Comments on: 2009 Review: Mark Lowe http://sodomojo.com/2009/10/09/2009-review-mark-lowe/ A Seattle Mariners Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 21 May 2012 13:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: harrison http://sodomojo.com/2009/10/09/2009-review-mark-lowe/comment-page-1/#comment-349 harrison Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:17:02 +0000 http://sodomojo.com/?p=861#comment-349 Overpaying for "proven" closers is a trend with most GMs around the league... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/brewers-sign-hoffman-to-2010-deal/ http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-tale-of-three-overpaid-closers/ A return for Aardsma would be bigger just on basic mlb trends than for Lowe despite that yes Lowe would be the pitcher most teams should want for the long run. Overpaying for “proven” closers is a trend with most GMs around the league…

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/brewers-sign-hoffman-to-2010-deal/

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-tale-of-three-overpaid-closers/

A return for Aardsma would be bigger just on basic mlb trends than for Lowe despite that yes Lowe would be the pitcher most teams should want for the long run.

]]> By: Greg http://sodomojo.com/2009/10/09/2009-review-mark-lowe/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Greg Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:23:32 +0000 http://sodomojo.com/?p=861#comment-347 To Harrison: Yes, if it will help get us a better return (preferably in the form of a decent infielder). Relief pitchers aren't hard to find, and since we drafted so damn many under Bavasi we would have an even easier time replacing one. To Harrison: Yes, if it will help get us a better return (preferably in the form of a decent infielder). Relief pitchers aren’t hard to find, and since we drafted so damn many under Bavasi we would have an even easier time replacing one.

]]> By: Griffin Cooper http://sodomojo.com/2009/10/09/2009-review-mark-lowe/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Griffin Cooper Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:25:50 +0000 http://sodomojo.com/?p=861#comment-346 To be fair to Greg, Harrison, when dealing bullpen arms, you generally want to trade the one who has the most value - especially when you have guys like Fields, Aumont, and Manuel coming up in your system. We wouldn't have a huge problem replacing either Aardsma or Lowe, so we might go with trading the more valuable one. I don't see us trading Aardsma, anyway. To be fair to Greg, Harrison, when dealing bullpen arms, you generally want to trade the one who has the most value – especially when you have guys like Fields, Aumont, and Manuel coming up in your system. We wouldn’t have a huge problem replacing either Aardsma or Lowe, so we might go with trading the more valuable one.

I don’t see us trading Aardsma, anyway.

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