Comments on: Guillen details emerge

By: vern

vern — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:51:19 +0000

Guillen looks like a typical M’s signing to me. A sort of name player who they can get for not that much money in order to make the fans think they are doing something. He’s a slight improvement on Carl Everett.

By: MickeyZ

MickeyZ — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:54:06 +0000

#49, if there is no one worth spending big bucks on then why don’t they save their money until next year? We sure don’t look like we’re going to compete this year, why not concentrate on trading for prospects so that one day we can compete again?

#51, is that true? What are his incentives? I thought incentives all had to be about playing time.

By: Matthew Carruth

Matthew Carruth — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:13:45 +0000

M’s paying possibly 8 million for a .766 OPS right fielder

If the Ms end up spending all 8M on Guillen than he would have performed better than a .766 OPS

By: etowncoug

etowncoug — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:06:37 +0000

Question for Dave: Any idea of how Hargrove views Snelling as a player? I remember reading comments from Hargrove saying that he liked Snellings approach at the plate.

It would seem to make sense to me that Hargrove would favor Snelling over a hacker like Broussard. Hargrove was a player who would work the count so I figure he would be partial to a guy with that skill as well.

By: Mr. Egaas

Mr. Egaas — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:11:47 +0000

I wish they would stop playing for .500 and either try to contend or else rebuild.

In this market, there’s nothing worth spending the big bucks on. One year deals aren’t blocking anybody. Adam Jones needs a year in AAA.

By: MickeyZ

MickeyZ — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:02:55 +0000

I don’t see the point of the M’s paying possibly 8 million for a .766 OPS right fielder right now. What question is he the answer to? Who will block Snelling and Jones?

I wish they would stop playing for .500 and either try to contend or else rebuild.

By: msb

msb — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:00:17 +0000

Shannon Drayer just pointed out that Hickey has a new piece up on the PI's page: "Trading Sexson may be an option for Mariners"

By: msb

msb — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:48:57 +0000

#42. I assume Stone is heading to the winter meetings.

FWIW, re: Putz– according to him, off-season workouts are under way in Peoria, with JJ, Snelling, Morrow, Willie F. & Adam Jones all working hard.

By: atait

atait — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:43:57 +0000

Sorry, I meant Kelly.

By: byronebyronian

byronebyronian — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:37:21 +0000

I firmly believe that Guillen’s signing means less playing time for Doyle. Not only does that suck, but I can’t trust Hargrove to do the right thing no matter how much the FO loves Doyle.

I dunno. I know we all hope this means more ABs for Doyle, but I can’t figure out where they will come from on a semi-regular basis.