M's, either trade him soon or decide he's really not a locker room cancer & sign him to extension; but the status quo is unacceptable.

Beforet he trade happened, when we were discussing it here, I posted more then once that the trade was only accetable in my mind if we did an extension before the deal, like most gm's with a clue would have required.

Right now we have an injured rent a player that we gave up way too much for.

This blog needs a spell checker!

I want to know why we put Ryan back down to the bullpen and allow Miquel to be a starter?

What a beautiful game to watch last night. Not one, but two complete games in one. A one hour and 49 minute game. A pitchers duel. The M's 2nd complete game in a row, albeit complete game losses of the 8 inning variety. Fantastic nonetheless. I'm going to tell myself that Silva would have been allowed to pitch the 9th had the M's taken the lead.

The only sad commentary is that Justin Duescherer is an all-star, and this was his first complete game after 17 starts. Why would they keep taking this pitcher out of games to put in an inferior relief pitcher, or give someone else a chance to blow what he started?

First the M's go to a six man rotation, now they are talking about going back to 4. RR Smith has had two decent starts back to back. Keep using him, and build his arm strength. Maybe his next start he goes 6, which is what 75% of starting pitchers are limited to anyway. Take Miguel out of the equation and make him the long reliever, or release him. Dickey can be a long man spot starter for now. You already have Corcoran as the short reliever to save games. Then get Morrow out of that stupid "closer" roll, and let him start.

I'm amazed at the illogic of major league baseball teams. The M's have Putz, then they talk about trading him to a contender. At the same time, they use their best arm, Morrow, to take the place of Putz to save games for a last place team going no where. Wake up M's. This is extended spring training. This is winter league ball. Let Morrow learn to start.

I hope some idiot GM takes Washburn off our hands before his first start after the all-star break.

Just wondering....

Is it a bad thing when the Mariners have three starting pitchers (Silva, Washburn, Batista) whose opponents have a higher batting average against compared to all but one member of the team's roster for the season(Ichiro...and I can't stand Ichiro!)?

The only elements of suspense left is whether or not we will get the #1 pick in next year's draft and whether Bedard will ever be healthy enough for us to trade.

JoeC, you, me, and everybody else, but that would take some serious GM desperation and I think the most desperate teams just filled their needs.

I don't understand the M's thinking. Ryan Rowland Smith has looked like the best young pitcher in a long time to come up and pitch, yet they insist on keeping him in the bullpen. Last year we kept getting Ryan Firebrand and I was not impressed at all with him. Chau Sung Baek and Jake Woods were better. I say put Ryan Rowland Smith in the starting rotation, and start converting Brandon Morrow into a starter. We've had enough of the failures of the likes the last few years of guys like Clint Nageotte, Matt Thornton, Travis Blakely, Ryan Firebrand, as well as the overhyped trio of Ryan Anderson, Gil Meche, and Joel Pinata. Ryan Franklin was decent, not great, but decent 4 or 5 starter.