KOMO radio has reported that Jose Vidro has finally been DFA’d. All I have to say is it’s about damn time. No longer will we have to watch the worst hitter in baseball bat in the middle of the order. No word yet on who will take his place on the roster but my money is on […]

…for the record, would vest if he recorded 625 plate appearances this season, or 1150 plate appearances between 2007 and 2008 with at least 600 coming in 2008.
I’m just throwing this out there, because I think I had been relaying incorrect figures in the past.  Larry Stone had the scoop back in May.
Not counting tonight’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

ESPN wrote an article 10 days ago. I just stumbled upon it tonight, or this morning, whatever time it is. The article goes over first-half MVP cantidates, Cy Young cantidates, among others.
The Least Valuable Player Award was also a topic.
The winner: Richie Sexson.
Others receiving consideration: Jose Vidro, Kenji Johjima
The 2008 Mariners are a laughing stock. […]

A lot of us thought it absurd that Richie Sexson was let go before the even more useless Jose Vidro, but it seems order is slowly returning to the universe.  This from Prospect Insider’s sidebar:
There are some rumors starting to swirl around the team as they left Kaufmann Stadium today that designated hitter Jose Vidro’s […]

First of all, tough ballgame tonight.  I missed most of it but when I got into my car I was greeted with something along the lines of this:
“…a high popup to shallow center, Ichiro settles under it and the carnage is over.”
Thanks to Dave Neihaus for that one.  That, of course, was referring to the […]

In the current Seattle Mariners lineup there is a black hole that sucks up rallies and spits out strikeouts, popups and soft grounders. You’ve undoubtedly been frustrated and disappointed by this stretch in the lineup if you’ve watched even a couple games this season.
As I’m sure you know, this “black hole” includes Jose Vidro, Richie […]

“The Mariners are paying a combined $24M for Richie Sexson (.195) and Jose Vidro (.202).”
Thank you ESPN.com Power Rankings for putting a damper on my day, yet again.