Comments on: Rumors: Lackey, Harden, Figgins, O-Dawg

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:07:10 +0000

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.

By: Dustin Shires

Dustin Shires — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:06:12 +0000

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.

By: gregrabble

gregrabble — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:09:21 +0000

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.

By: harrison

harrison — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:43:01 +0000

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” …

By: eastcoastmariner

eastcoastmariner — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:31:19 +0000

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

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:18:51 +0000

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.”

By: Slurve

Slurve — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:15:35 +0000

Rich Harden!

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:04:01 +0000

He’s also the type of pitcher you need to clean out your farm system to get, down year in 2009 or not.

By: harrison

harrison — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:18:42 +0000

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.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:14:02 +0000

So I take it “many people in the M’s blogosphere” equals the Sodo Mojo crew? I guess I missed those posts.

By: harrison

harrison — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:28:42 +0000

Oh, crap… look what we started.

By: eastcoastmariner

eastcoastmariner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:23:26 +0000

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

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:49:52 +0000

What Nolasco idea? I haven’t heard that one..

By: eastcoastmariner

eastcoastmariner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:24:24 +0000

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…