Comments on: Jose Vidro signs with Red Sox

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:31:15 +0000

Well, to be fair, I’m sure sometimes the Mariners look at a guy and say “Useful bench player if he’ll play for nothing,” and then find out that basically, most of those guys aren’t willing to play for nothing in Seattle. (But are willing to play for nothing to be in, say, Boston.)

Hmm. It’d be funny to try to collect The Mayor (Casey), the Governor (Sherrill), and El Presidente (Santana) all on a team someday.

By: msb

msb — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:14:51 +0000

um, I bet Hickey & Bedard both think Vidro is just Sean Casey under another name.

By: JMHawkins

JMHawkins — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:06:36 +0000

Hey, c’mon guys. I know Bavasi has had a rough spring, but he always has a rough spring. He’ll heat up around July or August.

Oh, is

off-topic?

By: gwangung

gwangung — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:51:00 +0000

So when Bavasi leaves, and Fontaine and his scouts with him, are we going to hear once again about how â€œthe cupboard is bareâ€ because Bavasi, with no basis to be looking for the long term, traded everything away to win immediately? And will the next GM, after that first couple of years of trying to rebuild while blaming Bavasi, be put â€œon the hot seatâ€ to win immediately, thus emptying out the cupboard for the next GM? And so on? Because I already know how this story goes, and it doesnâ€™t get any better when only the actors are different.

If you come back in five years and say, “I told you so”, I promise I won’t react…

By: DMZ

DMZ — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:32:13 +0000

That is totally ot.

By: msb

msb — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:20:44 +0000

from Hickey:

“If you’re waiting around for news that Erik Bedard is finally a Mariner, maybe you need to do something else for a bit. For one thing, as of 1 p.m. (PST), Bedard was still at home in Ottawa, and it’s not at all clear when he will be en route to Seattle. It’s possible he won’t travel until Thursday.

That means no announcement will be made before Friday, if then. So if you’ve got something else to do for the time being, feel free to go ahead and do it.”

By: Sports on a Schtick

Sports on a Schtick — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:03:12 +0000

Woody Woodard, Pat Gillick, Bill Bavasi.

People wonder why pessimism exists.

By: joser

joser — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:59:49 +0000

So when Bavasi leaves, and Fontaine and his scouts with him, are we going to hear once again about how “the cupboard is bare” because Bavasi, with no basis to be looking for the long term, traded everything away to win immediately? And will the next GM, after that first couple of years of trying to rebuild while blaming Bavasi, be put “on the hot seat” to win immediately, thus emptying out the cupboard for the next GM? And so on? Because I already know how this story goes, and it doesn’t get any better when only the actors are different.

By: Sports on a Schtick

Sports on a Schtick — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:55:00 +0000

Here’s a list of every DH who had more than 450 plate appearances in 2007: David Ortiz, Travis Hafner, Jose Vidro, Frank Thomas, Aubrey Huff, Gary Sheffield, Jim Thome and Sammy Sosa.

So Turbo was either the worst or second-worst regular DH in baseball.

By: westfried

westfried — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:40:10 +0000

Sorry, Arbek. Do you really think a new GM would be dumping Bedard? (Or be allowed to?)

This is the Mariners (warning, pony-free pessimism ahead). They’ll hang on to him to the bitter end, rather than risk losing fans. Probably after deciding that, while 6 games back at the deadline, that they are “just a short winning streak away” from getting right back into it.

Of course, you could argue that a smart, empowered GM *should* be dumping him for prospects by then…