Comments on: Mariners Close to Signing Carlos Silva

By: scott19

scott19 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:25:32 +0000

152: Yes…but you know, of course, that a DWI absolutely CANNOT be forgiven if you’re a native of Venezuela.

If you’re a native of Clark County, however, it’s apparently a different story…

By: rea

rea — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:08:08 +0000

Remember when he stated that the team had to get younger and then he went right out and tried to trade Carlos Guillen for 137 year old Omar Visquel?

Thank goodness that deal fell through and he got a young guy like Ramon Santiago instead. A great trade, in hindsight, since Santiago is now a better ss than Guillen–Carlos being relegated to 1B nowdays, and it’s not like the Mariners need a 1Bperson . . .

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:52:52 +0000

135: Interesting point. If you haven’t yet, check out Baseball Ref’s career stats on Tommy John and Randy Jones from back in the 70’s & 80’s — each had a few BB/K-per-9 seasons which were mind-boggling.

Definitely NOT saying that Silva is CY/HOF material…however, he might not wind up being a total disaster, either.

By: Alaskan

Alaskan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:11:40 +0000

146 (nathaniel),
Been following the Mariners long? I think you’ll find that a lot of the better prospects are pitchers: Tillman (4 star), Ramirez and Aumont (3 star), Rohrbaugh and Butler all made Baseball Prospectus’ top 11 prospects for the Mariners. Plus Morrow’s looking like decent starter material for ‘09, if they don’t rush him in this year. I don’t know what the success rate is pitching prospects, but if only 2 of the 5 from the BP list pan out in the next two or three years, I’d say that’s pretty good. So, I for one am optimistic about where we could be in 2010.

By: badmutha

badmutha — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:02:28 +0000

If we lose Adam Jones and others for Bedard, I suggest we gather together a large group of people with signs calling for the head of Bavasi and Armstrong. They need to go. They are destroying our future. What’s next, getting rid of Triunfel. Even if we got Bedard, our offense would no longer be good enough.

By: rea

rea — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:01:36 +0000

Unless you have a payroll of about $120 million, it makes no sense to commit $11 million a year for 4 years to a slightly above average starter. Whatever would you pay for Santana, if you give Silva $11 million?

Now, if money is no object, maybe this deal makes sense . . .

By: nathaniel dawson

nathaniel dawson — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:16:39 +0000

I don’t see us sniffing the WC for a LONG time

I wouldn’t want to be sniffing the WC for a long time either.

You guys that are hating the prospect of this deal better hope the Mariner’s start developing their own starting pitchers. That’s the only way to build a decent rotation without paying through the nose for either free agents or via trades. Until then, we’re going to keep seeing more of this.

By: Pete Livengood

Pete Livengood — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:37:23 +0000

cebo04 wrote:

“What misspellings?”

As noted, “sediment” rather than “sentiment.” Therefore, I couldn’t resist accusing you of slinging “mud” when you accused people of being too negative. Sorry . . . sort of. No offense intended, I was just amusing myself mostly.

By: 300ZXNA

300ZXNA — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:32:28 +0000

dammit, dammit, dammit. Who else thinks that this is indeed a precursor to a “gut the farm for Bedard” move? I don’t trust Bavasi to do anything BUT make poor decisions anymore . . .

By: cebo04

cebo04 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:01:08 +0000

Thank you! Totally missed that. I’m so nervous that this is really going to happen!