U.S.S. Mariner

Okay, time to spill the beans. The M’s decided not to make any moves today. They feel that Myers is still a good candidate to be dealt in August, as non-contending teams won’t put in waiver claims on him, and they’ll be able to ship him off somewhere in the next four weeks. [...]

If you want to know just how insane rumor mongering can be, here’s two messages that I got at almost exactly the same time.
“Nomar to the cubs in a 3 way. They get Orlando Cabrera from Montreal. Theo screwed up.”
“Hey, Nomar’s going to the Cubs, 4 way trade, Red Sox getting Cabrera [...]

From all appearances, the M’s didn’t make a move. There are several deals being looked over by the commissioner’s office right now that should be announced shortly, but it doesn’t seem like any of them involve the M’s.

Today’s starting shortstop: Jose Lopez. He takes the roster spot vacated by Dave Hansen.

About 40 minutes to go, though a lot of trades probably won’t be announced until 4:30 or so. The M’s have talks going on that could turn into three or four deals, but I’d guess only one will get done, and that’s going to be Mike Myers. Perhaps Bavasi knows that someone is [...]

Also, I want to say that if you want a link to another M’s site or blog to go up, or if we need to update a link, this is a great time to do it, as I’ve pretty much had the template open for hours doing things like testing shading of links, and it’s [...]

Hey, I know the Atom feed’s busted. For whatever reason, blogger does not want to push it out now that we’re publishing off blogspot. Don’t know why. I’m working on getting it or a replacement RSS feed up as fast as I can.
Update: Atom feed is up. We’re crazy with the customer service.
I’m starting to [...]

Jon Huber is the future consideration. He’s a 23-year-old arm having a decent year in A-ball with mediocre stuff. He’s the classic fringe pitching prospect. Sometimes, these guys turn into something. It’s got more longterm chances of helping the franchise than keeping Dave Hansen around.
The big deal is probably dead. [...]

Dave Hansen is a Padre. “Future Considerations” coming to Seattle.
The big deal has probably fallen through…

If you believe in praying, start. There’s a chance the M’s could pull off a deal that would best the Kazmir to the D’Rays move from today. It’s a work in progress, so I’ve been asked (told, ordered, take your pick) to keep names out of it. If it goes down, it’s [...]