Morrow Trade Reaction Overflow Thread

I’d be down with that.

Looks like we re-acquired Wlad.

Blah.

I can live with the deal, although I don’t exactly know why we were shopping Morrow so much.

…mentioning the name of Cy Young Brandon Morrow and how he could have been ours.

So whatever.

Seems like this is the third or fourth prospect someone has heard the M’s are getting. Why are we more certain about this one?

… but if this is his value on the market, why not finally give Morrow a real, sustained chance in the rotation? With all the bungling in his development, I don’t think we ever really got a feel for what he could do. I understand that managing talent is about balancing upside against volatility – and Morrow had lots of both – but trading Morrow for League seems like reducing the volatility at the expense of eliminating much of the upside and potential value.

Not exactly reliable.

Makes me wonder about Morrow’s worth to the organization and to the rest of baseball? If this is all we’re getting we couldn’t just keep Morrow? Unless our org simply didn’t prefer having him around.

Also strange how none of the other trade linked to Morrow never went through.

This Sucks!! Is Morrow’s value that low? If so, why not just hang on to him and hope he shows some improvement.

Has the market changed with the Jason Marquis signing? He’s not exactly good and just signed for $7.5M a year. If so, I’d rather we keep Morrow.

Lets not freak out Morrow hasn’t exactly been lights out and has yet to develop his off speed which makes him a below average starter. Also this Chavez guy hit 21 HRs last year at the age of 21 so maybe Jack sees some sort of upside in him. I think it is a little funny as well but based on what this GM has done so far I know I should be patient and see how it plays out.

try to avoid getting too worked up until we hear more and/or from another source.

And last night — before the “chavez” rumor broke — the previous thread was already over 800.

Anyway, couldn’t we just view this in a different light? The Cliff Lee deal was a true three-team trade involving four M’s four prospects — three to Philly for Lee, and one to Toronto — and Seattle got back Lee + League + a Toronto prospect?

Seems like he might be used as a setup man or future closer. Maybe part of a bigger plan to shift Aardsma or Lowe to another team for a position player?

Either way, Drayer and others think they will be trading or signing a new starter, so maybe this doesn’t mean Fister, Vargas, or Olson making it into the rotation.

Jeroloman.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2010568399_brandon_morrow_deal_catcher_br.html

I nearly broke a rib laughing last night.

here’s Sickels’ list of Jays prospects. Chavez ranks fifth. Maybe we’re not seeing something because of how raw he is?

d_a_cameron Kick in the pants. @ConorGlassey informs me that Johermyn Chavez was available in the Rule 5 draft. No one took him.

You have to play stupid sometimes.

Note: I do not actually believe this, but I thought I would throw it out there.

But don’t both Morrow and League both project to be 1 WAR next year? and any extra future value Morrow might have is made up for in the extra prospect?

Doesn’t that mean we come out even?

“Morrow trade overreaction flow thread”

Seems appropriate.

The only confirmation seems to be that the source is extremely reliable but we can hope right???