Mitchell report
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:25 pm
Looks like the M's can breathe a little easier. I thought it was going to turn out half the team was juicing. No current M's are mentioned in the Mitchell report, and only the following ex-Mariners:
David Segui (which we knew about)
Josias Manzanillo (only briefly a Mariner)
Glenallen Hill (only briefly a Mariner)
Ron Villone
Ryan Franklin (which we knew about)
Todd Williams (who?)
Fernando Vina (only a Mariner at the start of his career, plus a brief attempted comeback at the end)
David Bell
Jose Guillen (which we knew about)
Ismael Valdez (only briefly a Mariner, but see below)
On the list, it appears that only two used illegal substances while members of the Mariners: Villone and Valdez. (EDIT: Sorry, I mean three, obviously Ryan Franklin.) Valdez had apparently been using while with Texas, and continued ordering more supplies after he was traded to the M's.
Villone, I guess, surprises me. Apparently he was using on his second tour of duty with the M's, before they traded him to Florida for Yorman Bazardo. I guess it makes me feel better about the M's squandering Bazardo in a bad trade last year.
Bell, the report says, started using after he left the M's, when he was in Philly. He and Franklin, and maybe Segui, are the only players in the report who can be deemed real contributors to the "Mariners family," and even those are pretty low-level contributions.
The biggest upset of the whole report: no Bret Boone.
David Segui (which we knew about)
Josias Manzanillo (only briefly a Mariner)
Glenallen Hill (only briefly a Mariner)
Ron Villone
Ryan Franklin (which we knew about)
Todd Williams (who?)
Fernando Vina (only a Mariner at the start of his career, plus a brief attempted comeback at the end)
David Bell
Jose Guillen (which we knew about)
Ismael Valdez (only briefly a Mariner, but see below)
On the list, it appears that only two used illegal substances while members of the Mariners: Villone and Valdez. (EDIT: Sorry, I mean three, obviously Ryan Franklin.) Valdez had apparently been using while with Texas, and continued ordering more supplies after he was traded to the M's.
Villone, I guess, surprises me. Apparently he was using on his second tour of duty with the M's, before they traded him to Florida for Yorman Bazardo. I guess it makes me feel better about the M's squandering Bazardo in a bad trade last year.
Bell, the report says, started using after he left the M's, when he was in Philly. He and Franklin, and maybe Segui, are the only players in the report who can be deemed real contributors to the "Mariners family," and even those are pretty low-level contributions.
The biggest upset of the whole report: no Bret Boone.