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West Links: Melky, Soriano, Felix, Murphy

By Mike Axisa | August 16, 2012 at 4:05pm CDT

Wednesday was a busy day for baseball's two West divisions, as the Giants lost Melky Cabrera for 50 games while Felix Hernandez threw the first perfect game in Mariners history. Here is Thursday's news and notes from the left coast…

  • Hank Schulman of The San Francisco Chronicle says the Giants have a decision to make in the wake of Cabrera's suspension. The 28-year-old is due to become a free agent after the season and team seemed likely to explore a multiyear extension before yesterday's news broke.
  • Giants GM Brian Sabean has not been much of an Alfonso Soriano fan through the years, so he seems unlikely to pursue him following Cabrera's suspension according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com (on Twitter). Yesterday we heard that Soriano is unlikely to approve a trade to San Francisco anyway.
  • Joel Sherman of The New York Post wonders if the Mariners' willingness to commit to Hernandez and Hernandez's willingness to remain in Seattle will fall in line when the right-hander hits free agency after 2014.
  • In a chat with David Laurila of FanGraphs, David Murphy says getting traded to the Rangers was the best possible opportunity for him and his career. Murphy was part of the trade that sent Eric Gagne to the Red Sox in 2007.
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  1. Brandon Smith

    11 years ago

    Murphy has been a major asset for the Rangers organization and I’m extremely happy to have him. He’s one of my favorite players.

    Reply
  2. jfretless

    11 years ago

    Carl Crawford cleared waivers, is he not a option for the Giants?

    Reply
    • rainyperez

      11 years ago

      Only if the Red Sox eat 80-85% of the contract.

      Reply
      • vtadave

        11 years ago

        Crawford is playing pretty well lately, so no chance the Red Sox pay $16-17 million a year for him NOT to play there.

        Reply
        • 55saveslives

          11 years ago

          that contract is ridiculous either way. I’d rather ride out this season and go for Bourn in the offseason.

          Reply
          • rainyperez

            11 years ago

            Wouldn’t do more than 4 years for Bourn who is a speed guy and will be playing the first half of his 30’s during the contract.

            Hopefully Gary Brown pans out and learns how to hit RH pitching because if the Giants get Bourn that would be a pretty good top of the lineup.

            Reply
            • 55saveslives

              11 years ago

              Bourn in CF until GB is ready then move him to LF. That would be a solid 1,2 lineup

              Reply
              • rainyperez

                11 years ago

                It would be funny if the Giants somehow signed Bourn in the offseason because that would mean he would be reunited with Hunter Pence.

                Reply
    • Nick 29

      11 years ago

      Crawford for Zito straight up – who hangs up first?

      Reply
      • j6takish

        11 years ago

        The Giants. Zitos deal is almost up and he is actually a servicable 5th starter. Crawford has 5 more years and has been pretty awful throughout the whole contract

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        • Nick 29

          11 years ago

          I was thinking the same thing. Goes to show how ugly the CC signing is if you can’t even trade him for Zito!

          Reply
          • rainyperez

            11 years ago

            Somebody on these boards, I won’t name who, was trying to justify that Carl Crawford was worth $14 million dollars. Not surprisingly it was Red Sox fan trying to trade CC to another team.

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            • Nick 29

              11 years ago

              He probably meant 2 mil per year for the 7 year deal…

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              • rainyperez

                11 years ago

                No, he meant the team trading for him would pay $14 million a year for him while the Red Sox only eat $5 million a year.

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                • rainyperez

                  11 years ago

                  Here’s the direct quote, “If they ate $35M of it Crawford would only be owed $14M per year, which would be pretty reasonable.”

                  The thread is under Red Sox and Marlins discussed Crawford trade.

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                  • Nick 29

                    11 years ago

                    I could see if they were getting a big contract like Soriano’s in return that would expire sooner but still be a lot of money to make the money “even” but they’d have to eat a lot more than that if they wanted anything good and cheap.

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                    • rainyperez

                      11 years ago

                      Agreed. It’s not out of the question that the Red Sox at least have to pay a majority of the contract to get any type of return.

                      Reply
            • Tko11

              11 years ago

              I dont see how you can say hes not going to be worth the money, hes barely even into the contract, sure the first two years weren’t good but CC also had a bunch of injuries which are for the most part beyond his control. Im also not trying to justify that they can trade him like w.e other fan you are talking about because that is just unreasonable.

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  3. Rad Broneski

    11 years ago

    Might as well get some value out of Felix and trade him to the Yankees now. It’s not like the M’s will ever have a winning team by the time he inevitably leaves, anyways. Trading him as early as possible will only increase what they get in return. Unless they make that much selling a few more tickets every 5 home games?

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    • stl_cards16

      11 years ago

      So….why the Yankees?

      Reply
      • davbee

        11 years ago

        Mariners might be closer to contending than a lot of people think. They have some of the best pitching prospects in baseball currently moving up fast through Double A and Triple A. Bring in the fences a bit (which is what they’re talking about), sign or trade for a couple of bats, and it’s actually a pretty good team–they’re 13-9 since the Ichiro trade, including 12 games against playoff contenders Yankees, Angels, and Rays.

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        • rainyperez

          11 years ago

          This is the same thing that the Royals have been saying for years and Pirates until recently. It took them 17 years to be in the playoffs. *knock on wood*

          Reply
        • harmony55

          11 years ago

          Seattle’s run differential has gone from -185 in 2010 to -119 in 2011 to -9 so far this season. Behind their young hitters, the Mariners’ run production has gone from 3.17 runs per game in 2010 to 3.43 runs per game in 2011 and 3.91 runs per game so far this season. The M’s rank fourth among all MLB teams in runs scored on the road. The overall Seattle numbers are skewed by Safeco Field, where opponents this season have posted a .219/.279/.327/.612 line to the
          .208/.281/.301/.582 line posted by the Mariners.

          Many signs suggest the Mariners are improving.

          Reply
          • rainyperez

            11 years ago

            The big gorilla and elephant in the room are the Texas Rangers and the Angels the big money spenders.

            Let’s not forget to mention the pitching and young hitters the A’s have shown the world this year.

            It’s a very competitive division and I think the Mariners are still a good 2-3 seasons away from competing.

            If the Mariners trade Hernandez you can get 2 A prospects a pitcher and hitter plus some throw in B or C prospects. That would ensure the Mariners would keep them at being competitive and at a low cost.

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            • harmony55

              11 years ago

              Another Dustin Ackley (or Jesus Montero or Justin Smoak or another A hitting prospect) and another Danny Hultzen (or another A pitching prospect), plus B or C prospects, won’t be worth as much as Felix Hernandez and would further postpone a rebuilding process that has begun to produce results.

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    • rainyperez

      11 years ago

      Pretty sure you can get better value if you traded to the Padres, Blue Jays, Rays, St. Louis, and Texas.

      Only reason I say Padres is because with new ownership they can pay the contract and he stays on the West Coast while benefiting pitching in pitcher friendly yards.

      Reply
    • Nick 29

      11 years ago

      The Yankees aren’t the “trade monster” that they are on the open market. They generally just don’t have enough prospects to get deals done but have plenty of money. Sometimes a player’s perceived “signability issues” make it more likely that other teams stay away but I wouldn’t think the Yankees would be in the top 3 for trading partners. For example, I’m pretty sure the Red Sox would trade the entire Pawtucket Red Sox plus John Henry and a race car for Felix straight up. (I know many, many other teams have much better prospects than the Red Sox, but I’m just more familiar with the Sox and their infatuation with Felix.).

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      • YanksFanSince78

        11 years ago

        Yankees absolutely have the prospects to get Felix but whether it makes sense to empty out the farm for him makes it difficult. There isn’t a single major player that has been on the market where they haven’t had the pieces to get them (Lee, Halladay, Greinke, Johan, etc). Teams tell you who you want and it comes down to narrowing it down to mutually agreeable players.

        Reply
  4. camerondatzker

    11 years ago

    I think that The Giants don’t need a loser like Alfonso Soriano. This guy is a typical wanna be superstar. The Cubs would love to get rid of this guy.

    Reply
  5. camerondatzker

    11 years ago

    Rumor to report.. I heard from a reliable source that The Giants are talking to Johnny Damon and to Vladimir Guerrero. Vlad can’t play, but boy he can hit.

    Reply
    • rainyperez

      11 years ago

      Damon his D is atrocious but I wouldn’t be surprised if Sabean and Co. were talking to his agent.

      Vlad would only be viable off the bench if he played D in AT&T his knees would explode.

      Reply
    • IdontknowwhyIpostonforums

      11 years ago

      Vlad scares me. I know his legs are larger than my torso, but I have this vision of him swinging at a ball in the dirt and both knees buckling as they fly out of their sockets. Not that it would matter, because he would have hit a home run and could take his time pulling himself around the bases.

      Reply
  6. Raymond Robert Koenig

    11 years ago

    Good story. Giants aren’t interested in Soriano, Soriano’s not interested in playing on the West Coast. Extra, extra, read all about it!

    Reply
  7. Tko11

    11 years ago

    Congratulations to Felix, he deserved that. I cant believe hes still only 25 and has already been dominating for years!

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