[nfbwatlk] Mariners' Trades

Thu Jul 30 02:16:41 UTC 2009

Bennett, thanks for the update, as I have been in Louisiana for three weeks 
and have not been able to follow them.
Sarah
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> Well, the new general manager is making some of us happy by actually
> doing something before the trade deadline.  Here's a Seattle Time
> Article about this:
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> Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - Page updated at 04:30 p.m.
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> Mariners acquire Jack Wilson, Ian Snell from Pirates
>
>
> By Larry Stone
> Seattle Times staff reporter
>
>
> The Mariners have acquired shortstop Jack Wilson and right-handed
> pitcher Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for shortstop
> Ronny Cedeno, minor-league catcher/first baseman Jeff Clement and
> minor-league right-handed pitchers Nathan Adcock, Brett Lorin and Aaron
> Pribanic.
>
> "This was an opportunity for us to acquire a veteran shortstop, a former
> All-Star player, with leadership qualities and above-average defensive
> skills," Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said in a statement
> released by the team. "As we move forward over the next few years it is
> nice to know that we have solidified the shortstop position.
>
> "We also acquired Ian Snell, a talented pitcher with major-league
> experience who now has an opportunity to restart his career after a very
> successful reassignment in Indianapolis."
>
> Cedeno will join the Pirates. Clement has been assigned to Class AAA
> Indianapolis. Pribanic and Lorin have been assigned to Class A West
> Virginia of the South Atlantic League and Adcock will join Class A
> Lynchburg of the Carolina League.
>
> Wilson will take over as the Mariners' regular shortstop. He was due to
> fly into Seattle today from San Francisco, where the Pirates played last
> night, but was not expected to arrive by game time. Zduriencik said
> Snell is likely to start out in Tacoma but will probably soon join the
> Mariners' rotation.
>
> The Mariners made a second deal today, trading outfielder Wladimir
> Balentien to Cincinnati for right-handed pitcher Robert Manuel.
>
> Manuel, a reliever, was picked last year by MiLB.com <http://milb.com/>
> as the best reliever in the minors. He appeared in three games for the
> Reds this year, for a total of 4 1/3 innings, and didn't allow a run. He
> was 3-4 with a 2.70 ERA at Class AAA Louisville.
>
> Balentien had been designated for assignment on Sunday after hitting
> .213 in 155 at-bats with the Mariners this season.
>
> Wilson, 31, is in the final year of a three-year, $20.2 million contract
> that pays him $7.25 million this season. He has an $8.4 million option
> for 2010 with a $600,000 buyout.
>
> Wilson has spent his entire major-league career with the Pirates. Since
> 2006, Wilson has the fourth-highest fielding percentage among all
> major-league shortstops (.980). He was an All-Star in 2004 and is
> hitting .267 with four homers and 31 runs batted in this season, with 18
> doubles.
>
> Snell, 27, is 2-2, with a 0.96 ERA in six starts with AAA Indianapolis
> this season, striking out 47 in 37 1/3 innings. He started the season
> with the Pirates and was 2-8 with a 5.36 ERA in 15 starts before being
> sent to Indianapolis. Snell was a 14-game winner for the Pirates in 2006
> and considered one of the NL's rising young pitchers until struggling
> the past two-plus seasons.
>
> Cedeno, 26, had taken over as the Mariners' shortstop following the
> trade of Yuniesky Betancourt, but was struggling at the plate. Cedeno is
> in the midst of an 0-for-26 slump and his average is sitting at .167. He
> arrived from the Cubs in the offseason with Garrett Olson in a trade for
> Aaron Heilman.
>
> "Ronny is a solid major-league defensive-oriented shortstop," said
> Pittsburgh GM Neal Huntington in a Pirates release. "We feel we can help
> him become more productive with the bat, while his defense helps our
> pitching staff."
>
> Clement, 25, was the third overall pick in the star-studded draft of
> 2005, a left-handed-hitting catcher out of USC. But he has had knee
> problems that have kept him from catching for much of this season. He
> has been playing DH and first base for Tacoma but is reportedly healthy
> again and ready to resume catching in the near future.
>
> Clement was hitting .288 with Class AAA Tacoma with 14 homers and 68
> RBI. He had a .366 on-base percentage. In 75 games with the Mariners in
> 2007-08, Clement hit .237 with seven homers and 26 RBI.
>
> "Our scouts have consistently projected Clement to be an everyday
> major-league contributor with the power to hit 20-plus home runs,"
> Huntington said. "He has been an extremely highly-regarded prospect
> since he was drafted and has performed consistently since then, showing
> the tools to be a quality offensive player."
>
> Adock was 5-7 with a 5.29 ERA in 21 games, 19 starts, with High Desert
> in the California League this season. Lorin (5-4, 2.44 in 16 starts) and
> Pribanic (7-6, 3.21 in 17 starts) were both pitching with Clinton in the
> Midwest League.
>
> Adcock was a fifth-round draft choice in 2006; Lorin was a fifth-round
> pick in 2008; Pribanic was a third-round pick in 2008.
>
> "Aaron has been highly regarded since he was drafted in the third round
> out of the University of Nebraska in 2008 by Seattle," Huntington said
> of Pribanic. "He put up excellent numbers in his first full professional
> season. He has a heavy four-seam fastball that reaches up to 93 miles
> per hour and a two-seam fastball with significant sinking and tailing
> life low in the zone that has allowed him to get ground balls."
>
> Of Lorin, he said: "Brett has been noted by our scouts for his plus
> makeup, competitive nature and desire to win and succeed. He complements
> his solid fastball that can touch the mid-90s with a curveball that has
> shown tight rotation and the form to project to an above-average
> major-league curveball."
>
> And of Adcock: "Nathan has shown our scouts quality pitching instincts,
> including a curveball that was ranked the best in Seattle's system by
> Baseball America. Despite pitching in the worst pitcher's park in
> baseball in High Desert of the California League, Adcock has shown the
> ability to get ground balls with an advanced three-pitch mix and the
> ability to locate his 91-plus mile per hour fastball, which are crucial
> tools in a major-league pitcher."
>
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