U.S.S. Mariner

The Angels may be in or out of the A-Rod bidding, depending on who you read and when. Mostly in. Also, the Dodgers.
Former M’s centerfielder Mike Cameron got popped for a 25-game suspension under the stimulant policy, which’ll probably put a dent on his search for a new multi-year deal.
Curt Schilling posted a list of [...]

For the fifth year in a row, I’m putting out an offseason plan - sort of. Each of the last few years, I’ve offered up suggestions for offseason roster maneuvers based on players I was in favor of acquiring, encouraging the team to continue to build its core roster while also giving themselves a [...]

So, A-Rod’s a free agent again. He’s going to get a lot of money again. He won’t get it from the Mariners, though - that’s for sure. So this post isn’t about bringing Alex Rodriguez back to Seattle. It won’t happen.
I have a question, though. There’s a large contingent of [...]

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There’s some interesting tangents in there, particularly in the infield positions. Also, it’s cool to see that in working out the fair territory area, it does appear that Seattle (at ~109,000 sq ft) is not that large a field at all.
Assuming that Safeco’s marked fence dimensions are accurate, of course. I haven’t surveyed [...]

Demonstrating how a well-built high-revenue team does it.

Indians Assistant GM and USSM-Endorsed GM candidate Antonetti interviewed for St. Louis Friday. He’s passed up the chance to interview for other GM jobs, so we know at least that it’s attractive enough for him to pursue it.
LaRue in the TNT argues “Wretched Ramirez still worth keeping”
Ramirez is a 27-year-old left-handed pitcher with a career [...]

Well, if you thought I was overly pleased with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays front office before, you ain’t seen nothing yet - they claimed Doyle on waivers from the A’s.
Go Doyle Go.

Odds are, you’ve probably read a post by Derek or myself where we rail on the ludicrous pricetags for free agent pitching. The salaries have been so far out of touch with reality the last decade or so that the smartest teams have almost entirely ignored free agency as a way to fill out [...]

If you haven’t heard by now, John McLaren’s announced 80% of his coaching staff for the 2008 season - Jim Riggleman as bench coach, Eddie Rodriguez as first base coach, Mel Stottlemyre as pitching coach, Norm Charlton as bullpen coach, and Larry Bowa as the candidate-of-choice to be the third base coach.
I’m sure [...]

msb pointed us to this, in the TNT:

Despite reports from ESPN, picked up by local blogs and beaten to death, Richie Sexson was never claimed on waivers this season. It simply didn’t happen. Not by Detroit, not by Baltimore – not by anyone.
The Mariners had Sexson and plenty of other players on waivers, but no [...]