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DarthMurph
The M’s got some bad breaks from injuries which ultimately would’ve made it hard for them to win the West anyway, but with Oakland and Texas getting hit hard with rotation injuries, a little more spending might have gone a long way. At the prices Garza and Cruz ended up going for, this team should’ve been more involved in acquiring talent that could keep them in the thick of it for a long time.
rxbrgr
Both Chavez and Quintero re-upped with the M’s right at the end of ST.
Steve Adams
Whoops, forgot they re-signed on new deals. I removed the “released” after their names. Thanks.
Scott Goin
It’s difficult to say that the Mariners should have signed some of these free agents when no one really knows if those guys even wanted to come to Seattle or what kind of money they wanted.
Morales was offered 3yrs/$30 million. He rejected. He was offered 1yr/$14.1 million. He rejected. The Mariners had to move on. Now the roster can’t really handle another DH/1B type so it doesn’t make sense to sign him at this point.
Cruz didn’t want to play for Seattle. He was using the M’s to try and drive up his price. He probably would have accepted a large, multi-year deal from Seattle but would never have come for a 1 year deal. You go to a hitters park if you want to do that.
Bloomquist was an over-spend. No doubt. As a replacement level player with a lot of positional flexibility, he should have gotten around 1.5-2 million/yr. Still, an overpayment of 1 mill/yr isn’t going to break the M’s.
Trading Walker & Franklin for Price would not have been a good deal for the M’s. It seemed clear that Price didn’t want to go to Seattle. As for Franklin on his own, we don’t know what other offers they may have fielded for him so it’s useless to speculate. His trade value should not be lowered simply because he has no clear path to the big leagues.
The Mariners “should” have gotten a solid free agent pitcher. This is where they made a mistake. They hoped that between the young guys and the old retreads, they could cobble together a decent rotation. I understand their reluctance to sign a mid-level guy for a long term, big money deal, but there seemed to be some values out there. Would Santana have come here for 1 year? Not sure. They could really use him. Still, once Kuma, Paxton, and Walker get healthy, the M’s should be fine.
I’m glad the Mariners didn’t blow the bank for a bunch of average players in a desperate attempt to compete immediately. That very rarely works. If even a few of those young players step up, the M’s are in a good position going forward. I expect that there is still some money available. It just needs to be for the right guy at the right time.
Mr Pike
Good points one and all. I’m also glad they didn’t take the bait and panic into trying to compete immediately.
Eric 20
Of Mariner acquisitions, it is hard to complain. Sure, they gave Bloomquist too much money, but the commitment isn’t exactly burdensome (definition: Carlos Silva 4YR/48M, THAT WAS BAD). What it really felt like was an incomplete off-season, where we were waiting for the other dominoes to fall, but they didn’t. I thought for sure that if this team was willing make a Cano-sized investment that they would then build around him in the coming weeks. After all, Nick Franklin was trade bait, there was reportedly money to spend, and there were even quality free agents left to sign. If I had it my way, the Mariners would have capitalized, possibly upgrading the rotation and outfield.
chuckitt
looks llke wedge knew what he was doing and got the hell out of dodge just in time