After picking through his available options (few), outfielder Mike Wilson decided to accept a Minor League deal with the Mariners and has now been given a Spring Training invite with the figurative big boys, bringing the total in camp up to 67 players. Literally they're probably all actually smaller boys than him. Mike Wilson is a big man is what I'm communicating here.
Wilson was designated for assignment along with Chris Gimenez when the signings of Shawn Camp and Hong-Chih Kuo created a 40-man roster crunch. It was smart of the Mariners' front office to sign two players simultaneously. This way, Mike Wilson doesn't know which of the two exactly caused him to be DFA'd and thus both are safe from his terrible wrath.
So JY breathes a deep sign of relief, because really, who likes change? Mike Wilson will once again head to Tacoma once everyone else* heads there as Spring Training ends later in March. It caught me off guard to note that Mike Wilson is still only 28. This will be his age 29 season but his birthday of June 29 is right at the baseball age cutoff line. I guess it's not crazy to think that Wilson still has a chance at getting his chance, somewhere, sometime. Another .971 Triple-A OPS wouldn't hurt.
*everyone else = Tacoma Rainier personnel. I do not mean to imply that every literal resident of Tacoma is currently in Peoria.
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I'll be honest, you guys, I've had better birthday presents.
JY - February 18, 2012
Have you had bigger ones, though???
msb - February 18, 2012
Statistically, this is the highest number of birthday I have reached.
JY - February 18, 2012
d'oh
I get it now. Sorry, copy-editing work has a way of frying the brain.
JY - February 18, 2012
I thought yours was a good answer,
until I read your awakening.
xmet - February 18, 2012
Good, this makes me happy.
Even if he ends up just being a back up player I’d love to see him stick at the big league level for a few years.
Cascadian Man - February 18, 2012
We'll take him.
Tacoma_Mike - February 18, 2012
Are you him?
Spider Jerusalem - February 18, 2012
What did one snowman say to the other?
Aly Edge - February 18, 2012
What?
sofa_king - February 18, 2012 via mobile
Something about a
vegetable?
xmet - February 18, 2012
Sure I'm a geek
But was that really that obscure? Meh.
Aly Edge - February 18, 2012
It was to me,
until Google provided about 634,000 results in 0.19 seconds.
xmet - February 18, 2012
Is it cold out?
Or is it just me?
qwertyiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm - February 18, 2012
Man I hope he catches on as a full time MLB player
Maybe not a starter, but at least a guy who plays and gets a real paycheck. If Willie Bloomquist can make it this guy should be able to.
Smegmalicious - February 18, 2012
AAA Dingers!
bagsflyfree - February 18, 2012
From Larry Stone:
:(
Mayo - February 18, 2012
Professional sports are brutally sad.
Smegmalicious - February 18, 2012
Mariners Baseball
When no other man will have you
Aly Edge - February 18, 2012
Mariners Baseball
Lets not kid ourselves.
Smegmalicious - February 19, 2012
But he's so good
CapSea - February 18, 2012
This gasts me all flabber like.
CapSea - February 18, 2012
I would like to see him get a chance sometime.
joof - February 19, 2012
Does Mike have a Twitter?
I’d love to send him some encouragement, as weird as that sounds. I love that he’s still with the club, and hope he gets a second chance.
Also, I’d love to get on his good side in case any bullies start picking on me…
HititHere - February 20, 2012
You could send him an actual letter
care of the Mariners/Rainiers
Matthew - February 20, 2012
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