Zdurencik Looking for Trade Partners

by ~ November 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 pm

As if new GM Jack Zduriencik hasn’t shaken things up enough, there could be a lot of swapping around going on between now and the Winter Meetings.

From the Prospect Insider sidebar:

A player agent and a front office member of a rival club both hinted strongly Saturday morning that the Seattle Mariners have instigated numerous trade talks about their own players, perhaps telling clubs that there are no untouchables.

“They told (his boss, the GM) that he could make an offer on any player and probably not get laughed at,” said the executive. “We like some of their arms, but I’d be surprised if Hernandez or Morrow were among those they’d seriously talk about. But they have infielders we like, too. It’s just going to be all about price.”

Prospect Insider’s Jason Churchill let us know that the Mariners “have talked trade with the Diamondbacks and Cardinals” in comment #20 in this thread, and added in #22 that he is pretty sure Yuniesky Betancourt is a part of both teams’ discussions, with Jose Lopez possibly figuring into the Diamondbacks talks.

Zduriencik mentioned in his introductory letter to season ticket holders that he had “started some trade talks at the general managers meeting.” 

This is going to be an interesting offseason. 

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  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Dustin Shires

    Gotta agree… Felix and Morrow are untouchable. Aside from that, I’m willing to bet Triunfel is under that catagory: “Untouchable, but we’re saying that he’s touchable anyway…”

    Other than that, this off-season should be exciting.

    I’m loving Zduriencik more and more with each day.

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

    Triunfel, Hernandez, Morrow, if those aren’t your last names you should be available. I am sure going to miss Beltre though :(

  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Dustin Shires

    I don’t think Beltre gets traded. He’s so undervalued that I don’t think the proper package will come along. Wait until mid-season at least to see how the market feels about him…

  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Jon Shields

    I agree that he is undervalued, but his value won’t increase by midseason like a starting pitcher or reliever might. 1 full season of Beltre is probably going to bring in more than a half season.

  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Dustin Shires

    I guess it depends on what Trade Partner Team X needs at the trade deadline. If they could use a bat (and who doesn’t need defense?) Beltre could be brought up again. I really want to keep him though.

  • Rob T.

    There’s a report that Tazawa has already decided to sign with the Red Sox.

  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Dustin Shires

    Early reports, early reports… We’ll see. It wouldn’t surprise me. But the link I saw had him pegged at making $1M a year. That is a steal…

  • section331

    Glad you found the letter helpful; I believe in making information as widely available as possible, and thought that posting it might serve to re-enforce the idea that Zduriencik seems to know what he is doing, and know that fans want the winning to start happening – I don’t feel that it’s been acknowledged for a while. With Bavasi, I was given the idea that the fans were just secondary, and that the front office didn’t really care how bad the team looked. I don’t really get that feeling so much anymore, and I hope that assessment is correct.