For my own part, I’d like to say that I don’t think Scott will be added either, but left him on there with the basic idea in mind that teams could use catching, he’s left-handed, and might hit a bit. His defensive reputation has never been glowing.

As for Peguero, I think he was tagged with a bad defensive reputation early on because he was used almost exclusively as a DH in one of his first few seasons. The rumor spread that he was awful and they were trying to hide him, when the reality was just that he had surgery in his throwing arm, bone chips I think it was, and they couldn’t run him out there. His arm isn’t bad though, and while he is strictly a corner guy, he ran a 2.38 RF in right field, which is the best of any qualifying right fielder in the league by a wide margin. In fact, no one who played more than twenty games on the position scored higher. There are obviously flaws in the methodology, and I’m not trying to argue he’s an asset by any means, but at the very least he is not a liability, and the insinuation that he is was an unsubstantiated viewpoint that got wholly out of control.

It’s true that he’s not a likely defensive replacement or pinch-runner though, and that the bulk of his value lies in his ability to hit for power, while there remain questions as to whether or not he’ll hit at all.

Would you consider doing an inter-blog round-table discussion with Griffin, Harrison, and I, after Z’s made a few moves? Just a thought.

I don’t view Peguero as a prospect either. He doesn’t make it past AA without some major changes.

The catching depth is troubling. With Moore in the majors, Seattle’s minor league catching depth is made up of a couple fringy guys that are old for their level in A-ball (Scott, Howell, Johnson– off the top of my head) and a couple of teenagers in Baron and Choi.

No telling who the AAA catcher will be. Tons of high minors minor league free agent catchers this year, so it could be anyone. Like… Rene Rivera!

My count puts us at 33 for a realistic count, FA’s leaving and 60 day DL’rs getting put back on.

I would think that once a player files for free-agent status that would remove him for any teams 40-man roster.

Froming reading Baseball America the Mariners had 36 free roster slots (37 after Wilson) does that inlcude Branyan, Bedard and all the others?

I just got really confused on this…

With regards to Peguero, I saw him play a few games against Inland Empire this year and he is not a prospect. He was routinely BEHIND 85-86 mph fastballs with a huge uppercut. He doesn’t walk and he only DH’d when I saw him. To be honest he was one of the worst regulars on the squad.

I also saw Scott and I thought he was decent. Although he is really old for the league and probably won’t be picked up. However, the M’s all of a sudden have no minor league depth at catcher so you may not want to lose him. I expect him to be in AA and I have no idea who will catch in AAA (maybe Jamie Burke again??).

Pineda shouldn’t be eligible. It’s not logical to have a team make a decision on Nov. 20 for the Rule 5 on a player signed after Nov. 20.