Washburn ----> No Trade Clause
The Yankees can not acquire Mariners left-hander Jarrod Washburn without his approval.
Washburn's limited no-trade protection gives him the right to veto a deal to the Yankees, according to a major-league source.
Washburn, who turns 34 on Aug. 14, is owed the balance of his $9.85 million salary this season and $10.35 million next season.
Players generally require financial compensation to waive no-trade protection, usually in the form of a cash bonus or contract extension.
Just when you thought this contract couldn't be any more hilarious...
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Uh... why would he say no?
The Yankees are in contention and there’s no catcher to throw under the bus there.
by Gomez on Jul 23, 2008 8:33 AM PDT 0 recs
What about Posada?
Something about how the chemistry with the new catcher isn’t quite right and if Posada would just man up and play through injuries, everything would be fine!
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 8:35 AM PDT
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He'd get to have someone who's caught him previously, Jose Molina
I think that would be incentive for him to go.
the other angels fan
by Eyebrows on
Jul 23, 2008 9:06 AM PDT
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He made it a point to give Washburn a no-trade clause
Jarrod Washburn. No trade clause.
by Gomez on
Jul 23, 2008 8:37 AM PDT
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Why wouldn't he want to do this?
He has a great ERA in Yankee Stadium (ie, he’ll be confident there), the Yankees are in the playoff hunt and he would be in the public eye more (could boost his trade value this off-season/FA after ‘09.
Is he declined a trade to the Yanks then he’s a retard who needs to get kicked in the balls
Go Nova
by dbroncos31 on Jul 23, 2008 8:35 AM PDT 0 recs
And what's with Rosenthal making coherent points about Nady benefitting from good luck this season
and talking about how K-Rod’s peripherals indicate a pitcher in decline?
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by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 8:36 AM PDT 0 recs
I was pretty surprised by that.
He reminds me of a national Geoff Baker – good at reporting and less good at analysis.
by Jed MC on
Jul 23, 2008 8:53 AM PDT
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Washburn is listed as having "limited no-trade protection"
What do you guys think this means, prob can veto trades to five or six teams? Good work, Bill…
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by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 8:39 AM PDT 0 recs
Maybe he'll say no just to be a dick.
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by JI on
Jul 23, 2008 9:41 AM PDT
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Too old of a fanbase?
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
by Mariner John on
Jul 23, 2008 1:35 PM PDT
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Subtle, I like it.
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by JI on
Jul 23, 2008 3:01 PM PDT
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Wouldn't it be awesome if Washburn winds up sinking the Yankees when he regresses back to mediocrity?
by BrianL on Jul 23, 2008 8:54 AM PDT 0 recs
Apparently we're trying to make them take Vidro too.
Please please please please please please let this be done.
Wash/Vidro for anybody.
Go Nova
by dbroncos31 on Jul 23, 2008 9:13 AM PDT 0 recs
I feel strangely honored that this came in reply.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on
Jul 23, 2008 9:57 AM PDT
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You should feel that way.
As long as it was from me and not seattlebruin.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 23, 2008 10:06 AM PDT
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You rang?
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 10:07 AM PDT
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(I'm on high alert for any and all suggestions made now)
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 10:07 AM PDT
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It's OK, I got the recs when I did
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 10:16 AM PDT
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And that was his good suggestion, too!
You must learn to use this appropriately.
And to hand over the recs when using it.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 23, 2008 10:23 AM PDT
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The "Solving the Jeff Sullivan Problem" Memorial FanPost got you like 50 recs
I think I’ve given you plenty!
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 10:28 AM PDT
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That wasn't actually the problem to be solved in the thread
but it was a pleasant side effect.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Jul 23, 2008 12:54 PM PDT
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Right
the fact that you made the image and the post makes it somehow authentic or something.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on
Jul 23, 2008 10:10 AM PDT
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I like how it's a slight chiding, but everyone likes it when I use it as a response.
It’s the heart.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 23, 2008 10:15 AM PDT
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Hahaha I was at the Yanks-Twins game on Monday and me and my friends started a Richie chant.
I wanted him to come up so I could make him feel like he was back in Seattle.
Go Nova
by dbroncos31 on
Jul 23, 2008 9:24 AM PDT
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This doesn't make any sense.
Vidro’s gone anyways, why hurt our return in order to save a few million on this year’s team? We need to be saving money on future teams. Dealing Vidro means we’d almost certainly be getting Igawa back. That’s retarded.
by Matthew on
Jul 23, 2008 9:29 AM PDT
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That would actually be worse.
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by JI on
Jul 23, 2008 9:40 AM PDT
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I want Vidro to stick around
Him and Cairo, I’ll be perfectly happy if they start at DH/1B every day the rest of the season, provided Clement is catching
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 9:45 AM PDT
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If Vidro keeps batting 4th I'll lose it
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on
Jul 23, 2008 9:49 AM PDT
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You'll undertand why when you're older
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 9:59 AM PDT
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Plus whoever replaces Vidro at cleanup will certainly be better which hurts our Strasburg chances
by Gomez on
Jul 23, 2008 10:02 AM PDT
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T/F: If Brandon Morrow were to hit cleanup instead of Jose Vidro,
the Mariners would score fewer runs. T/F
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 23, 2008 10:04 AM PDT
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Well, now, you don't want to be TOO stupid-obvious in your tanking
Hitting Vidro cleanup is stupid but can actually be explained, as we see here.
by Gomez on
Jul 23, 2008 10:11 AM PDT
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They could tell Morrow to throw some ridiculously wide pitches
and then spin it like they’re making him into Rick Ankiel. It’s not horrendously unexplainable.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on
Jul 23, 2008 10:13 AM PDT
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Brandon Morrow - LD% = 1.00
per my expected BABIP stat (I kind of reverse-engineered prOPS), his BABIP should be .695
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by seattlebruin on
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I didn't have to be a Mariners fan. . .
I could have picked any team, but nooooooooooo I HAD to choose the team from Seattle. sigh
by thewyrm on Jul 23, 2008 11:05 AM PDT 0 recs
What's interesting
who the hell gets a limited no trade clause and has the Yankees on his no list? Isn’t that usually reserved for Pittsburgh and Baltimore?
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by Addicted to Quack on Jul 23, 2008 12:06 PM PDT 0 recs
It wouldn't surprise me if certain players had personal issues with NYY and its management
(Griffey being the prime example of this), but I don’t know exactly why Washburn would have a problem with them.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on
Jul 23, 2008 12:07 PM PDT
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Actually, I kinda respect that about him
If I were in the spot to pick 5 or six teams to not be traded to, #1 would be the Yankees. Perhaps he just hates them as much as the rest of world does. Good on ‘em.
Your favorite meme is dead
by Edanger6 on
Jul 23, 2008 5:02 PM PDT
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I thought Washburn was a Yankees fan?
Maybe they’re on his list because he doesn’t want to make them worse.
by discovolante on Jul 23, 2008 12:57 PM PDT 0 recs
Update
Via Rotoworld
Jarrod Washburn said Wednesday that he would “strongly consider” waiving his limited no-trade clause.Washburn can’t block a trade to teams like the White Sox or Cardinals anyway, but could nix a deal to the Yankees. “I love it here in Seattle,” Washburn said. “But at the same time I love to win.”
Can’t block a trade to teams like the Cardinals…you hear that, JI?
by Alex B on Jul 24, 2008 7:33 AM PDT 0 recs
Out for the year!
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by JI on
Jul 24, 2008 8:15 AM PDT
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Turns out he's just hurt badly.
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by JI on
Jul 24, 2008 8:38 AM PDT
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I didn't want to create a whole new fanpost for this...
Via Rumblings
Yo Adrian: Despite reports that the Twins have given up on their attempts to pry Adrian Beltre away from Seattle, we’re hearing those discussions are far from dead. The Twins’ No. 1 trading priority is to upgrade at third base. One team that reportedly has packed it in on Beltre is the Dodgers, after they learned that Beltre’s no-trade list specifically blocks his return to Chavez Ravine.
Beltre doesn’t want to be a Dodger again? Colour me shocked.
by Frosty Raptor on Jul 24, 2008 12:27 PM PDT 0 recs
The Cardinals are in heavy pursuit of Sherrill and AJ Burnett
yes yes yes
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by JI on
Jul 24, 2008 2:07 PM PDT
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New York is better equipped to absorb that hit.
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by JI on
Jul 24, 2008 2:13 PM PDT
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No...
...but I’d trade Johjima for him…
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by PositivePaul on
Jul 24, 2008 2:49 PM PDT
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Screw that
Igawa is worthless. He has no place on a major league team….As awful as Kenji is I don’t agree with trading one mistake for another, even Kenji for Igawa wouldn’t make this team better.
by OlSalty on
Jul 24, 2008 3:22 PM PDT
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wheeeee!

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by JI on
Jul 24, 2008 8:14 PM PDT
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Paging Arthur Rhodes
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Jul 24, 2008 8:16 PM PDT
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That's a hell of a trot for a ball that didn't clear the fence by all that much
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 24, 2008 9:48 PM PDT
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I don't have the numbers ready,
but I’m pretty sure he went 22 for 19 with 24 HRs this series.
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by JI on
Jul 24, 2008 9:51 PM PDT
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Wow, SSS
but that’s an OPS of like… 8.000?
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM PDT
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[LB EDIT: re the game threads — accepting defeat with reasonable grace is a sign of maturity. a depressingly large number of people are failing the test. the community can do without childish people and childish statements. clean it up, starting tonight, or i’ll start banning people summarily.]
I can’t help but think this is a dig at us.
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by JI on
Jul 25, 2008 8:48 AM PDT
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I peaked my curiosity
so I did when no man/woman should ever do and I skimmed the GT, It was PG-13 at worst.
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by JI on
Jul 25, 2008 9:12 AM PDT
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2 of my favorite comments
I guess I just don’t get why people are angrymaybe it is the cynicism created from the clear pattern this organization has taken in the off-seasons or the way the bullpen has performed this year, but seriously, people…to get this angry that they blew another game is ridiculous.
THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 2 MONTHS NOW AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
It’s just a fact of the 2008 team. You should expect the bullpen to blow it late in a game and just hope like heck the offense bails them out late. It just makes no sense to be so outraged, so enraged that you’ve gotta swear, vent, rant, etc.
Just accept it already.
This isn’t a place for venting. This is for a semi-intelligent discussion. Read the guidelines before you return. Thanks and have a nice day.
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by JI on
Jul 25, 2008 9:19 AM PDT
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Hahaha some dude called "yelled at"
for calling Franklin a piece of trash.
Jesus what would happen if they read a gamethread from early Sept. last year?
Go Nova
by dbroncos31 on
Jul 25, 2008 9:38 AM PDT
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The same dude who called him out said this:
like there’s a surplus of good bullpen arms in the major leagues
give me a break dude
Ahahahahaha
Go Nova
by dbroncos31 on
Jul 25, 2008 9:41 AM PDT
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Another gem, although I can understand why someone living in StL might feel this way.
ESPN
was that good when it first came out. It’s fallen apart in the Disney years.Budweiser’ll probably taste like shit in a few years, too.
(Beer snobs, back off!)
Go Nova
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