Rumors: Lackey, Harden, Figgins, O-Dawg
by Jon ~ November 13th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Here are a couple of leftover rumor links as we head into the weekend:
- On Thursday Larry Stone went through some Seattle Mariners rumors, noting that “the Mariners will look deeply into” John Lackey. With regards to Rich Harden he writes “this one has legs.” He discusses about ten other players as well, so check it out.
- Jason Churchill has a hot stove post up today, with the most interesting quote being: “Rich Harden is either really liking the idea of pitching in Seattle, or he’s using the M’s as leverage to get a better deal in LAA, LAD or Boston.”
- He also says the Mariners have no interest in Chone Figgins, and Orlando Hudson has no desire to play in the American League, among other things. Check it out.
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eastcoastmariner
November 13th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I hope the part JAC mentions about the Marlins having no interest in trading any of their arms except Lindstrom isnt true since this Nolasco idea has really grown on me. But then again, so has the idea of Harden in an M’s uniform…
Jon Reply:
November 13th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
What Nolasco idea? I haven’t heard that one..
eastcoastmariner
November 14th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Many people in the M’s blogosphere have suggested the Mariners target Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco. Of course the M’s have given no such indication that they will do so but Nolasco as the M’s #2 is something nice to think about
harrison
November 14th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Oh, crap… look what we started.
Jon Reply:
November 14th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
So I take it “many people in the M’s blogosphere” equals the Sodo Mojo crew? I guess I missed those posts.
harrison Reply:
November 14th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Yeah… myself and I think Griffin each made different posts comparing him to the type of pitcher that could be an effective #2 for the Mariners.
Jon Reply:
November 14th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
He’s also the type of pitcher you need to clean out your farm system to get, down year in 2009 or not.
harrison Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 6:43 am
What started it was a blog post stating that the Marlins felt that Ricky Nolasco wasn’t an effective starting pitcher or something like that … and that turned into “Nolasco is available and undervalued” …
Slurve
November 14th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Rich Harden!
Jon
November 14th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Didn’t want to blow a post on this alone, so I’ll just post it here until I have some more tidbits to add to it:
ESPN’s Buster Olney: “If I were to set an early handicap on the upcoming Lackey sweepstakes, I’d throw out an educated guess on the rankings, from top to bottom, that looks like this: Mariners, Angels, Brewers, Mets, Red Sox, Yankees. The Mariners have a lot of payroll flexibility and a clear strategy predicated on strong pitching and defense.”
eastcoastmariner
November 14th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
The Sodo Mojo guys did do a post that included Nolasco in it but to be fair I’ve also seen it mentioned by people on PI as well
gregrabble
November 15th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
I don’t know if I’m at the point where I just want something to happen, but the idea of Lackey is growing on me.
Dustin Shires
November 15th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
I know I’m preaching to the choir here, at least I should be, but any money that JZ thinks about giving Lackey, he better guarantee Felix, and then some, first.
If Lackey gets a 90M contract from the Mariners, JZ better have busted his ass in giving Felix that 90M first. If that doesn’t work, cool, we have Lackey. But I’m pretty sure we’re all in agreement that any money Lackey would be potentially getting from the Mariners should be used towards extending Felix first.
Jon Reply:
November 16th, 2009 at 12:07 am
No way Lackey gets $90M anyway (at least, from any team other than the Yankees).
And I don’t believe there is any reason to think that the Mariners couldn’t extend Felix AND sign Lackey if they wanted to. Felix’s deal can be backloaded with the big bucks kicking in for his would-be FA year. You don’t often see players under club control sign extensions that pay them the same amount every season. They almost always escalate.