Well I wasnt including the FAs we lost, but yeah. Id take Meche over Ramirez if it werent for the money. I know thats obvious, but any M's fan saying theyd take Meche over someone is still a pretty big statement.
I said before the offseason that I hope to dear God I dont hear the word 'trade' with the Mariners, because of the recent terrible ones made. Even when Manny Ramirez was taked about I freaked out. Overpaying sucks, but I rather have an overpayed Zito if I knew it was gonna get this bad, and possibly worse.
Remember Reed and Broussard are on the trading block. The Orioles like Broussard and were willing to part with Penn, Loewan, and R. Lopez I believe, in general---not for Broussard to my knowledge. And the M's are actually interested in Lopez of the 3! Of course Reed is one of the famous 'sell low' values the Mariners have so I dont expect much there.
To add insult, it looks like Snelling will play part time at best. Even though they're talking like hes our 4th OFer now, we all know Bloomquist will get the nod first. I rather have Ibanez DHing with Snelling out there with Guillen and Ichiro...but that would be the OBVIOUIS thing to do.
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