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The Yusmeiro Petit Addition

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:25:48 +0000

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Yusmeiro Petit checks to see if he smells Browse more photos » Major League Baseball has informed me that I'm free to talk about this ...

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Mets decline J.J. Putz's option, pick up Mike Pelfrey's option for 2010

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Putz eligible to become a free agent; Pelfrey returns for $500,000

24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life ... found this 26 hours ago on nj.com

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J.J. Hardy to the Twins

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:29:58 +0000

Carlos Gomez is the return. More later. [ Source ] Later: Hardy is a guy that we'd all been hoping that the Mariners would make a play on this offseason to address the shortstop position, so it's a bit of a shame that he's been taken off the table so early and for what appears to be a ...

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Putz and the Tigers, revisited

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:21:03 +0000

Jason Beck / MLB.com While Fernando Rodney filed for free agency and Brandon Lyon weighs his options on the open market, the Tigers might well be gaining another option at closer once the Mets make their expected decision to decline the 2010 option on J.J. Putz. A year ago, the Tigers were ...

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Bill Bavasi: This Day in Angels Blogging History

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:50:52 +0000

Awesome that Tony Reagins' 3-year extension with the Angels arrives on the 6th anniversary of Bill Bavasi being hired to destroy the Seattle Mariners . And what did I have to say about the hiring of our ex-GM by our division rivals then, on my old blog? Read it and weep, I NAILED IT WITH A ...

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Odds & Ends: Hardy, Tejada, Cardinals, Mariners

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:30:31 +0000

Here's a few links to close out the night... Tony Massarotti of The Boston Globe says that the Red Sox "had been engaging with the Brewers in on-and-off discussions involving (J.J.) Hardy since the trading deadline." Massarotti's source says the Brewers wanted either Clay Buchholz or Daniel ...

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Wilson, Seattle talking extension

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:57:10 +0000

By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:49 p.m. Friday Jack Wilson, the Pirates' shortstop most of this decade, is discussing a multiyear extension with Seattle that would keep him from becoming a free agent. The Mariners are believed to have offered a two-year contract worth more than the two-year ...

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When A Good Deal Stops Being One

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:00:46 +0000

For years, we’ve been banging the drum of marginal value as tenet of roster construction, using metrics like Wins Above Replacement to show the impact a player will actually have on the team and the associated cost that the team should be willing to pay for that performance. This is a ...

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Best & Worst In Hidden Value, 2009

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:00:23 +0000

Baseball players can make contributions in a number of different ways, the most obvious and talked-about of which is how they do at the plate. Defense, position, and baserunning tend to be brushed off as secondary concerns. What follows are the top and bottom 15 in the sum of these latter three ...

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Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000

Map & Directions Seattle Cancer Care Alliance 1335 Aloha Street Seattle WA 98109-1023 (206) 288-7222 Directions to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance From North/South From North or Southbound I-5, take the Seattle Center/Mercer St. Exit. Move to far right lane. Turn right at the light at the end ...

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Tim Lincecum charged with misdemeanor possession

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:01:59 +0000

Giants pitcher from Bellevue faces charges of marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia use after being stopped on I-5 last week near Vancouver.

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Griffey deserves to make his own decision

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:03:12 +0000

Ken Griffey Jr and his agent Brian Goldberg are scheduled to meet with the Mariners soon to make a decision on his future. Griffey who at times appeared to be playing his swan last season finished the season with 19 homers and 57 RBI in 117 games for the Mar

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Griffey's future to be known soon

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:45:11 +0000

The future of Cincinnati native, former Red and future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. could be resolved soon, his agent Brian Goldberg said on Thursday.Goldberg said he was scheduled to meet with the Mariners soon and any decision on...

U.S.S. Mariner found this 46 hours ago on cnati.com

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Reaching .500

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:48:51 +0000

DMZ at U.S.S. Mariner praises the Seattle front office for the team’s turnaround in 2009 . He notes, but looking at other poor organizations how difficult it is to go from well under .500 to .500. One thing we’ve learned in the last 30 years of sabermetric research is that the ...

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Getting to five hundred was hard too

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:48:51 +0000

To add something to Dave’s post on why the M’s approach this off-season will look different as involves different trade-offs, there’s something we should briefly touch on: What just happened with the team is not common or easy. If we remember back to the start of this ...

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Washburn isn't expecting contract offer from Tigers

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:48:10 +0000

Left-hander Jarrod Washburn says he "would be surprised" if the Tigers offer him a contract for next season. Washburn, whom the Tigers obtained at the July 31 trading deadline from Seattle, is due to become a free agent in a few weeks, along with dozens of other big leaguers. Washburn recently ...

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Happy Abreu returns to Angels

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:15:11 +0000

Bobby Abreu agreed Thursday to a $19 million, two-year contract to stay with the Angels rather than test the free-agent market again.

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Mets to decline Putz's option

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:29:42 +0000

The Mets have told reliever J.J. Putz that they plan to decline his $8.6 million option for 2010 and buy him out for $1 million instead. The club cited health concerns in making the long-expected move, pointing to elbow surgery and forearm problems that caused the former All-Star closer to ...

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Don't expect J.J. back...

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Adam Rubin takes a first look at the Mets free agents and possible non-tender candidates. Rubin clarifies just how much J.J. will get paid if the Mets pick-up his option and while I'd like to have an elite closer as my set-up man, that's just too much money. I was a huge supporter of the Putz ...

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Big Name Free Agents and the 2010 Mariners

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:55:09 +0000

On Big Name Free Agents and the 2010 Mariners

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