Mariners Inform Clubs Jarrod Washburn Is Now Available
According to Ken Rosenthal and John Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com, the Seattle Mariners have indicated to clubs that left-hander Jarrod Washburn is "officially available."
Furthermore, Morosi and Rosenthal report that the Mariners have formally placed a call to the Yankees informing them that they'll officially begin listening to offers.
The Yankees are believed to be very interested in acquiring another starting pitcher, and it's believed the two names at the top of their list are Bronson Arroyo and Washburn, however, at this point Arroyo seems like a last resort should they not be able to complete a deal for Washburn.
Another team very interested in Washburn is the Milwaukee Brewers, but one complication for the Brewers could be the impending free agency of Jarrod Washburn. After being burned last year by CC Sabathia, many folks around baseball believe the Brewers might be hesitant about landing another potential three-month rental. However, others within the Brewers organization believe that because Washburn in a Wisconsin-native, the team might be able to convince him to agree to a contract extension, but as of now this is just all speculative.
It's believed that in exchange for Washburn Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik is seeking at the very least a major league ready shortstop. If that is in fact true it would make the Brewers seem much more viable candidates than the Yankees. The Brewers could present a package built around current big league shortstop J.J. Hardy (who was drafted by Zduriencik), or even one around prized young shortstop Alcides Escobar. On the other hand the Yankees don't really posses a top-level shortstop that they could offer the Mariners, but they do have a collection of young arms in the minor leagues that they could potentially build a deal around.
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It's about time we made him available.
I’m hoping they can get JJ Hardy as part of a trade with the Brewers. Either that or Reid Brignac as part of the rumored CLE/TAM/SEA trade.
by Heydude on Jul 28, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
gonna cost too much for the Yanks
if they want a MLB SS, the best the Yanks can do is Ramiro Pena.
That means a few of the Yanks plentiful arms in AAA, and Id rather not give up a McAllister and others for Washburn.
Oh well, unless there is a more reasonable offer.
by FreeBradshaw on Jul 28, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Forget Wash!
Jeff Clement out of the game. What happened?
by DAMellen on Jul 29, 2009 12:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's not sick or injured, I dunno.
It’s got to be apart of some trade.
by Heydude on Jul 29, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's see which team is stupid enough to trade something valuable for him
F%#& Billy Beane. Actually... I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Jul 29, 2009 2:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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