Mariners Get Corey Hart & Logan Morrison

[revo]

nice haul for the M's!

Hart signs a 1-year deal, and they get LoMo for Carter Capps

[Don Quixote]

I'm hardly a Morrison fan (unless it's the singer Jim), but that still seems like a paltry return for him.

[Don Quixote]

I'm still really high on Carter Capps, even if he is just a reliever. He throws hard as hell and his peripherals indicated that he was more unlucky than anything last year (FIP was something like 3.60 despite a 5.00+ ERA).

How locked in is Cishek as the closer in Marlinville?

By the standards of the Marlins (where all roles are temporary), he's in good shape. I believe he's in his first arbitration year and isn't a free agent until after 2017. Capps is four years younger, and more importantly for Miami, not near his arb years yet.

[joncarlos]

Wouldn't be surprised to see the Pirates in on Smoak if the Mariners give up on him.

[Don Quixote]

Wouldn't be surprised to see the Pirates in on Smoak if the Mariners give up on him.

Is there a particular reason why they should bother?

[joncarlos]

Is there a particular reason why they should bother?

They like reclamation projects and need a first baseman? They've been rumored to be interested in Smoak in the past. I'm not necessarily saying they SHOULD be in on him, just that I think they might be. EDIT... I believe Smoak is even worse against lefties. If that's true then he's a perfect platoon partner for Gaby Sanchez.

[Trader Mac]

I'm still really high on Carter Capps, even if he is just a reliever. He throws hard as hell and his peripherals indicated that he was more unlucky than anything last year (FIP was something like 3.60 despite a 5.00+ ERA).

How locked in is Cishek as the closer in Marlinville?

I hope you are right. I just traded for Capps so I would be nice to see him take on a bigger role in Miami.

[Bodhizefa]

I'm still really high on Carter Capps, even if he is just a reliever. He throws hard as hell and his peripherals indicated that he was more unlucky than anything last year (FIP was something like 3.60 despite a 5.00+ ERA).

How locked in is Cishek as the closer in Marlinville?

His fastball was down a few ticks last year and he has horrible splits because the M's brought him up before he could learn a change and then didn't let him learn it in the bigs. He still may turn into a useful late-inning guy, but he's not someone I'd count on from this point forward. He looked awful last year in every way imaginable - stuff, confidence on the mound, posture coming on and leaving the field, etc.