Free agent Jarrod Washburn feels the lure of playing close to his Wisconsin home and has drawn interest from Milwaukee and Minnesota, but admits the Seattle Mariners are on his short list of teams.
In an e-mail to Foxsports.com, Washburn talks of the Mariners almost wistfully:
“Not saying it will happen, but I know I enjoyed my time there, my wife and kids loved it there, and I think they have some interest,” Washburn said. “So, I see that as a possibility.”
“The Twins and Brewers are both on the radar for me. The thought of playing close to home has always appealed to me, and I think both of those teams would be good fits for me.”
The veteran lefty, 35, has a 107-109 career record and spent nearly four years with Seattle before being traded last summer to Detroit.
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My guess is that Milwaukee will be the takers, followed in a close second to the Mariners, with the Twins out of the picture. Then again, I could be completely wrong….. Im on the bandwagon and all in for bringing him back to Seattle. Is 3 years $15 million to much or to little? Im not even sure what type of offers his agent has been looking for…
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I’m with you longco44. I hated seeing him leave last season just when he was having one of his best years but we did acquire some good talent in the trade. I hope he does come back here. I really enjoyed watching him pitch. He has worked hard and has become a better than average pitcher that seemed to fit well here.
GO Ms!!
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Speaking of who we got in the trade; What happened to Luke French after he got a couple starts, I lost track of what became of him. I followed the Tacoma Rainiers and didn’t see him down there in Tacoma.. He seems to have a bright future ahead of him too… But like I’ve said in previous posts, I really think the M’s should look towards players who hit the ball! They seem to have so much depth at pitching that we really don’t need anymore of them guys!
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Long – Luke French struggled after coming to Seattle and in september lost his spot in the rotation. He’s not a hard thrower, and the team isn’t sure at this point what his future is.
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I’d like to see Wash come back, but at something like 2 years 9 mil.
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would say he will get just a 1 yr. deal but it will be 10 mil.
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Luke French didnt last long in rotation and got demoted to bullpen long reliever type job.
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I’m not really sure I care what Washout wants. If he wants to come back it should be for much less than Harden, Sheets, or Bedard. Even with their injury risk they are much more valuable than Washburn. Last year was a little luck and a really awesome outfield. He simply can’t be that effective away from Safeco and our outfielders. I’ll take him for nice discount though. He has never been worth more than roughly 6 or 7 million a year. I wouldn’t mind a 2 yr 9 million deal. Anything over 4.5 mill a year and I say let someone else bite.
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You said to take less than Sheet and Erik are you freakin kidding, Sheet miss the whole season 09 and Erik couldn’t play 2 full season in Seattle mariner uniform.
Jarrod Washburn had injury but atleast he pitch unlike Baby Bedard who is injured prone who will not get anything more but minor league contract and sheet will be lucky to get a contract worth up 5mil with incentives to prove that he can actuality be healthy.
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Here’s a thought.. I know many of you may have had this thought… but….
I think that proffessional sports players contracts should all be performance based.. Make everything incentive based. I hate seeing when players get awarded big contracts, then they become injury ridden, or just plain forget how to play the game.
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If that is true then we could take both Bedard and Sheets and if one of them shows up and can pitch a decent amount of the year then we are contenders and if both are able to stay healthy we are probably going to make playoffs. What I’m trying to say is that we can lock up these guys with some risk for less than what it would cost to get Washburn (according to you we can get both of them) and their upside is much higher than Washburn’s. We probably saw the best of Wash last year and I would expect a regression from him. In the end my personal preference is Rich Harden.
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Texas is the front runner for Sheet as Mike maddox is their pitching coach and has work with Sheet and keep in touch during last season.
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