BP on the trade
DMZ · December 13, 2006 at 8:44 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Two quick posts on their blog. Nate posts the 2007 PECOTAs:
EqBA EqOBP EqSLG EqA Age ‘07 Salary Jose Vidro .283 .352 .406 .266 32 $7.5M Chris Snelling .265 .356 .438 .283 25 $1.0M*
And says:
Younger, cheaper, and better. It’s hard to win a trade when you’re on the wrong side of each of those parameters.
Yup.
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25 Responses to “BP on the trade”
We can only hope somebody fail to pass the physical…
M’s – We’ll catch up with everyone else, in 2011 when Nintendo Prognosticator gives an in-depth look into the future of ballplayers. It will take grit, add veteran status, and divide by talent to give an overall rating. We look forward to a bright future with many Mariner championships.
Yuck. Unless this is the (unlikely) precursor to further wheeling and dealing, I am boycotting the M’s until Bavasi & Hargrove are gone: No MLB audio subscription, no games on XM, no TV, no games at Safeco when I visit Seattle, no merchandise, NADA.
Why God, why?!?
There’s no fucking way a serious basbeall man could possibly want Vidro as a DH, particularly when they have Snelling to fill the roll.
This has to be the first domino in a Beltre/Lopez deal?
Doesn’t it?
Can’t it?
Lopez for Penny?
Beltre for Santana?
Please God, help us!
It’s like Guillen for Vizquel all over again.
-M’s get an older player
-Trading away younger ones
-Guillen broke out once he left
-Snelling looks to do the same
Omar didn’t pass the physical, so now we can only hope for the same here…
I don’t believe in God and I just prayed to him to not let this go through. I know there are bigger fish to fry, but this one’s still important. If we all gather our thoughts together…
The only justification I can come up with is a trade such as:
Beltre for Penny.
If that was the case, Lopez can play 3b. Would people be happy in the end?
Anyway, either Beltre, Broussard, Sexson or Lopez HAS to be traded for this to make sense….I suppose we could trade Vidro, but that doesn’t make too much sense…
In my view, this has the fingerprints of Dudley M. Hargrove all over it.
6: Yeah, but Vidro has told the world he’s excited to be our DH.
good work detective… oh gosh. now that you’re talking about it like that, i’m like, totally getting a clue right now. i better be careful as to not squirt clue goo everywhere.
Holy crap. I leave a computer monitor for five hours and this happens. A couple thoughts 1). I suspect the M’s will sign Floyd (or someone like him) to be the lefty to occupy the Roberto Petagine memorial bench spot that would have been Snelling’s 2. I agree with Coach, #7, and 3. I also suspect that Bavasi and the others are feeling heat from the public and are now desperately trying to show that they can WIN NOW. I don’t know how this move helps them win now, but the M’s FO (and it is more than simply Bavasi) believe that either this does help, or it gives the perception of helping, or possibly both. As a supporter of the M’s I will watch and want it to work out, but I already know that it won’t.
Why would a future trade be any better? We have seen the talent gap in the two trades already made, is there any logical reason to think that we are somehow going to make the next trade a good one?
Not to depress you guys any more, but…If we trade away Lopez, you realize that Vidro will get hurt…and Willie the Ignitor will be getting 400 ABs this year and next….
#8: Carl Everett is no doubt calling the man with tips on how to DH for the M’s.
so if anybody is willing to move past the stupidity of it and without looking at possible future moves…
where will vidro fit into our current lineup? Is beltre moving out of the 2 hole? I mean Vidro is a “gap” hitter that can use Safeco’s “spacious alleys” just like jeff cirillo used to…
shit
#13: Carl Everett is a good a hitter as Jose Vidro. Seeing this situation, I’d re-do the Everett contract in a heartbeat if I had to choose. This is just insane.
#3 – I agree with you at this point. I will still follow the boxscores in the paper and highlights on tv, but I will not purchase any merchandise or watch/listen to any of the games for quite awhile…
According to the Mariners website, Vidro will be the DH.
Fucking Hell.
He’s the worst DH this side of Carl Everett. Why don’t we bring Gary Pettis out of retirement and DH him.
Maybe Vidro will combine with Broussard to from “Bose Broudro.”
Oh my god. What the fuck. I am ill. If I hadn’t read it 5 different places, I’d suspect this was a joke. Jeezus.
#7:
I’m reminded of the scene in “L.A. Confidential” where the ugly truth finally dawns on Russell Crowe:
“Dudley ….”
KJR should hold a contest to try to come up with worse trades.
It’s not hard to understand why the team gave up on Snelling. He really scuffled for long portions of the season in Tacoma, and couldn’t really field CF like they’d like him to have. After bringing him up, he hit the snot out of the ball for about 10 games, then fell apart completely. I can only guess that the coaching staff was trying to make him something he wasn’t. I wish the kid well over there in DC, where he can learn at the feet of Nick Johnson, the hitter he’ll most resemble if everything goes right for him.
Even if we traded Michael goddam Garciaparra for him, why in the hell are we paying $6M the next two years for Vidro? He’s not getting any better, and the 2005-6 version is obscenely overpaid at 7 HR’s per year.
Two weeks ago, I was excited about the upcoming season, and thinking about a 20 ticket package. Now, I’m looking for a new team to root for, because this one is going to be a bottom dweller for freaking years.
Maybe I’m wrong, but it find it hard to believe that Hargrove has the clout to make a deal like this happen. If I’m wrong, and the idiot actually gets that much input into transactions, then there is no hope for this franchise.
#14 – Infield gaps don’t count.
Grover did have a lot of input on the Everett signing, so maybe he needed a new lousy DH.