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When you have one of the cheapest ownerships in the league this happens. But there is a difference they are also the dummest ownerships in all Baseball. Hence their location in the standings.

Asking for the ranch wouldn't be so bad if these guys weren't signed to way overvalued contracts. You'd be lucky to give them away in a salary dump and these morons think they can fleece the receiving team AND dump the over paid players.

Ibanez is the only one worth what Seattle is paying them.

That's a nasty run on sentence.

117m payroll and the worst team . Ownership is good, front office stinks.

Nationals trade pitcher Ayala to Mets
Relief pitcher requested trade

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals traded right-handed relief pitcher Luis Ayala to the Mets on Sunday morning for a player to be named later, but that player is expected to be infielder Anderson Hernandez.
Ayala requested the trade weeks ago because he wanted a change of scenery, due to personal problems.

Ayala has struggled this season, compiling a 1-8 record with a 5.77 ERA in 62 appearances.

Hernandez will join the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. He will be a backup infielder for the remainder of the season.

he would wanna get his sh1+ togethor

Why would they think they could get the world for Washburn, with that contract?

Seattle, they still have a team? They play worse than we do.

they want the ranch? i hear Neverland is up for grabs ...... kids not included

kids not included?? how about the Monkey??

Common sense dictates any smart G.M. staying away from Seattle's "garbage" !!! The team and I say TEAM has one of the worst records in baseball and seeing baseball is a TEAM effort not much to want from this bunch of bums !!!

The Mariners messed up by not clearing some of their dead weight. Cutting Sexson was a start, but some of those other bozos need to be shown the door, regardless of what you could get for them. It's called addition by subtraction.

The ownership is good??? Are you kidding me? Mr. Nitendo has never even watched the M's play before. He is awful. The Mariners make a ton of money every year, even when we stink. So he isn't going anywhere. The Mariners are far from cheap too. Our F.O. is the worst in the league hands down. They have a limitless amount of money to spend but they don't know how to do it in a smart way.

"Mr. Nitendo has never even watched the M's play before. He is awful."

He more of a passive owner then the opposite. Beside he more the most shares of the team. But not by much. Its the other side of the ownership that has also caused its fair share LET`S PLAY AAA Baseball instead of Major league.

BTW its Nintendo

The Mariners best bet is to trade for prospects and get on with rebuilding. I would even put Ichiro on the block. Any of the players mentioned in the article good garner 2 or 3 top prospects. If you can't win with that core of players then its time to just start rebuilding.

Ibanez has legitimate trade value, I would consider picking him up. I think he went 5 for 5 the other day. and has been hitting some clutch shots, about the only one of the m's that has had a decent year. even ichiro for all of his hits seems to be integral part of the seattle slump.

ownership sucks because they don't have any role, they just let lincoln run with the team and that has ruined the front office. they need to sell the team to a local who isn't going to move them to okc and start over with a new front office because this is going nowhere fast.