Mariners just got better

by RayRay59 on Jul 26, 2006 3:11 PM PDT

The Mariners acquired Ben Broussard from Cleveland for prospect Shin-Soo Choo.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/wire/sns-ap-bba-indians-mariners-trade,1,5876745.story?co ll=sns-ap-baseball-headlines

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060726&content_id=1576709&vkey=trade200 6&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

I imagine that this moves Sexson to DH. Broussard's having a pretty solid year (OPS .880), and will surely help Seattle's offense. Are we a little worried about the Mariners?

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I like Broussard and wanted

the A's to make a play for him, but I wonder if the Mariners gave up too much to get him. On a team that has Sexson, it's basically a move to acquire a DH-platoon. They gave up a highly rated prospect (and a PTBNL).

The back end of the M's rotation is still pretty bad--and the front end should be the middle.

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by Nico on Jul 26, 2006 3:15 PM PDT reply actions

Peanut-butter-and what?

by rubin sierra on Jul 26, 2006 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions

we should be worried about every team

in the division. There's not a whole lot of evidence to suggest that one of the four teams is clearly better than the other three. The Angels have played best the past month or so, but they obviously have issues as we do, and texas, and Seattle. it is sort of the NL West last year all over again.

oaktoon

by oaktoon on Jul 26, 2006 3:19 PM PDT reply actions

They also got worse.

Didn't they let go of Everett too?

Or does Dino Carl not believe in that?

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by Ozzz on Jul 26, 2006 3:21 PM PDT reply actions

I was counting that on the getting better side.

His OPS was only .657. Maybe he doesn't believe in being a productive major league hitter.

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by RayRay59 on Jul 26, 2006 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions