I have heard many people saying that the Mariners should build for 2009 instead of signing guys now because the free agent class next is better than this year. I find this theory completely stupid because the Santana's and Sabathia's of the class will not be in next years free agency pool as all these players will resign with whatever team they are on. Lackey, Johan and Sabathia have no chance of becoming free agents so you can stop dreaming of those possibilities. Its possible Penny, Sheets and Burnett do become free agents, but what are the chances the Mariners would be able to get any of them as most teams will be after them an will demand a lot of money.
I say try to win now, the team won 88 games last year and don't tell me look at the difference in run differential because that is bogus, Jeff Weaver and Horacio Ramirez will not be in the rotation next year. The only reason the run differential was like that last year was because of those two guys getting destroyed every game they pitched.
Of course the Mariners should play to win now, who knows what would happen next year in free agency, the Angels might go out and sign Adam Dunn or Manny Ramirez then what do we do and who wants to watch a season where the team sucks again. For all the people who say the Mariners should play for the future are wrong in my opinion, but feel free to comment on this as i would like to hear you're views.
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the mariners were extremely lucky to win 88 games last yr. granted weaver and ramirez were atrocious but their offense doesnt look like its improved. If anything it will be worse. betancourt batted close to 300 and still wasnt a good hitter due to lack of walks and power. that avg will go down. Also, vidro outplayed his expectations. unless sexson has a huge bounceback yr I would expect the lineup to be worse, not better.
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