Comments on: Inches and Failing http://sodomojo.com/2009/11/01/inches-and-failing/ A Seattle Mariners Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Harrison Crow http://sodomojo.com/2009/11/01/inches-and-failing/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Harrison Crow Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:03:44 +0000 http://sodomojo.com/?p=1048#comment-457 The Mariners have one huge bargining chip on the Pirates and thats they are not the Pittsburgh Pirates... The Mariners have one huge bargining chip on the Pirates and thats they are not the Pittsburgh Pirates…

]]> By: Griffin Cooper http://sodomojo.com/2009/11/01/inches-and-failing/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Griffin Cooper Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:51:27 +0000 http://sodomojo.com/?p=1048#comment-455 There's no reason to be upset if we end up sticking with Wilson, Chad. Even if we were to exercise his option, which I don't think we will, his defense alone would be enough to earn every cent of his contract. That being said, a lot of the time, you can get a defense first type of player for cheaper than the standard 4.5 million dollars per win. Shortstop is one of the toughest positions to get value out of in the game, though, and if we can't land Hardy, we should be happy to have an excellent defensive shortstop, who we aren't over paying. He has had some injury issues over the last two seasons, but he isn't old enough that we should expect that to continue - he's too young to be entering a full out decline. The point is, we could do a lot worse, and if you can't get your first choice (in this case JJ Hardy), you have to take what you can get, and Jack Wilson is no slouch. There’s no reason to be upset if we end up sticking with Wilson, Chad. Even if we were to exercise his option, which I don’t think we will, his defense alone would be enough to earn every cent of his contract. That being said, a lot of the time, you can get a defense first type of player for cheaper than the standard 4.5 million dollars per win. Shortstop is one of the toughest positions to get value out of in the game, though, and if we can’t land Hardy, we should be happy to have an excellent defensive shortstop, who we aren’t over paying.

He has had some injury issues over the last two seasons, but he isn’t old enough that we should expect that to continue – he’s too young to be entering a full out decline.

The point is, we could do a lot worse, and if you can’t get your first choice (in this case JJ Hardy), you have to take what you can get, and Jack Wilson is no slouch.

]]> By: Chad http://sodomojo.com/2009/11/01/inches-and-failing/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Chad Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:11:59 +0000 http://sodomojo.com/?p=1048#comment-454 He has also been quite injury prone over the last couple of years He has also been quite injury prone over the last couple of years

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