50 best players for the next 5 years. M's have....ZERO!?!?

Argyle · Post #1 » by **Argyle** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:37 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview08 ... id=3310373

Don't know about not including Felix on the list.

Other than that though, it pretty much points to the fact that the Mariners are a now or never team, banking on making a run in the next 2-3 years and then rebuilding. Once Ichiro is post prime (2011ish?) our hopes are gone for at least 5+ years.

b_roy7 · Post #2 » by **b_roy7** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:21 pm

Hey! Look, Adam Jones is on there (35). I think Felix should be on there, since there are some questionable ones.

Post #3 » by **Sweezo** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:27 pm

b_roy7 wrote:Hey! Look, Adam Jones is on there (35). I think Felix should be on there, since there are some questionable ones.

Yeah...go offer Felix to the Red Sox for Dustin Pedroia, and see what happens. That list is a turd.

Ex-hippie · Post #4 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 1:56 am

Check out Asdrubal Cabrera. Those two months of Eduardo Perez were sooooo worth it.

Argyle · Post #5 » by **Argyle** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 4:43 am

Ex-hippie wrote:Check out Asdrubal Cabrera. Those two months of Eduardo Perez were sooooo worth it.

Wow completely forgot that Cabrera came up with the M's.

Argyle · Post #6 » by **Argyle** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 4:47 am

Sweezo wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Yeah...go offer Felix to the Red Sox for Dustin Pedroia, and see what happens. That list is a turd.

I think if Felix was offered in a 1 for 1 trade for everyone on this list, only about 10 suitors would say no.

Post #7 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 1:00 pm

Neyer

Ex-hippie · Post #8 » by **Ex-hippie** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:25 pm

Actually it's not just Felix -- pitchers in general are very underrepresented on the list. Santana, Webb, Peavy, Haren (Haren?), Beckett and Verlander are on the list, and that's it. No sign of: Felix, Cain, Lincecum, Chamberlain, Hughes, Buchholtz, Papelbon, Lester, Kershaw, Hamels, Kazmir, Bedard, Lackey, Liriano, Garza, Zambrano, Bailey, Harden, Francis, Snell, Gorzelanny. Probably some others I'm forgetting as well. Try to acquire any of those guys straight-up for Jhonny Peralta (#21) or Ian Kinsler (#25) and see where that gets you. Heck, I wouldn't trade any of those pitchers for Robinson Cano (#11) or Curtis Granderson (#12).

As a former regular on the Neyer message board in its heyday (and occasional correspondent; I gave him fodder for his McGwire-HOF columns), I agree that this is not one of Rob's better works.

Post #9 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:47 pm

Neyer

Post #10 » by **BlackMamba** » Tue Apr 1, 2008 4:38 pm

well, i thougt felix was going to be there, meh...

and i'm happy adri