Washburn Claimed
by Matthew on Aug 13, 2008 2:08 PM PDT
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So says Ken Rosenthal.
Both Washburn and Ibanez were claimed on waivers Tuesday, according to major-league sources.
The claiming teams are not yet known, but Mariners have until 1:30 p.m. ET Thursday to work out a deal with those respective clubs.
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Washburn
by Jeff on Aug 13, 2008 2:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I get this feeling something really stupid is going to happen to the Mariners tomorrow
The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 146 H, 16 BB, 44 G Left
by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If Rosenthal is correct
at least the stupid is of their own volition. It’s not really happening “to” the Mariners, but done by the Mariners.
by Matthew on Aug 13, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sometimes feel that the Mariners have life.
The people that run the team are stewards, and it’s too bad tarring and feathering have gone out of fashion.
by dpseadv on Aug 13, 2008 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This IS NOT going to happen.
because throwing away Washburn would make me happy.
And the 2008 Mariner’s are all about not making me happy.
by mark sobba on Aug 13, 2008 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't you mean
making you NOT happy?
by Limerickx on Aug 13, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt it will be better than draft pick compensation
by Fett42 on Aug 13, 2008 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably some low-minors guys
Unloading Washburn will certainly be worth it.
by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't imagine life without Ibanez
which gritty veteran’s gonna bat 3rd?
by Combs on Aug 13, 2008 2:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I heard Jose Vidro is available
The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 146 H, 16 BB, 44 G Left
by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd highly highly doubt Ibanez goes anywhere.
by Matthew on Aug 13, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because of the draft picks, right?
JI/Robert '08!
by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy birthday, Jarrod!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrod_Washburn
The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 146 H, 16 BB, 44 G Left
by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone have the screenshot of the more accurate wikipedia article of Washburn?
JI/Robert '08!
by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's in the archives, you can link straight to it
The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 146 H, 16 BB, 44 G Left
by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That article was the peak of the meme.
the 16-year-old girl, whose vagina Washburn had allegedly invaded
Who did that, anyways? It had to have been someone from here.
by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Washburn was claimed and we're WORKING OUT A DEAL!?!?!?
Him being claimed IS the deal. We neither have to pay him nor look at him anymore. THAT’S the deal. There’s nothing to work out. Now RUN before the claiming team figures out what an idiot move they’ve made.
by The Ghost of Spike Owen on Aug 13, 2008 2:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ibanez leaving would help out our loss-win record soooooooo much.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Aug 13, 2008 2:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We would lose two draft picks though.
JI/Robert '08!
by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't matter if we get something good in return
The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 146 H, 16 BB, 44 G Left
by seattlebruin on Aug 13, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How it will go:
GM: So, Washburn.
Pelekoudas: Yeah.
GM: I was thinking…A-baller? Shortstop?
Pelekoudas: You’re breaking my balls here.
GM: Pardon?
Pelekoudas: You’re breaking my balls.
GM: What exactly are you looking for?
Pelekoudas: Alexei Ramirez?
GM: You’re joking.
Pelekoudas: And that one kid who came up real good.
GM: Who’s that?
Pelekoudas: Young kid, righty. All the strikeouts.
GM: I don’t know who you’re talking about.
Pelekoudas: I think he was on the Rangers for a little.
GM: Volquez? Edinson Volquez?
Pelekoudas: Yeah, that’s the guy.
GM: He’s not even on our team.
Pelekoudas: Are you gonna help me or not?
How it should go:
GM: So, Washburn.
Pelekoudas: Uh huh.
GM: I was thinking…A-baller? Shortstop?
Pelekoudas: I’m afraid you have the wrong number.
GM: What do you mean? This is Lee, right? Pelekoudas?
Pelekoudas: Yes.
GM: Possessor of one Jarrod Washburn?
Pelekoudas: I’m afraid not, no.
GM: But it says right here-
Pelekoudas: I believe you’ll want to try and negotiate with the rest of your front office.
GM: -I don’t…
Pelekoudas: Because he’s already yours.
GM:
Pelekoudas: I’ll throw in a catcher for no extra shipping.
by Jeff on Aug 13, 2008 3:03 PM PDT reply actions 16 recs
I wish our GM was smart and witty enough to do the second scenario.
JI/Robert '08!
by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is the catcher Johjima?
Cuz that would be hilarious.
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
by ralphie81 on Aug 13, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Ibanez's draft picks and I fear we are going to do something stupid here.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 13, 2008 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They asked for the moon for Ibanez two weeks ago.
Precisely because of the draft pick compensation. Do you think it likely that they forgot between then and now?
by Matthew on Aug 13, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Normally those are rhetorical questions, but I always have my doubts with this team.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Aug 13, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't trust the M's FO to do anything right.
And I know you will reply with “new GM” but in the five years or so of following the team, they have always been fucking stupid and I simply don’t trust them and it will take a lot for me to change my opinion. I hope I am wrong and they are smart forever more.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 13, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a difference between a bad front office and a front office that just fucks up everything possible
We have had the former.
by Jeff on Aug 13, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And in other news, Jose Vidro was officially released today.
by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Which means this is the last time I get to use this:
by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Use it anyway
It makes me laugh
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 13, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can use that when KC signs him.
We play them again in Sept.
by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's one phone that's probably not going to ring
by Gomez on Aug 13, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Domino's callbacks?
Worried calls from delivery places, wondering where he went?
by Faux on Aug 13, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey look Ibanez was claimed by the Rays hope you like Jeff Niemman!
"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson
by P Brady on Aug 13, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe the Sox wouldn't block that.
by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weebs said KJR confirmed it.
Anyone else hear it?
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 13, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't the Rays need a DH or something like that?
JI/Robert '08!
by Fin on Aug 13, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We already have two left handed hitting DH's...
So Ibanez would make three… Although I’m sure he can’t be a worse fielder than Hinske.
...can he?
by Vin on Aug 13, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Spend a few minutes watching the .gifs in the sidebar labeled
“Raul Ibanez Takes Pride in his Defense” and get back to us.
by Jed MC on Aug 13, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd do it if I were the Rays..nothing bad has happened to your team when the Mariners are involved.
Minus the Longo beaning and Pena getting hit by a fastball to the FACE!
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Aug 13, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently a Mariner's beat writer
has called shenanigans…
Per Jason Collette, avid draysbay.com enthusiast:
I had breakfast with an AL scout this morning and he told me the Mariners had not put Ibanez on waivers. The scout has a message service that tells him whenever a player from any team is placed on waivers or made available for any reason (released, DFA’d etc.). Ibanez has not been put out there or he would know. His team, he said, would have put in a claim—as would most others around the game with a shot at contending. This same scout confirmed to me that Washburn was put on waivers last week. From what I’m hearing, I may have been pre-mature in writing that he’d already cleared them.
by Vin on Aug 13, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baker wrote that earlier today, but he's recanted somewhat since then.
by BrianL on Aug 13, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's Shannon when you really need her.
Just when there is some excitement in the M’s organization to talk about.
by dpseadv on Aug 13, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
link? that he has been claimed by the rays
Longo=ROY. Friedman=Executive of the year. Maddon=Manager of the year. BJ UPTON IS NOT LAZY! ! ! Gabe Gross= clutch. David Price is the next big time pitcher.
by RaysOfHope on Aug 13, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rays blah blah blah
We all know in our hearts, come Friday morning, Washburn and Ibanez will be wearing Padre camouflage.
by G_ on Aug 13, 2008 5:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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