Here & There: News That's Barely News
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 28, 2010 9:16 PM PST
in Miscellaneous
- Xavier Nady signed with Chicago, Jerry Hairston Jr. signed with San Diego, and Fernando Tatis is back with New York. I'm not saying the Mariners are running out of options, but they're definitely running out of what seemed like the obvious ones. Ken Rosenthal suggests they could get in the mix for Melvin Mora, another guy who would make some sense as a righty who can maybe kind of play a lot of positions, but I'm pretty sure that as soon as someone links the Mariners to a free agent the front office crosses him off the list, so who knows. Just in case there's any truth to this theory, I hear the M's are talking to Livan Hernandez.
- There is one free agent that Jon Paul Morosi says we won't have to worry about:
aren't in on free agent catcher Jose Molina, source says.
Good work, Jon.
- If you're curious about the status of Erik Bedard, Ryan Divish has got you covered. Per Rick Griffin, Bedard's still at least three months away, and if he pushes his recovery window to the max, he may not return until June. And even then you're just talking about having him back on a mound, but not having him at 100%. All along, people have been cautioning that Bedard probably won't be back in game shape until the second half, and that's looking more and more likely, which would explain why he's been treated the way a pet dog treat your shoes when you get home from work. He'll eventually sign a contract, but whoever gives it to him will be doing so with the understanding that they'll be lucky to get 15 good starts.
I still want him, though. Can't help myself.
- If you're curious about the status of Ken Griffey Jr., he's old and chubby.
- By the way, with articles coming out talking about how the Mariners have been working closely with Bedard through his rehab, some people have said that, hey, that's really cool, helping out a former player and all. Funny story: turns out they don't have a choice.
As with Bedard, Chavez's rehab and recovery is being done under the Mariners' watch since both were injured while playing for Seattle last year, even though neither remains on the team's roster.
Once they sign with another club, their care will shift to that team's training staff.
I'm not saying the Mariners aren't happy to do it, but when you're talking about an obligation, motives become kind of irrelevant.
- So Johnny Damon's market crashed rather famously. Now it's coming out that there are a lot of teams who have interest in adding Damon at a lower cost. Which means Johnny Damon has a market again.
GM A: Well, we like him, but we don't like him at eight million.
Boras: Anybody?
GM B: Four million!
Boras: Please.
GM A: Five million!
GM B: Six million!
GM C: Seven million!
GM A: Eight million!
Boras: Sold.
GM A: Yes!
Damon's not going to get what he initially wanted, but there are enough teams sniffing around now that he may yet be able to avoid the full Abreu.
"If you're curious about the status of Ken Griffey Jr., he's old and chubby. "
but incrementally not quite as chubby.
msb - January 28, 2010
That's right!
The removal of a bone spur will reduce his weight by a gram, thus making it technically correct. The best kind of correct!
JAH - January 28, 2010
Supposedly he's lost more weight
As per Ms. Drayer today. He Griffey says he’s slimmed down, for what it’s worth.
hiskeyd - January 28, 2010
When they drained his knee
His butt got smaller.
Amazing but true. Knee bone’s connected to the… well, you know how that goes.
wandergeist - January 29, 2010
Those 7 pounds will make the knee feel as if it is holding up a feather!
msb - January 29, 2010
Wrist watch?
Matthew - January 29, 2010
Believe it when I see it!
appleshampoo - January 29, 2010
Wow, that Johnny Damon joke made me laugh really hard...
until I realized how close to truth that will end up being.
supershane - January 28, 2010
"The full Abreu"
Sounds like a British slang term for a kinky sex act. Something, rare and taboo but not in the normal mainstream culture to be brought up too much.
“He was such a perv. He actually looked at me smiled and said ‘I want the Full Abreu’. I don’t care if we were already in bed. I told him to get his clothes on and piss off.”
“She was such a nasty bird. She turned to me and whispered ‘Who knows, maybe someday I will give you the "Full Abreu’. Then she giggled and trotted off back to her house. I was as disgusted as I was turned on."
mark sobba - January 28, 2010
English people don't have sex
Bearskin Rugburn - January 28, 2010
Which means "the full Abreu"
Amounts to something like “loosening your waistcoat”
wandergeist - January 29, 2010
I've had several special evenings with Graham that would indicate otherwise.
Eyebrows - January 29, 2010
Which just proves
Graham is only pretending to be English. You know, like Madonna.
wandergeist - January 29, 2010
An evening of Bangers and Mash!
jtopps - January 29, 2010
That looks like something you would see on Urban Dictionary.
killer_ewok18 - January 28, 2010
Ah, my bad on the reply.
killer_ewok18 - January 28, 2010
Blerb from Cashman on Rotowire I got off Fangraphs on Damon.
How could he say that and keep a straight face?
JAH - January 28, 2010
Cashman has been working for the Steinbrenners for years
He can believe six impossible things before breakfast. And relate them all without cracking a smile. He’s so far down the rabbit hole his hair smells like carrots.
wandergeist - January 29, 2010
If we could get Bedard in one of those Clemens-esque May-June signings I'd be pumped.
Never can have enough pitching.
SethGrandpa - January 28, 2010
If that happens, will Shannon Drayer announce his return from the press box in the middle of the game while having an orgasm?
Goose - January 28, 2010
I will accept this if Geoff Baker does a live video and follows it up with "I'll have what she's having."
Two Rs and Two Ls - January 29, 2010
I don't know if we should pay him 22 million and 22 cents
Bearskin Rugburn - January 29, 2010
So what do you think the likelihood is that MLBTR quotes this article as "Mariners making a play for Livan Hernandez?"
CapSea - January 29, 2010
98%.
SethGrandpa - January 29, 2010
Melvin Mora?
Isn’t he going to be wanting almost the same kind of money as Damon?
wandergeist - January 29, 2010
Probably he does,
but I bet he’d be happy just to have a job at this point and will settle for less.
Bearskin Rugburn - January 29, 2010
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