Have I linked Mike Curto before? I'm gonna link Mike Curto.
The Rainiers have taken Matt Tuiasosopo off the roster, and I have heard that he is not currently in Nashville. A rather grumpy Daren Brown didn’t want to talk about it, just saying "he’s not here."
In fairness, Daren Brown often seems grumpy.
This is an interesting situation, though, mainly because we have no idea what's going on. I'd say the most likely scenario is that Jack Wilson's headed to the DL. He hasn't played since May 5th and just yesterday LaRue said his hamstring remains a little "problematic," and a DL stint retroactive to May 6th would give Wilson more time to heal up and set him to return on the 21st. With Josh Wilson looking good, the team probably feels comfortable taking things easy with Jack.
But who's interested in what's most likely? Maybe there's a trade in the works. Maybe Tui fell asleep in the clubhouse and the organization cut him to send a message. Maybe something else. We'll find out more as the day goes on. And until we do, speculate!
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Traded to the Raiders for the rights to Jake Locker next year.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
The Angels won't like that.
Eyebrows - May 12, 2010 via mobile
They get Marques and JaMarcus.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
That's a picture of Brett Butler, I believe.
marc w - May 12, 2010
There we go
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
That's our Daren!
marc w - May 12, 2010
Is that his hand or someone else's?
sigalert - May 12, 2010
This now makes no sense.
sigalert - May 12, 2010
Alien abduction
Dewey N - May 12, 2010
Looks more like an old pissed off Cirillo.
But he was always old and pissed off
Fat Ichiro - May 12, 2010
Now that I changed the picture, boy is there egg on your face
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Now that you've explained it there isn't anymore
Dewey N - May 12, 2010
Please be a trade for someone interesting that transforms the roster into a beautiful chrysalis
lemonverbena - May 12, 2010
And that hits dingers
lemonverbena - May 12, 2010
I like where you;re going with this but I wonder if turning into a chrysalis is really helpful
pretty, yes, but also inactive.
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
Trade?
Purge of Bavasi prospects continues?
Edgar for Pres - May 12, 2010
Who would actually want Tui?
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Package?
Not gonna rosterbate, but we should find out sooner than later!
hehe I just said package and rosterbate.
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
The Royals!
rbr07 - May 12, 2010
Trade!
In their continuing effort to become the 2007 Mariners, the Royals get Tui and Lopez. In return the Mariners get to continue their effort to lose as many games as possible 1-0 by acquiring Zach Grienke
wetzelcoal - May 12, 2010
And Alberto Callaspo.
Mariner Melee - May 12, 2010
Fuck Jack Wilson
Constantly mildly injured players are so frustrating. Especially when they’re good players.
TheBishop - May 12, 2010
Deion Branch?
Fearless Frog - May 12, 2010
The grumpiness
Makes me think it was something Tui did to screw up.
I haven’t been following the Raniers, has Tui been mashing? If so, then maybe I’d be more inclined to think it was a trade.
okdan - May 12, 2010
Tui's hit .321 in limited play
Grumpiness is probably that Tui was taken off with late notice, forcing Brown to scramble for a new lineup.
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Of course, with all the 2B/SS/3B types they have hanging around, it isn't a hard situation to figure out
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Right, they've still got Hannahan and Woodward to switch between 2b/SS, and Mangini plays 3B.
It’ll be tough if someone gets injured, but c’mon – the Rainiers had 12 first basemen last year and they made it work
marc w - May 12, 2010
And Ramon Vazquez!
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
And Ramon Vazquez's mustache
Dewey N - May 12, 2010
Oh hey! What the hell's he grumpy about then?
marc w - May 12, 2010
Tui is good
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Debatable.
thehemogoblin - May 12, 2010
In Tacoma.
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
Tui is AAA good
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Operative words are imperative.
thehemogoblin - May 12, 2010
Maybe he got the notification while he was still asleep and boy Daren Brown doesn't like it when you call him at 5am.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Maybe he got the notification while he was still asleep and boy Daren Brown doesn't like it when you call him in the clubhouse in the fourth inning
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
What does ESPN have to say on the matter?
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
People are only accusing Ken Griffey Jr. of being lazy on the job because of the color of his skin.
Meanwhile, there’s no evidence that Nick Adenhart has even picked up a baseball in over a year and no one questions his work ethic.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Swoon.
Kermit. - May 12, 2010
Daren Brown looks like he wasn't asleep at 5am
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
So he has to wake up to huff glue before his wife wakes up. That's none of your goddamn business.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
They all had to get up damn early anyway. They're halfway through today's game already.
marc w - May 12, 2010
That's cruelty to animals, ese.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Losing Tui leaves only 1 other guy in the clubbouse
Who is into Settlers of Catan.
okdan - May 12, 2010
He's been doing pretty well since getting sent down.
Taking lots of pitches, hitting pretty well. Not a lot of power, though.
marc w - May 12, 2010
For the record I am 99% certain this is just Wilson going on the DL
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
BOOOORING
okdan - May 12, 2010
Buzzkill
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
I'm pretty happy to have Tui up if there is little to no chance of him playing SS
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
I'd have preferred Hannahan though
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
Way to ruin it.
rbr07 - May 12, 2010
Seems different in that he was taken off the roster instead of just an announcement of the callup
Or it could just be the twitterblogosphere making it look that way.
Or someone went back in time and the fabric of the universe is unraveling.
lemonverbena - May 12, 2010
I imagine these things don't all happen at once
Tui getting taken off the roster might just be the first domino in a series of moves driven by paperwork.
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Shouldn't they call up a shortstop then?
Poochie - May 12, 2010
But...
Mariner Melee - May 12, 2010
I don't really understand this
Tui’s defense needs polish, AAA seems the place to get the time so he’s not painful to watch out there. At the same time he wasn’t exactly lighting up major league pitchers in his limited time with the big club. Is Hammerhands so fallen from favor or injury prone that they feel compelled to give the Tui experiment another go?
It just seems like the kid needs to be given a mandate about proving his defense and the chance to do it without constantly having to hop on I5 every time Wilson forgets to stretch before a game.
Drew_D - May 12, 2010
Tui can work on his defense in practice
This doesn’t really affect him much.
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Why not Hannahan if Wilson is going to the DL?
BOOO I want excitement
Stormton - May 12, 2010
Hannahan's finally played some SS, but Tui has more experience there (even if it's not all good)
And Hannahan’s still not looking great at the plate. At this stage, Tui’s the better bat.
marc w - May 12, 2010
TRADE TRADE TRADE TRADE TRADE
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
They've traded Tui to RadioShack for me in return
This way Tui can hawk cellphones and I can hit linedrives at Jeff’s head whenever he’s in attendance
Fuzz - May 12, 2010
And he would have gotten away with it if it were for you meddling bloggers.
Janic - May 12, 2010
I hope it's a trade
Griffin Cooper - May 12, 2010
For Kila Ka'aihue!
lailaihei - May 12, 2010
Would the front office start selling apostrophe shirts then, as well?
wilsonpdx - May 12, 2010
I would think if it is, Hank Blalock would be logical, seeing as he is more or less demanding a trade
Although, he isn’t really a fit..
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
He is if Griffey retires
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
Oh please oh please oh please!
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
The Royals don't have an entire infield composed of former Mariners yet.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?
…we keep the former KC icon and they get Griffey? I’m somehow okay with this.
Charles Gipson - May 12, 2010
I don't think that's what he is suggesting at all.
I think he is suggesting that they take Tui, not Griffey.
Kirk - May 12, 2010
Hank Blalock is not a logical fit
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
He can't really hit, he can't really play defense.
How is this not a perfect fit?
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Too white.
He’d tip the balance of power in the clubhouse in the wrong direction.
wilsonpdx - May 12, 2010
Wait since when can Hank Blalock not hit?
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
2002, 2005, 2006, 2009.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Oh wow, he's really bad
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
But he's probably better than the 7th best pitching staff in the NL
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
GOD
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
He's an awful lot like Griffey
Seems like a perfect fit
Poochie - May 12, 2010
Hank Blalock has an out clause in his contract and can leave anytime.
thehemogoblin - May 12, 2010
I hope he's been released. Fuck Tui
Poochie - May 12, 2010
I think he's got potential
But if you say “fuck tui” really fast it becomes kind of an awesome swear word.
wilsonpdx - May 12, 2010
He doesn't really have much potential beyond what you have seen at the major league level.
That’s just what I’ve heard, anyway.
Kirk - May 12, 2010
I wish they would just make the announcment that Jack Wilson is going on the DL
The longer they wait the more disappointed i will be when it turns out to not be a trade.
wetzelcoal - May 12, 2010
Yes indeed.
I completely agree with this sentiment.
MissoulaMarinerFan - May 12, 2010
I'm not real knowledgable on this, can we just keep sending Tui up and down
Because he’s on a minor league deal? No options to worry about?
BigR - May 12, 2010
He has unlimited options for the rest of the season
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
To expand on this
Any player that is optioned at any point in the year is now eligible to be send down or called as often as the team likes. I think that’s how it works anyway.
Kirk - May 12, 2010
Options are related to seasons, not individual times sent up and down.
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
Or they would burn up very, very fast.
Mariner Melee - May 12, 2010
Makes sense.
Thanks guys.
BigR - May 12, 2010
Just to keep the Royal to Mariner ratio the same
Maybe Tui for Guillen. Think of Guillen and Bradley in the same clubhouse. La Rue and Baker would need to sacrifice their first born.
Fat Ichiro - May 12, 2010
Ka'aihue!
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
Where did the idea that Ka'aihue is available take root?
It pops up way too often for something that is basically not going to happen.
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
The fact that Dayton Moore treats him like something he scraped off of the bottom of his shoe.
Aaron Campeau - May 12, 2010
He's getting starts right now, isn't he?
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
He has 4 PA in two games
Aaron Campeau - May 12, 2010
Well fuck me
I thought he’d been starting
Bearskin Rugburn - May 12, 2010
Well in Moore's defense Ka'aihue kinda looks like he sucks
Poochie - May 12, 2010
Royals!
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
He's been MLB-ready for years and keeps getting passed over for players like Mike Jacobs.
Teej - May 12, 2010
Hank Blalock?
Stone0919 - May 12, 2010
WOOOO ROSTERBATION!
Mariner John - May 12, 2010
David Ortiz.
More DH types who can’t hit!
TheLoneDavid - May 12, 2010
Ugh.
Kirk - May 12, 2010
And a supplementary ugh for that sig line
pdb - May 12, 2010
Yeah, I don't read those but my original post should have been "Ugh. Ugh."
Kirk - May 12, 2010
TLD wants a return on 2 years of frustration.
Idea! Boston and Seattle trade all their aging, underperforming players to Houston and KC for Oswalt and Grienke, then play Russian roulette for Zack.
TheLoneDavid - May 12, 2010
Just awful.
Eyebrows - May 12, 2010 via mobile
I regret this thread
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
You must have seen this coming when you wrote 'speculate!'
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
I was going to say something above about not turning this in to pure rosterbation
But, it DID say “speculate!” at the end…
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
it's really mostly just the last five words you should regret
Words are dangerous weapons when in the wrong hands.
pdb - May 12, 2010
I regret my last five words
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
These?
TheBishop - May 12, 2010
Which one are you leaving out?
Matt Erickson - May 12, 2010
I?
TheBishop - May 12, 2010
Wow.
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
I figured you learned your lesson when you asked if we wanted to hear about volcanoes three threads ago
seattlebruin - May 12, 2010
According to my Yahoo fantasy notes...
Josh Willingham was pulled out of the lineup despite a history of success against Pelfrey. Regular rest day I think not!
MarinerManMatt - May 12, 2010
World Series here we come!
Stormton - May 12, 2010
But what about Saunders and Langy?
Is Willingham going to DH?
Mariner Melee - May 12, 2010
Langy? Really?
Langerhans just too taxing to spell out?
pdb - May 12, 2010
I prefer Islets
He’s my second favorite body part related Mariner!
Drew_D - May 12, 2010
Well that's interesting...
But it seems like we have enough OF/DH types on the roster…
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
Willingham is a way better hitter than any of them.
Though this probably means absolutely nothing because the Nats aren’t unlikely to unload him after his ridiculous start this year (and really good year last season), sure as hell not for Tui.
OlSalty - May 12, 2010
aren't likely*
OlSalty - May 12, 2010
Not that it's happening, but Willingham's wOBA over the last three years:
.365/.363/.373, and he’s at .398 so far this year. And he’s not too much worse than Bradley in the OF. He’d be a pretty huge upgrade.
But it’s not happening, so eh.
Aaron Campeau - May 12, 2010
I wanna play that cracker at catcher yo
Poochie - May 12, 2010
He's been a -7 the last two years in the OF
I’m not sold that he’s anything more than a 1B/DH
Poochie - May 12, 2010
Well neither is Bradley
Aaron Campeau - May 12, 2010
That's more on account of being made of glass
Poochie - May 12, 2010
Yes
Aaron Campeau - May 12, 2010
That would be perfect too, considering Kotchman cannot hit lefties to save his life
Willingham doesn’t really have a platoon split, but you could rotate him around 1B/DH/Occasional LF and be okay, and get a hell of a bat in the lineup.
OlSalty - May 12, 2010
oh absolutely
Could take his job outright before too long
Poochie - May 12, 2010
DONE!
Divish tweets Wilson to the DL.
seattlesundevil - May 12, 2010
I win
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
Stand by for the prize patrol who will be delivering you a valuable prize!
note: prize may not have value or tangible physical form
pdb - May 12, 2010
I bet it's just Robert hiding in the box.
This was his plan all along.
Eyebrows - May 12, 2010 via mobile
I hope he remembered the air holes this time.
Eyebrows - May 12, 2010 via mobile
BrianL got there before you.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/5/9/1465368/famous-last-words-ot-5-10-2010#37348998
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
Lame.
BrianL - May 12, 2010
YESSSSSS WE DID IT.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
Awwwwwwwwwww :(
Eyeball Kid - May 12, 2010
That doesn't mean TUi can't be traded fro Josh Willingham
Poochie - May 12, 2010
Boring.
Mariner Melee - May 12, 2010
Looks like we just took out a subscription to the paper.
TheBishop - May 12, 2010
Aw man, and I got all excited when I saw that Ryan Raburn was optioned today
and then read Jeff’s little cocktease :( Reality is boring.
Matt Erickson - May 12, 2010
Reality is as exciting as you want it to be!
It turns out I’m really a level 82 Mountain Wizard! Golly gosh!
Eyebrows - May 12, 2010 via mobile
And as suspected it's retroactive to May 6th.
BrianL - May 12, 2010
Hannahan must look really bad at the plate right now
Aaron Campeau - May 12, 2010
Thank goodness for Josh Wilson and his Pony League championship trophy.
abender20 - May 12, 2010
He hasn't played much shortstop yet and he already has ten errors
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
I thought he was going to be our new starting catcher
Poochie - May 12, 2010
Affirmative.
marc w - May 12, 2010
ATTENTION EVERYONE
You cannot make a “trade our garbage for a really good player” joke funny.
Nobody can.
It can not be taken to any further level of absurdity any longer in which to make it funny.
It’s dead. It’s deader than dead.
I don’t care how original you think your trade Tui for Pujols or whomever joke is, it isn’t.
Stop being terrible. Just stop.
Matthew - May 12, 2010
I bet I can make a funny joke about airline peanuts
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
You killed that bird with the Jose Lopez post
Matthew - May 12, 2010
That was the joke
Jeff Sullivan - May 12, 2010
I say we trade Tui for box filled with mustard
Dewey N - May 12, 2010
Let's trade Carlos Silva for Milton Bradley hahahahaha
lailaihei - May 12, 2010
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