[nfbwatlk] Mariners' Trades

Sarah Baughn sarahb006 at comcast.net
Fri Jul 31 01:10:05 UTC 2009


Oh, no, I'm not back yet.  I
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From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>don't lehave till Saturday, 
and I'm sick about leaving, because I'm going to miss him terribly.  I'm 
using his computer and the account he set up on it for me.
Sara
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> Hi,
> Glad you're back; bet you have mixed feelings about that with this heat!
> Thanks
> Lauren
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>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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."
>>>
>>> Copyright (c) 2009 The Seattle Times Company
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