How desperate are the Mariners for "lefty pop" - Brad Wilkerson desperate?

bedir than average · January 19th, 2008, 06:16 PM

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The same source told me on Friday that the Yankees, A's, and Mariners have expressed interest in Wilkerson as well. Wilkerson, 30, hit .234/.319/.467 for the Rangers last year in 119 games (doing most of his damage at home). In his career he has played all three outfield positions plus first base.

Grain of salt caveat, as Dierkes doesn't have a history to go on to know his success rate for these things.

If the Mariners though don't have one or more of Jones, Vidro, Sexson, or Ibanez Wilkerson might make a bit of sense, real tiny, but a bit.

Brad Wilkerson Stats and Graphs - Texas Rangers | FanGraphs

You will notice that fangraphs has three projections now, CHONE, James, Marcel

The average OPS for Wilkerson with those is 774 which isn't awful, and I would like to think if Wilkerson is brought to the Mariners he would make sense if he only faced RH pitching except that he has a reverse split over his career.

As a multiyear this makes little sense as he's 30.

But I could be happy with Wilkerson if it means no Sexson or Vidro.

phredmojo · January 20th, 2008, 12:51 PM

signing him wouldn't be because sexson or vidro is gone, they are both going nowhere. it would be because jones is gone and only jones

bedir than average · January 20th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Don't let your reality get in the way of my enjoying this team.

Timberwolf · January 21st, 2008, 05:03 PM

Even if Jones takes the roster spot and role of Guillen, You still have to fill the Broussard role of a LH power bat off the bench. It is hard to believe that they would stick Clement in that role and not have him catching a serious number of games.

bedir than average · January 31st, 2008, 08:48 PM

Yes, they are Wilkerson desperate

M's Agree To Terms With Wilkerson | KOMO 1000 News Radio - News, Weather and Sports - Seattle, WA Seattle, Washington | Headlines

word is 1 year and 3M$ guarunteed with up to 8M$ in incentives.

RotatorCuff · January 31st, 2008, 10:26 PM

Bavasi is the one who is desperate.

January 20th, 2008, 12:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
bedir than average Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,258	Don't let your reality get in the way of my enjoying this team. __________________ I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time. A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.

January 31st, 2008, 08:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
bedir than average Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,258	Yes, they are Wilkerson desperate M's Agree To Terms With Wilkerson \| KOMO 1000 News Radio - News, Weather and Sports - Seattle, WA Seattle, Washington \| Headlines word is 1 year and 3M$ guarunteed with up to 8M$ in incentives. __________________ I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time. A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.

January 20th, 2008, 12:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
phredmojo Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: bellingham, wa Posts: 88	signing him wouldn't be because sexson or vidro is gone, they are both going nowhere. it would be because jones is gone and only jones

January 21st, 2008, 05:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Timberwolf Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,855	Even if Jones takes the roster spot and role of Guillen, You still have to fill the Broussard role of a LH power bat off the bench. It is hard to believe that they would stick Clement in that role and not have him catching a serious number of games.

January 31st, 2008, 10:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
RotatorCuff Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 257	Bavasi is the one who is desperate.