but I think it doesn’t hurt to link something especially excellent like Dave’s latest.

I have very limited amounts of spare time, so two Mariners blogs are too many. I much prefer the wit you and other sexy people put into the stories. That said, I will check out an article or two if you guys recommend them.

Like this one for instance.I liked it and I agree, with kind of money kicking around, why not invest wisely in a known producer? Or trade away some of our under producers to really increase our chances to compete with Angles.

This makes me cool.

A question for y’all: Doesn’t seem like the Rangers are in a similar position? After years of having bad defenders at most positions and little to no pitching depth, they were able to throw out 1.5+WAR players at 6/9 positions (1B, C, and DH sucked), four 1.3+ WAR starting pitchers, and three 1.3+ WAR relievers. When realizing that it was a rebuilding year and the 3 positions that sucked were either young guys (Chris Davis, Saltalamacchia, and Teagarden) or low-risk/high-reward types (Andruw Jones), there seemed to do a good job out of getting a lot out of a small payroll.

I guess there are 2 major differences. With ownership changing hands, no one knows for sure what the Rangers payroll will look like next year (or if the sale will finalize too late for major roster signings). Second, the Rangers farm system has been built up such that they can look internally for potential high WAR players (Justin Smoak, Feliz and Holland, Pedro Strop).