As of this writing, the following players are in line to compete for 11 or 12 spots on the Opening Day roster:
Felix Hernandez
Carlos Silva
Erik Bedard
Jarrod Washburn
Brandon Morrow
Ryan Rowland-Smith
Aaron Heilman
Miguel Batista
David Aardsma
Tyler Walker
Roy Corcoran
Mark Lowe
Cesar Jimenez
Justin Thomas
Jose Lugo
Jason Vargas
Eric Hull
Shawn Kelley
Ryan Feierabend?
Randy Messenger?
Either Zduriencik is setting up to give the coaching staff a major headache, or there's still a good bit of change on the way between now and Spring Training.
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We're going to offer a mystery bag to teams in a trade.
Spin the wheel, win a reliever!
Matthew - January 20, 2009
Or a chipmunk!
Jeff Sullivan - January 20, 2009
Free Canary!
PositivePaul - January 20, 2009
Free Adam Jones!
oh… yeah… about that…
seattlebruin - January 20, 2009
LETS PLAY WHEEL OF FISH! (Gil Meche Edition)
Ahhh, a red Heilman. Mmmmm, very tasty. Okay, Wader, listen carefully. You can hold on to your red Heilman or you can go for what’s in the box that IcHiro-San is bringing down the aisle right now! What’s it gonna be?
I’ll take the box! The Box!
You took the box? Let’s see what’s in the box!
BATISTA! BATISTAS IN THE BOX! STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!
Faux - January 20, 2009
How many of those guys have options left?
ubelmann - January 20, 2009
Everyone from Lowe down, except maybe Messenger
Corco - January 20, 2009
and NOT Lugo
Corco - January 20, 2009
I guess that doesn't seem all that terrible
Rotation: Felix, Bedard, Morrow, Washburn, Silva
Bullpen: Heilman, Batista, Aardsma, RRS, Walker, Corcoran
Tacoma: Lowe, Jimenez, Thomas, Vargas, Feierabend
If you’re impressed by Lugo, add him and take a 12-man staff. If someone on the Tacoma list is blowing you away and you want to keep Lugo, you could try to work out a trade for him. Otherwise, anyone who impresses in Tacoma is going to get their shot at some point in the season after someone gets injured or is ineffective.
Messenger gives you an extra arm in case there are injuries in Feb/March, and if not, then maybe you lose him on waivers at the end of ST, maybe not. Either way, no big deal.
Also, are any of these guys playing in the WBC? It might be useful to have am extra arm or two (like Messenger, say) to soak up ST innings. Life would certainly be easier if you could dump Washburn’s contract somewhere, make Heilman happy by putting him in the rotation and put Jimenez or Lowe in the bullpen.
ubelmann - January 20, 2009
I'd guess that assuming everything is as it is no we end up trading for Lugo
and carrying a 12 man staff with Lowe, although with Heilman, Batista, and RRS you have several pitchers who can eat a bunch of innings, so an 11 man staff is pretty realistic.
I’d bet a small amount Heilman is gone by spring training which simplifies everything a bit.
Felix, Jimenez, Silva, and possibly RRS are WBC bound.
Corco - January 20, 2009
I want Lowe to be good again
Edgar for Pres - January 21, 2009
Maybe if we bundle enough of these guys together we can dump Washburn or Silva
What do you think?
Smegmalicious - January 20, 2009
I don't see how that would work
Silva + Aardsma and Feierabend is not the difference between being able to trade Silva and not being able to trade Silva.
Corco - January 20, 2009
What if it was bigger than that
Silva + Aardsma + Jimenez +Thomas + Lugo + Vargas + Feierabend…
Maybe if we throw enough revilers at the problem it’ll go away.
Smegmalicious - January 20, 2009
That would be the most ridiculously strange trade in baseball history
But it would never happen
Corco - January 20, 2009
Maybe someone needs a complete bullpen
Contact the Mariners…we offer Bullpen in a Box ©
Smegmalicious - January 20, 2009
All we need is someone trying to start a renegade expansion team somehow
Nick S - January 20, 2009
Mark Cuban?
Smegmalicious - January 20, 2009
I bet a Mark Cuban team would go very well in a place like Las Vegas.
Fin - January 20, 2009
I like the term 'revilers' for relievers who suck.
marc w - January 21, 2009
Messenger needs to hurry up and go away now.
JLC - January 20, 2009
He's not really a part of the picture, from what I can tell
Jeff Sullivan - January 20, 2009
At one particularly boring game last year
My friends and I decided that Messenger was the Mariner most likely to be a child molester
Nick S - January 20, 2009
EEEEEEEEERrrrpp.
Try again…
PositivePaul - January 20, 2009
Thank God the occasional Washburn joke is still occasionally funny
seattlebruin - January 21, 2009
Fin - January 21, 2009
If only he weren't locked up for 70 million over the next four years.
JI - January 20, 2009
hah!
In our “Match The Unsavory Vice to The Mariner” game, my girlfriend and I figured Messenger was just likely to hit children…
groovewrangler - January 20, 2009
What better to do after such a mess of a season then to bring a lot of bodies in and have an open competition?
Schuxu - January 21, 2009
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