefer prospects instead of league
if votto is going to be traded, jocketty has to make it known in advance to induce a bidding war. toronto — already in love with votto and dead set on trading for top talent instead of signing it in free agency — isn’t likely to lose that war. they don’t have a pineda-caliber talent to offer, but they have a hell of a lot of other good stuff
end of the day, i expect alonso will be moved instead of votto. but i definitely think cincinnati should be fielding offers
Moving Alonso doesn’t make sense if the Reds should be interested in prospects IMO … Votto is at the top of his game and will be a lot cheaper than either Pujols or Fielder the next two seasons. Add in Pujol’s age & Fielder’s weight and it just makes Joey that much more valuable. I’d rather he signs a long term deal in Cincy … but baseball’s screwed up rev sharing doesn’t make that possible
sure, but the fact that it wouldn’t make sense doesn’t at all mean jocketty won’t do it
The Jays dont have Pineda type of talent? Look again. There farm system is STACKEd with high ceiling pitchers, maybe a year or two behind Pineda, but high upside. Keithlaw says the Jays have a top 3 farm system, a far cry from your Mariners.
Also, ever hear of Henderson Alvarez…if not, you will soon. A 21 year old holding his own in the AL East….pshhh
put down the duff, homer, and have a listen: i just said the jays were likely to win a bidding war specifically because they have a ton of talent in their system
what they don’t have, though, is a single pitcher that matches pineda’s talent, which is what cincinnati may prefer. i’ll wait for you to name the jays’ equivalent of top 20 prospect in america turned rookie of the year candidate. there’s no way i’m taking you seriously with henderson not-even-a-top-15-prospect-in-toronto-before-this-year alvarez
“a far cry from your Mariners …”
Keith Law also ranked 18-year-old Seattle pitching prospect Taijuan Walker 30th on his midseason prospect list. And the Mariners expect more immediate contributions from lefthanders James Paxton, a former first-round pick, and Danny Hultzen, the No. 2 overall pick in last June’s draft.
what number save was that for krod?
” Upton’s stats took a little hit as he would slump through 65 PAs over
that span, hitting .211/.292/.351. Was it news of scouts and trade
rumors that put him in a slump”
How funny. maybe that reporter should check Upton’s production over the last 3 seasons, then he would see that he has been in a “slump” since 2007….