Inside the Lakers (Free subscription) | yesterday
At a time when no one seems to be interested in network prime-time TV -- when we're wondering if anyone will even care about Fox's Florida-Oklahoma football game on Thursday night when "The Office" is opposite it on NBC...
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Putting his contract aside, let's see what we can expect from the Mariners third basemen. Click the title to read more. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !
Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
12:18 PM: Geoff Baker confirms this, but says it isn’t something the two teams couldn’t work around. 11:51 AM: La Velle E. Neal III (aka LEN3): and, suddenly, Twins people are telling me there are no-trade problems with Adrian Beltre. He does have a limited no-trade but there were no indications during the season that the Twins [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Yesterday, La Velle E. Neal of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune heard about no-trade problems for the Twins with Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre. Today, Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times has further detail: When [the Twins] attempted to investigate a possible deal, they discovered that -- since the last time they'd looked into Beltre during the season -- he'd added the Twins to...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Stray links I've collected over the past few days... John Manuel and Jonathan Mayo get us ready for the Rule 5 draft. LEN3 suggests the Twins might be part of Adrian Beltre's limited no-trade clause. K-Rod signing analysis from Dave Cameron, Jesse Spector, and Keith Law. Law also takes on the Ramon Hernandez, J.J. Putz, and C.C. Sabathia moves. The Red Sox are likely to non-tender Kevin...
Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Adrian Beltre is a great player. He is possibly the most underrated Seattle Mariners player in recent years, with Mike Cameron being his only challenger in my mind. You can make a strong argument that Beltre is the best defensive third baseman in all of baseball, he’s been referred to as Seattle’s unofficial team captain, [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Ryan Divish sums up the learnings from Jack Zduriencik's media session: Several teams contacted the Ms about J.J. Putz. A Putz trade could affect the team's plans for Brandon Morrow. No formal talks for Jarrod Washburn or Adrian Beltre. The Mariners aren't looking to trade any of their catchers.
Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Jason A. Churchill: The Mariners were apparently contacted by two AL Central clubs about Beltre and Putz. The first thought is the Twins for Beltre and the Tigers for Putz, but apparently neither is correct, according to an NL assistant. Quite possibly, the Tigers or Indians inquired about Beltre and perhaps the Indians or White Sox asked [...]
Mariners blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The latest installment of Afternoons with Jack (Zduriencik):The Seattle general manager just finished meeting with the Mariners' media and said that despite widely scattered reports to the contrary, none of the other 29 teams as approached him about trading for Adrian Beltre.On the other hand, reports that several teams are serious in their pursuit of closer J.J. Putz.Putz's agent told...
MLB (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Beltre can ride cycle to TYIB Award
U.S.S. Mariner (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Larry LaRue has a few quotes from Adrian Beltre and one from Zduriencik where he notes that they have an offer out for “a piece of the puzzle”, and LaRue confirms that it’s not Ken Griffey Jr or Adam Dunn. Most likely, it’s Jerry Hairston, whom the Mariners have been linked to for a [...]
Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... asks MLB scouts and executives about the current trade value of Yuniesky Betancourt, Jose Lopez, Adrian Beltre and Erik Bedard. The post concludes with a particularly interesting (and painful) quote from an NL assistant regarding Seattle’s failure to trade Jarrod Washburn last season. While discussing an interview Baseball Prospectus did with Seattle Mariners assistant Tony Blengino,...
U.S.S. Mariner (Free subscription) | 26/12/2008
The awesomeness of FanGraphs grows - David Appelman added the Win Value data we told you about on Wednesday to the leaderboards and team pages. For instance, here is the 2008 Mariners Position Player Win Values . Here’s an image for those of you who just want a sneak peak. The M’s had four position players who could be described as significantly better than replacement level - Adrian Beltre,...
Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 25/12/2008
... really earned. Ichiro $14.4 Million Lopez $10.6 Million Ibanez $9.7 Million Sexson $-3.5 Million Beltre $18.3 Million Wilkerson $-3.9 Million Jose Vidro $-6.0 Million Johjima $1.2 Million Betancourt $0.0 Observations from this are that Adrian Beltre really is that awesome and is worth every penny he is getting and Ichiro is still a great player. Sexson, Wilkerson and Vidro...
U.S.S. Mariner (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
... number metric of player value available anywhere online. An example of how these can be used. Adrian Beltre , since joining the Mariners: 2005: +2.4 wins, $8 million value 2006: +4.8 wins, $17.8 million value 2007: +2.7 wins, $10.9 million value 2008: +4.1 wins, $18.3 million value Over those four years that Beltre has been a Mariner, he’s been worth $55 million. He has been...
