Lots of posts and comments here talked about why Aurilia was a complete bust and he has declined and nothing else to offer at the major league level.

This is a false statement, and I pointed that out. If what you meant was this new, “stuff doesn’t translate” argument, you should have said that in the first place.

You can’t say “well, 1+1=a bajillion” and then, when it’s pointed out that it’s not, argue that you made an entirely different statement.

Well, you can, but it’s stupid.

You fucked up. You could at least have the decency to admit that, instead of accusing people of misunderstanding you.

You misunderstood what I said. Your original posting said “we floated a number of names as possible alternatives. How’d they do?” – point is, how they do elsewhere doesn’t exactly translate to how they do here at Safeco (even with all the zillion ballpark independant stats you can throw at me). Aurilia is an example. Somebody else mentioned Olivo.

Regardless, I feel that some people just hate Everett (for baseball and non-baseball reasons) – every post should not reflect that thought IMHO, but this is your blog, so u r entitled to ur opinions for sure.

PS – Everett sucked big time, but he has a chance to be more valuble in a different org – probably Reds/Rangers/WhiteSox again in a hitter friendly ballpark and a loaded lineup for example. That he is not very valuble to the M’s and Safeco does not mean he is useless (even though he might not be a good person in non-baseball angle)

My last post was referencing #20 and #23 which lead to the *safety net* comment in #31 which you refuted in #35 but aptly proved in #37……

Here’s what JMB said about Aurilia on 1/1/04, by the way:

Getting back to Aurilia, I don’t have strong feelings about this one way or the other. Sure he’s older and slightly more expensive than Guillen, but he’s also a better bet to play 140 games in 2004. It’s also a very good thing that this is a one-year deal — perhaps they invision Jose Lopez taking over in 2005 — rather than the long-term deal Aurilia and his agent were supposedly looking for. Finally, there’s a chance the M’s wind up with a decent prospect for Guillen. Overall, I’d put this one down as a small net positive.

In the intro of the thread he authored, DMZ includes text from an email referencing the USSM position on Aurilia’s DFA: ***(2) Concerning the Aurilia DFA: I agree concerning the overall meaninglessness of the move*****

Seriously, I gave up after that because given the heroic effort I displayed during the search, no way was I going to click on the third link in the search results…

With 8 walks and 100 strikeouts this year and being right handed, I don’t think Olivo’s numbers translate real well to Safeco. Give Olivo credit for a nice year, but don’t forget his 151/172/276 line here last year in 152 at bats.

Obviously he’d have been a better backup C than Rivera, but backup C is the least of the Mariners’ problems. I don’t like the idea of using your backup C as a DH, because you lose the DH if you have to put him in the game. Which really reduces your flexibility late in games.

The smoking gun isn’t in the alternatives, nor has anyone really argued that it is. It’s in how they settled on Everett, their reasons for paying him a ridiculous amount of money with a potentially dangerous option. The whole process defied logic.

Who was the last Everett-like player that Larussa ran out for the duration?

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Hasn’t White hit much better since returning from injury? At least the Twins cut Batista loose.