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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.

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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!

The Jose Lopez Watch - 116H - 13 BB - 64 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 8:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Ahahahaha

OLD GM OLD GM OLD GM

by Robert on Jul 23, 2008 8:34 AM PDT   0 recs

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?

The Jose Lopez Watch - 116H - 13 BB - 64 G Left

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 to parent up   0 recs

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…

The Jose Lopez Watch - 116H - 13 BB - 64 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 8:39 AM PDT   0 recs

Maybe he'll say no just to be a dick.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 23, 2008 9:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Too old of a fanbase?

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Jul 23, 2008 1:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Subtle, I like it.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 23, 2008 3:01 PM PDT to parent up   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

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 to parent up   0 recs

You rang?

The Jose Lopez Watch - 118H - 13 BB - 62 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 10:07 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

AN-DY HAR-GROVE

clap-clap clapclapclap

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jul 23, 2008 9:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

That would actually be worse.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 23, 2008 9:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

The Jose Lopez Watch - 118H - 13 BB - 62 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 9:45 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

T/F: If Brandon Morrow were to hit cleanup instead of Jose Vidro,

the Mariners would score fewer runs. T/F

The Jose Lopez Watch - 118H - 13 BB - 62 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 10:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Brandon Morrow - LD% = 1.00

per my expected BABIP stat (I kind of reverse-engineered prOPS), his BABIP should be .695

The Jose Lopez Watch - 118H - 13 BB - 62 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 23, 2008 10:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

F.

Morrow hits bombs

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Jul 23, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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!

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 24, 2008 8:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 24, 2008 2:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

New York is better equipped to absorb that hit.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 24, 2008 2:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No...

...but I’d trade Johjima for him…

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by PositivePaul on Jul 24, 2008 2:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

wheeeee!

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 24, 2008 8:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Paging Arthur Rhodes

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jul 24, 2008 8:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't have the numbers ready,

but I’m pretty sure he went 22 for 19 with 24 HRs this series.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 24, 2008 9:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow, SSS

but that’s an OPS of like… 8.000?

The Jose Lopez Watch - 120H - 13 BB - 61 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

[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.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 25, 2008 8:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 25, 2008 9:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2 of my favorite comments
I guess I just don’t get why people are angry

maybe 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.

Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?

by JI on Jul 25, 2008 9:19 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

by dbroncos31 on Jul 25, 2008 10:02 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs