Results tagged “jjputz”

Erik Bedard and Adrian Beltre will probably be traded by July 31. Hopefully, Jarrod Washburn will go as well. They don’t even have to trade him; they can just leave him behind the counter at a Panda Express, or pretend to throw a tennis ball and drive off when he tries to find it.

Mariners' closer J.J. Putz was traded yesterday to the New York Mets in a three-team, twelve-player arrangement which brings seven scrubby players to Seattle in return. Putz was a former All-Star with the M's and professed to be shocked at the move. But we aren't at all surprised. As the old baseball saying goes (and baseball is full of them): "the closer is the last piece of the puzzle in a championship team." With this move, GM Jack Zduriencik has quietly put all the remaining jigsaw pieces back in the box, and has begun shaking the hell out it, bringing to a close any title hopes in the 2009 season before it even started. Meanwhile, the New York media begins to salivate at the headline-writing options.

Our beloved boys of summer (?) return to the friendly confines of RoBro after a 3-3 road trip to Boston and Toronto, cementing them firmly in last place in the AL West—16.5 games behind the Angels.

Not only does Detroit's last place baseball team sweep other last place teams (ours), they also have teams that make the postseason.