SB Nation User Blog: JY

Rosenthal: Long-term Felix deal being discussed

JY — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:49:00 -0000

Rosenthal: Long-term Felix deal being discussed

The Mariners have initiated long-term contract discussions with right-hander Felix Hernandez, but the two sides are far apart, according to a major-league source.

Hernandez, 23, is two years away from free agency. He is happy in Seattle, the source said, but willing to continue going year-to-year in arbitration and then seek a CC Sabathia-type contract on the open market.

Sabathia signed a seven-year, $161 deal with the Yankees last winter. The average annual value of that contract is $23 million.

The Mariners are believed to have offered Hernandez a four-year contract in the $45 million range. Such a deal would cover his final two years of arbitration and first two years of free agency.

Hernandez earned $3.8 million last season and finished second in the American League Cy Young Award balloting. His salaries in arbitration could rise to $7 million next season and then $10 million in 2011.

Add two free-agent years at $23 million, and his goal in a four-year deal likely would be above $60 million. He also could seek a longer term — say, six years — and a total package of more than $100 million.

Chapman fires agent, hires Hendricks bros.

JY — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:23:43 -0000

Chapman fires agent, hires Hendricks bros.

A bit surprised, considering that his previous agent had been touting him as a left-handed Strasburg (inaccurate) and suggested he could get a $60 million dollar contract. Why not just go with Boras and get double that? Also, considering the other guy, no name that he is, had been negotiating for months now, that kind of… sucks for him.

The Hendricks Bros represented Roger Clemens and Jay Buhner, along with current guys like Andy Pettite and Kendry Morales. I would say that if you were holding out hope that the M’s were going to do something here, that might be diminished now. Personally, I think he’s interesting, but not worth nearly as much as he wants. He’s not polished enough to deserve it.

'09 40-man Preview Extravaganza

JY — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:46:09 -0000

'09 40-man Preview Extravaganza

(toot toot)

I'll field questions in either place if I have to. Dave and I are getting into a debate with a third poster over whether it makes more sense to add marginal prospects because there's nothing else in our system that's nearly ready.

It's Friday, 10/23/09, and we need another OTFPOTD

JY — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:11:52 -0000

The recent OTFPOTD has exceeded the critical mass of 1000+ posts. I was going to save this one for Monday, but eh, I've never done one of these and I'm way overdue anyway.

Possible Questions:

* Fall has been a topic of late, both in Seattle and NYC, where we are jumping wildly from low-60s to low-40s and back again on any given day. We've talked holidays and nature and football and BEER, so here's another question with a different spin on it: do your music listening habits change with the leaves? Do certain bands or albums typify fall for you more than any other season? Extra credit: what about reading?

* Strangest book you have ever read? Strangest movie you have ever seen? Explicate. Was it worth it?

* What non-curse, non-buzz word would you care to never hear again?

* Via MarinerJohn, what's your favorite archipelago?

* Via waldo rojas, most overrated board games?

* Let's talk disappointment... in music. Who is an artist that you were really excited about back in the day that never followed up in the way you expected, or otherwise got mired in prolonged periods of mediocrity?

* Movie series reboots have probably been done. What about video game series reboots? Any particular successes, failures, or ones that generated mixed reactions?

Go.

Onion: Sabermetrician Claims There is No Such Thing as Baseball

JY — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:21:44 -0000

Onion: Sabermetrician Claims There is No Such Thing as Baseball

You can tell it's an Onion article because, at the end, the Sabermetrician watches a game.

Lake Elsinore 33, High Desert 18

JY — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:34:45 -0000

Lake Elsinore 33, High Desert 18

51 runs score in Cal League game.

Mavericks Play 21-inning Game

JY — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:50:44 -0000

The High Desert Mavericks just won against the Stockton Ports. It took them twenty-one innings. The game laster about hours and forty-five minutes. It was suspended at five hours and fourteen innings last night due to league rules stipulating that no inning should start after midnight.

The Mavericks used eight pitchers, five of which threw three innings or more. The Ports used nine and only had three with three innings or more. One of the hitters for the Ports had ten at-bats. Two players on each team had eight or more at-bats without a hit.

In the twenty-first, Joe Dunigan (3-6, 4 BB, 2 2B) walked and was moved to second on a single by Alex Liddi. From the looks of it, the two attempted a double steal and the ball ended up airmailed into center and Dunigan scored.

Box Score

Ichiro Gets Seven Hits in One Game

JY — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:52:09 -0000

Ichiro Gets Seven Hits in Minors Action

Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki was the leadoff hitter for both teams in a five-inning Rookie League intrasquad game on Thursday afternoon in Peoria, Ariz.

He went 7-for-10 with two triples and one double.

Okay, it's a little misleading, but just think, the offense and the defense are about to get that much better. The only thing that's really missing is some snappy quote to the Japanese media.

Burke Non-tendered

JY — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:15:08 -0000

Press Release

The catching depth on our 40-man makes this not so surprising, and I think Zduriencik has enough sense to go with Clement. Johnson is also a possibility, but I can't see them carrying three catchers, unless Clement is the DH and they're giving up on him behind the plate. Now, about that Adam Moore kid...

Goodbye Burke. We applaud you for being better than Rene Rivera and also pitching in that one game. Unforunately, you're on the wrong end of thirty by several years.

Dickey Time is over

JY — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:33:23 -0000

The TNT Blog says that the M's moved R.A. Dickey off the 40-man today, and he has a right to refuse assignment to the minors in order to become a free agent. The M's also took off Sean White, because I guess they forgot to do it two weeks ago. These moves bring the total to 36 of 40 players on the roster, none of whom are sucky Rule 5 picks by Bavasi.

Wasn't Dickey supposed to be working with Nierko on figuring his knuckler out? Maybe that's not working out so well. Still, guy with no UCL, throwing butterfly pitches while making scary faces... I'm going to miss the guy if he does leave.