Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 03, 2006
Guillen a Mariner

Jeff at Lookout Landing discusses the good and the bad about Jose Guillen becoming a Mariner. There's really not much good about this deal. Remember, Guillen had two good season in his career. I agree with this:

Anyway, given that right field can only accomodate one player at a time, Guillen being there means that Chris Snelling isn't. Guillen's a good defensive outfielder (with an awesome arm if it's healthy) and he brings a right-handed bat to the table, but Snelling's the most patient hitter on the team, and reducing his role costs the team runs. You can't really slide him to DH either, not as long as Broussard's hanging around, so something has to give, and I don't want it to be Snelling's playing time.

It's not a long contract or a very expensive one, however, so there's a lot of upside here for the Mariners. Guillen will be playing for a huge contract next season.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:58 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
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How is this not a good deal? Defensively, it moves Ichiro back to CF (his natural position) and offensivly, he has 30/100 potential. PLUS, he will be playing for a contract. He seems to have gotten over his anger management issues from his days with the Angels and playing in the AL West will give him motivation for revenge against the angels (remember when he busted Brandon Donelly for doctoring a ball?). I would even take him over broussard at DH (assuming you need a run scored, not a man on base, which broussard is much better at doing) I think this is a good deal for both Seattle and Guillen.

Posted by: tony at December 3, 2006 07:38 PM

Yes, this is a great pickup for the Mariners.

Posted by: Mark Catanzareti at December 4, 2006 01:38 AM

Could indeed be very good. On the other hand, Bavasi has made a habit of picking up ex-Angels (Jarrod Washburn) and ex-Dodgers (Adrian Beltre) at times when they are the least valuable, but most expensive. The dollar part of this deal at least contradicts that theorem, but can he perform? I doubt the leopard changes his spots.

Posted by: Rob McMillin at December 4, 2006 11:06 AM

"There's really not much good about this deal" but it's "not a long contract or a very expensive one" and "there's a lot of upside here for the Mariners."

Make up your mind.

Posted by: Tim at December 4, 2006 04:24 PM
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