MLBTR lists Carlos Silva, Jarrod Washburn, Miguel Batista, Jose Vidro, Kenji Johjima and Miguel Cairo as Seattle’s top candidates to be placed on waivers this month, which makes sense.  If any of these guys are claimed the organization better not think twice about letting someone else take their contracts.  I believe it was last season that […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are the latest to show interest in Seattle outfielder Raul Ibanez, according to Jayson Stark.  This is a good thing, considering most of the teams formerly interested in Ibanez have seemingly dropped out, though the Chicago Cubs are still in the mix.   The Jays are also trying to get their hands […]

Jayson Stark reports that the Mets are no longer in on Raul Ibanez after the Mariners would not lower their asking price.  Seattle reportedly wants pitcher Jon Niese plus one other prospect.  Niese was one of the pitchers the Mets were unwilling to give up in the Johan Santana deal.
There had been some speculation that the […]

The Jarrod Washburn trade– you know, the one where he was dealt to the Yankees and was all but official– has fallen through, according to Newsday and various other sources.  Seattle was apparently insisting that New York take all of Washburn’s salary andgive up a decent prospect (or two?).  Seattle apparently wasn’t eager to take Kei […]

Jim Street has an interesting blurb at mlblogs:
With the clocking ticking towards the Thursday afternoon non-waiver trade deadline, the Mariners reportedly are considering deals that would include left-handed pitcher Jarrod Washburn (Yankees), third baseman Adrian Beltre (Rays) and left fielder Raul Ibanez (Mets).
This is the first I have heard of this rumor. You might be thinking […]

When the Philadelphia Phillies were rumored to be interested in Erik Bedard a couple of weeks ago it put Phillies GM Pat Gillick in a bit of a moral dilemma.  There had been rumors that Gillick could be Seattle bound after season’s end, meaning he’d be in control of the players he would have jettisoned in […]

No new word yet on what’s going on with the Jarrod Washburn trade.  There are a million conflicting reports out there regarding who’s coming and going.  There is, however, some other trade talk to digest.
One scout thinks Seattle should trade Yuniesky Betancourt, saying that “he probably won’t reach his potential in Seattle.”  Would Seattle deal him?  […]

ESPN News Ticker has said that a deal between the Yankees and Mariners for Washburn is close to happening but it did not say who else was in the deal. Updates when they come out.
 
UPDATE: FSN has said the deal is Washburn and Vidro for Melky Cabrera and Kei Igawa. This is a great deal for the […]

Prospect Insider’s Jason A. Churchill just put up a good read on dealing Adrian Beltre, including what kind of packages Seattle could expect from the Dodgers and Twins.  While there have been reports that the Dodgers weren’t interested in Beltre and that they were on his no-trade list, Churchill throws this out there:
(do not believe everything you […]

Joel Sherman says that Kei Igawa isn’t in the proposed Jarrod Washburn deal, and the New York Yankees will require Seattle to pay some of Washburn’s contract, rather than taking on Igawa’s.  Jon Heyman reports Seattle is asking for both Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner, not one or the other as I assumed yesterday.  USS […]

This one got past me yesterday.  Ed Price of the Star-Ledger:
A person familiar with the Seattle Mariners’ plans, who asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of trade discussions, said a possible trade of lefty Jarrod Washburn to the Yankees has “got legs” and predicted “something will happen there.”
The person said talks […]

In his latest blog entry, Geoff Baker refers to some reports that the Florida Marlins are interested in lefty specialist Arthur Rhodes.  I must have missed these rumors, but it makes sense.  The Marlins are looking to acquire a left-handed reliever, most notably Brian Fuentes, who has a large salary and will cost top prospects.  Rhodes […]

From Baseball Prospectus:

The Mariners have been in a holding pattern since throwing Richie Sexson overboard, making many wonder why they can’t get some deal done. With Erik Bedard sidelined by shoulder problems, the next most desirable player they have is Raul Ibanez. Several teams have inquired about his services, but all have been told that […]

This season there has been a lot of reports that say Adrian Beltre is eager to return to a Southern California team.  Those reports may be inaccurate, however.  Beltre has a limited no-trade clause that allows him to block trades to up to eight ballclubs.  We found out that one of those eight teams were the […]

Rob hit on this yesterday, and now SI’s Jon Heyman has more on the potential deal that would send Jarrod Washburn to the Bronx.  He makes it clear that both teams would be trying to clear salary, noting that Seattle may be trying to move Jose Vidro in the same deal.
At first I thought it […]

Yahoo!’s Tim Brown lets us know that Seattle’s J.J. Putz isn’t available for trade this season.  He says that the Boston Red Sox inquired but were turned down.
Seattle could be holding Putz back because he is indeed a fan favorite and a face of the franchise, but perhaps they’re holding on to him because they know […]

ESPN’s Buster Olney, via Ryan Divish:
There is a perception that the Mariners’ asking price on Raul Ibanez is high, but Seattle hasn’t deeply negotiated with anyone yet — though the Mariners will be getting into those talks in the days ahead. While their asking price is going to be affected by the fact that Ibanez […]

Dave over at USSM makes the argument that keeping Raul Ibanez could be a better option than trying to deal him, saying that the compensatory draft picks received for letting Ibanez walk could be better than what Seattle would get in a trade.  Ibanez is heading for type-A free agent status, meaning if Seattle offers him […]

According to Buster Olney [via MLBTR] the Yankees are “taking a serious look at Seattle lefty Jarrod Washburn”. This is great news for the Mariners as it seems Washburn’s recent run of success has made him not only just tradeable but wanted by other teams. The M’s might be able to get a team to take on most of […]

The New York Yankees are in need of a catcher now that Jorge Posada has been shut down again, perhaps for the duration of the 2008 season this time. 
I laughed at myself the first time I thought of the Yankees possibly being interested in Johjima considering how awful he’s been this season, but then a […]