Mariners Claim Jesus Delgado

by Matthew on Mar 15, 2009 2:44 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners News, Great

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!!!

In what is clearly the best move of the off season, GM Jack Zduriencik has picked up 24-year-old RHP relief pitcher named Jesus Delgado from the Florida Marlins.

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This is just even more proof to shove in the face of all those negative nancys that Jack Zduriencik is master of GMing and clearly worthy of the utmost praise and adulation. If you will all queue up in an orderly fashion, I will begin handing out numbered tickets which entitle you to personally grovel at his feet over the next few weeks. For a small $500 fee, you can do even more than that. I know you all want to, because this is the move that will put us over the top.

Long live the Mariner dynasty! Viva la reliever revolution!

Unreasonable love aside, Delgado is what he is, a hard throwing 24-year-old righty from Florida who spent the majority of last year being exactly average in AA. The Marlins probably placed him on waivers to save $12 on uniform lettering. It's an inconsequential move for the time being.

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Praise Jesus!

by ThundaPC on Mar 15, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions

Yawn

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Mar 15, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions

I hate it when we add potentially useful players at zero risk too.

by JI on Mar 15, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Yawn != I dislike the move.

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Mar 16, 2009 2:50 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

Then what did you mean?

by JI on Mar 16, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

That it was a boring move?

by Dewey N on Mar 16, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Wouldn't that be better indicated by a non-comment

To me “Yawn” = offensively boring", since yawning at something is a rude action.

by JI on Mar 16, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions

There is nothing in this move to be excited about

hence a yawn.

by Edgar for Pres on Mar 17, 2009 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Awesome.

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by BrettJMiller on Mar 15, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions

Praise the lord!

by Robert on Mar 15, 2009 3:05 PM PDT reply actions

This post just rubs me the right way.

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 15, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions

Woohoo, my first LL meme.

by HARRYP09 on Mar 15, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions

It doesn't count until we've run it into the ground.

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 15, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

It's off to a hot start.

by HARRYP09 on Mar 15, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

This definitely wasn't Z's best move

Chad Cordero’s signing show’d WAY more foresight and brilliance than this move. That signing will clearly be in the top ten best moves ever. This is borderline top twenty at best.

by Ezzra on Mar 15, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions

The Chad Cordero signing is more obvious

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by Corco on Mar 15, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh shit it's world series time now bitches

by OlSalty on Mar 15, 2009 3:25 PM PDT reply actions

$1000* to anyone who can come up with a picture of a cat being rubbed the wrong way.

*not really.

by HARRYP09 on Mar 15, 2009 4:21 PM PDT reply actions

*not really.

crap.

by msb on Mar 15, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought all cats were banned.

by JI on Mar 15, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought it was just adorable ones.

Not disgruntled ones.

by msb on Mar 15, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

LOLcats, not cats in general as I understand it.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 15, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank goodness

Talk about a disgruntled cat.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 16, 2009 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions

I think my disgruntled cat needs to meet your disgruntled cat.

Joint disgruntling.

by msb on Mar 16, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions

My disgruntled cat beats all other disgruntled cats.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 16, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

How dare you.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 16, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's show the running dogs in the imperialist south the power of true unity

Zduriencik, Zduriencik, little flower, beloved by all the youth

(Seriously, this is a great pick-up. High upside guy who hasn’t been pitching long.)

by marc w on Mar 15, 2009 4:59 PM PDT reply actions

Hail the arrival of skinny Jesus

by Nick S on Mar 15, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe you could make one of those field charts that you did with the Nationals outfielders

with the Mariners’ reliever depth. And Mark Lowe has to be at 3rd base.

by Fin on Mar 15, 2009 6:38 PM PDT reply actions

So how many of these guys are expected to stick around past March

and what does that mean for developing relievers within the system? Not that I’m overly concerned about minor league relievers being held back due to an overabundance of AAA arms.

I’m just curious because it seems like there have been enough new guys brought in to fully stock two full bullpens and it’s not like the Mariners were plum out of relievers. Are we going to try playing some of the in the outfield or something? Come to think of it, can we try to work something out with the Nats? If all players have some value then enough relievers with upside should be worth Johnson. I’m just sayin.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Mar 15, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions

I think several of these pickups are meant to be insurance for mid-season

In case the bullpen we start the season with falls apart or there are a lot of injuries.

Like Cordero won’t be ready for a long time (if ever) and there seem to be too many arms in camp right now to thoroughly vet out who is actually the best before the season starts, so I’m guessing several of them will be auditioning through April/May in Tacoma.

by OlSalty on Mar 16, 2009 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I get the idea behind stockpiling arms

but you need to keep them all busy somehow so my question was more about what they’re all going to do with themselves until they’re needed. Tacoma can’t have enough room in their pen for all the guys who won’t make the team.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Mar 16, 2009 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Actually, Tacoma has a lot of room in the pen

as does West Tennessee. And the bullpen for Peoria in extended spring training and the complex league has room for a bullpen of infinity. To the extent the organization ends up with more pitchers they want to keep than bullpen slots in the high minors, the surplus stay in Arizona rehabbing from “general soreness” until a spot opens up elsewhere.

by G_ on Mar 16, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions