Mariners acquire 2B Dee Gordon

[bloodbrother]

Take with a grain of salt but this is from a Mariners blog

 

[totdprods]

Trading Neidert is probably comparable to Barria for Gordon. 

[Erstad Grit]

Gordon's arm in center will be worse than Damon.  Can't wait to watch irst to 3rd on him all day.  I like Gordon, he's a fantastic 2b. This move is pretty bad.  

[HaloNArizona]

Does make it more expensive to acquire Hernandez.

[Troll Daddy]

Marlins way of telling Stanton that we are serious about rebuilding with or without you. 

[Angelsjunky]

And so the battle for 2nd place begins...

 

[Angelsjunky]

In my mind this is good news. I don't want Gordon and his weak-ass .320 OBP at the top of the lineup. 

[bloodbrother]

Just now, HaloNArizona said:

Does make it more expensive to acquire Hernandez.

which means it won't be worth it for the Halos. Just sign Walker to a modest deal

[Erstad Grit]

Go get a 2b eppler!  Walker,  Hernandez,  or convince cozart.  I'm great with any of those.  

[Turd Ferguson]

lol wut? Isn't Gordon a pretty good defensive 2b? This is a move I'd make in MLB the Show. Only you can't bump up his OF skills to 99. Odd.

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, HaloNArizona said:

Does make it more expensive to acquire Hernandez.

I have a hunch he has been too expensive all along or we would have had him here already.

[ettin]

10 minutes ago, totdprods said:

 No, but Gordon may have come at an easier price to pay than some of those. We will find out soon. May not be much since Mariners don't have much farm to trade from.

And none of those bring elite speed, which is something we need somewhere on the 25-man still.

Goes and looks up Mike Trout's FanGraphs page....

[HaloNArizona]

2 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

which means it won't be worth it for the Halos. Just sign Walker to a modest deal

From 2015-2017 Walker has a .344 OBP

Career .341

 

[HaloNArizona]

1 minute ago, totdprods said:

I have a hunch he has been too expensive all along or we would have had him here already.

If Jones or Adell where involved....I would agree with you.

[Troll Daddy]

Kinsler incoming 

[T.G.]

$1 million in pool money going to Seattle per Mark Feinsand

[HaloNArizona]

3 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Go get a 2b eppler!  Walker,  Hernandez,  or convince cozart.  I'm great with any of those.  

Cozart has a career .305 OBP

As of today, I'm thinking Walker is the better deal.

[ettin]

6 minutes ago, HaloNArizona said:

Does make it more expensive to acquire Hernandez.

Sorry but no it does not. The 2B market is saturated with plenty of available good names the Angels can acquire.

[bloodbrother]

And there it is

Mariners now with what? $3.5 million to offer

[totdprods]

Go get Harrison or Mercer for UT IF and int'l money from the Pirates.

[Chuck]

8 minutes ago, totdprods said:

@Jim_BowdenSXM

Nick Neidert is in the Dee Gordon Trade #Mariners #Marlins

 

not necessarily a small price to pay, one of their better prospects. I bet they flip an OF for an arm.

He's their #2 prospect after Kyle Lewis who cannot seem to get over that knee injury. 

[HaloNArizona]

JD going all in with the pool money.

[bloodbrother]

Mariners now have the same amount as the Rangers to offer Ohtani.

[Stradling]

Time to go get Stanton and $1.25 million in pool money. 

[totdprods]

Bright side to this, Seattle either sees us or the Rangers as a serious threat.