Asked who he was going to miss in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse, Sean Green answered immediately.

"Everyone," he said. "We had a great group of guys."

Still, that group of guys lost 101 games, costing a manager and general manager their jobs. And when new GM Jack Zduriencik made a three-team, 12-player trade last week, Green was among those the Mariners gave up.

"I was surprised. I think everybody thought J.J. (Putz). might be moved. But me? It didn’t cross my mind," Green said. "I was shocked. It’s changed everything. I’ll go to spring training in

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The Seattle Mariners haven’t stopped talking to other teams just because the winter meetings ended, and the world of baseball continues on a frantic pace.

Not much Mariners news today, but here’s a little catch up work on a handful of former Mariners:

* The Phillies are trying to bring Jamie Moyer back and the Brewers are courting the 46-year-old, who is asking for a multi-year deal – and, as always, acting as his own agent.

* Outfielder Mike Cameron is under a one-year, $10 million contract with Milwaukee, which is on the verge of trading him

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As expected the Mariners didn’t tender (offer) a contract to catcher Jamie Burke for the 2009 season. This was not a surprising move with Kenji Johjima and Jeff Clement expected to share the catching duties and Rob Johnson and Adam Moore waiting in the wings.

Burke is a solid defensive catcher, a prototypical back-up who calls a good game, handles a pitching staff, can handle the bat and doesn’t make waves. He is one of the most genuine professional athletes that I’ve ever met and a guy that has such a

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Raul Ibanez has reached agreement with Philadelphia on a three-year, $30 million contract, pending a physical – and done it in typical Ibanez fashion.

The deal will be announced in Philadelphia, probably on Tuesday, a Phillies source said.

Ibanez didn’t want his agent playing one team against another, didn’t try to break the bank.

What he wanted was a third year, and got it, from a team that just won the World Series.

The Seattle Mariners couldn’t have done much better. They’ll get two picks in the June draft …

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For the second day in a row, I was back on the radio with Ian Furness discussing yesterday’s big trade, how everything went down and also things like Josh Fields and Raul Ibanez.

You can listen to it HERE

Elise at Night has Jack Zduriencik on after last night’s trade press conference. You can listen to that HERE.

Also, some more audio from a few days ago, but Elise had former manager Jim Riggleman on and you can listen to that HERE.

The Rule V draft is over and the Mariners picked up two players in the major league portion and one player in the AAA draft.

I’ll add to their bios in a little bit, click on their names for stats.

The Mariners had the second pick of the draft and took infielder Reegie Corona from the Yankees Triple A team in Scranton. According to GM Jack Zduriencik, Corona will be a back-up utility infielder type, replacing Willie Bloomquist’s role.

Corona, 22, is a switch-hitter who was primarily a second baseman for Trenton (AA), but

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Here’s some info on them, click on their names for career stats from baseball-reference.com

Franklin Gutierrez, outfielder, 25, hit .248 with 26 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs and 41 RBI in a career-high 134 games with Cleveland last season. He appeared in 119 games in the outfield, making 104 starts (8 in left, 11 in center and 85 in right). Gutierrez has appeared in the Majors in each of the past four seasons, and is a career .258 hitter with 48 doubles, 4 triples and 22 home runs in 284

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Look, I know everybody has questions and opinions on the trade. And we’ll follow up with that. But first let’s take a moment to thank J.J. The guy was a class act, a true professional and always fair, honest and friendly to me. It will be strange entering a Mariners clubhouse without him.

More than that, he was good at what he did. I know this last season wasn’t great, but I really think he’ll have a strong season this year – unfortunately it will be with the Mets.

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