Sunday, December 07, 2003
MARINERS GIVE BORDERS A VALENTINE CARD
Borders only M's FA offered arbitration
Catcher Pat Borders was Seattle's only free agent who was offered arbitration.
"We offered him arbitration because the club has a special relationship with this guy," Mariners GM Bill Bavasi said.
No Benitez. No Mabry. No McLemore. No Sanchez.
Arthur Rhodes and Mike Cameron were not offered arby either.
But Pat Borders was.
"We offered him arbitration because the club has a special relationship with the guy"
WHAT? WHAT THE HELL?
The "special relationship" was when he was Freddy Garcia's warden officer out on the field. Other than that, he's useless for the Mariners organization.
And while I didn't think the M's would offer Rhodes and Cameron arbitration in the first place, the M's offering PAT FREAKING BORDERS arbitration is a slap in the face to those two players. Two players who have played a key part for the Mariners the past four seasons.
Pat Borders won the 1992 World Series MVP. So what. That was nice, back in 1992. SCOTT BROSIUS won a World Series MVP award and nobody thinks he's special enough to get offered arbitration.
Now, the Borders situation is one thing, but the Ibanez/Winn OF combo...
General manager Bill Bavasi said Randy Winn, who played in left field last season, will move to center. Raul Ibanez, a free agent who joined the Mariners last month, will play in left.
That's a pretty bold statement by Bavasi. I hope he has Miguel Tejada signed, sealed, delivered, because believe me, you're not going to get a whole lot of offense from Ibanez and Winn. And with this news, Ichiro will stay in right field.
David and I want Tejada so bad I'm willing to do some major heavy duty things to get the deal done. That's how bad we want this team to win.
But just watch, the Mariners will sign Jeff Reboulet.
Why? He fits the Mariners bill of veteran guys who drink milk as a recreational beverage.
And one more thing on Tejada...
He was offered arbitration by the A's. So that means that the A's will get a draft pick for him from the team that signs him. Oh holy hell, if the Mariners don't sign Tejada ALL BECAUSE OF A DRAFT PICK..............well, YOU BETTER DAMN WELL BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE HELL TO PAY. Sports aren't that serious, mind you. BUT THIS IS FRIGGIN MIGUEL TEJADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids, there's more to life in baseball than 93 wins and no playoffs.
There's the month of October.
A month where I've had to watch OTHER TEAMS play the great game of baseball.
THIS IS A HUGE OFFSEASON FOR THE MARINERS. HUGE!!! If they don't have a productive offseason, then that is crapping on every fan and taxpayer that comes to and is currently paying for Safeco Field.
I'm fired up. Come on Mariners brass, don't let me down.
FIRE UP THE MIGGY HOT STOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Catcher Pat Borders was Seattle's only free agent who was offered arbitration.
"We offered him arbitration because the club has a special relationship with this guy," Mariners GM Bill Bavasi said.
No Benitez. No Mabry. No McLemore. No Sanchez.
Arthur Rhodes and Mike Cameron were not offered arby either.
But Pat Borders was.
"We offered him arbitration because the club has a special relationship with the guy"
WHAT? WHAT THE HELL?
The "special relationship" was when he was Freddy Garcia's warden officer out on the field. Other than that, he's useless for the Mariners organization.
And while I didn't think the M's would offer Rhodes and Cameron arbitration in the first place, the M's offering PAT FREAKING BORDERS arbitration is a slap in the face to those two players. Two players who have played a key part for the Mariners the past four seasons.
Pat Borders won the 1992 World Series MVP. So what. That was nice, back in 1992. SCOTT BROSIUS won a World Series MVP award and nobody thinks he's special enough to get offered arbitration.
Now, the Borders situation is one thing, but the Ibanez/Winn OF combo...
General manager Bill Bavasi said Randy Winn, who played in left field last season, will move to center. Raul Ibanez, a free agent who joined the Mariners last month, will play in left.
That's a pretty bold statement by Bavasi. I hope he has Miguel Tejada signed, sealed, delivered, because believe me, you're not going to get a whole lot of offense from Ibanez and Winn. And with this news, Ichiro will stay in right field.
David and I want Tejada so bad I'm willing to do some major heavy duty things to get the deal done. That's how bad we want this team to win.
But just watch, the Mariners will sign Jeff Reboulet.
Why? He fits the Mariners bill of veteran guys who drink milk as a recreational beverage.
And one more thing on Tejada...
He was offered arbitration by the A's. So that means that the A's will get a draft pick for him from the team that signs him. Oh holy hell, if the Mariners don't sign Tejada ALL BECAUSE OF A DRAFT PICK..............well, YOU BETTER DAMN WELL BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE HELL TO PAY. Sports aren't that serious, mind you. BUT THIS IS FRIGGIN MIGUEL TEJADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids, there's more to life in baseball than 93 wins and no playoffs.
There's the month of October.
A month where I've had to watch OTHER TEAMS play the great game of baseball.
THIS IS A HUGE OFFSEASON FOR THE MARINERS. HUGE!!! If they don't have a productive offseason, then that is crapping on every fan and taxpayer that comes to and is currently paying for Safeco Field.
I'm fired up. Come on Mariners brass, don't let me down.
FIRE UP THE MIGGY HOT STOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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