M’s Sign Bladergroen

by ~ November 12th, 2008 at 9:03 am

Jack Zduriencik has brought in his second player as Seattle GM, inking independent leaguer Ian Bladergroen to a minor league deal.

This is a nice little pickup.  Bladergroen used to be a top-5 prospect in the New York Mets organization before being dealt to Boston in 2005.  He’s a left-handed hitting first baseman with legitimate pop and good plate discipline to boot.  Bladergroen probably qualifies as AA roster filler, but could be a nice surprise if he can stay healthy.

Full stats here.  Larry LaRue with the news.

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  • http://addictedtoquack.com Quinn

    Chris Berman called me after this signing.

    Ian “drinking a lot of liquids makes my” Bladergroen.

  • http://marinermelee.blogspot.com/ Mariner Melee

    You can never have too much depth. I can’t wait to see what GMZ plans to do at the Major League level.

  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Dustin Shires

    We don’t have depth at 1st, which is why this looks really good.

    As for MLB level, I don’t know if he can do all that much. It will be hard to get any kind of return on Washburn, Batista, or Silva.