but i just cant justify picking up that option, especially considering the other places we could spend 6 mil

…1B should be one of the easier to fill spots on a team. Especially if you aim low at guys like Broussard.

Is there a guy like that out there?

I’m not necessarily opposed to replacing Washington, but Don Baylor and Mike Hargrove aren’t the people I have in mind to replace him.

Baylor is even more of a small-ball freak than Washington, and my main recollection of him is that he shares Dusty Baker’s disdain for patient hitters.

Hargrove has a bit of a reputation as an arm-slagger, mostly from his Cleveland and Baltimore days, but the M’s recent track record with young pitching is pretty terrible as well. They’ve jerked around Brandon Morrow; Felix Hernandez hasn’t progressed as much as he should have- and those are the success stories. They’ve had a number of top pitching prospects develop serious injuries over the past few years. I don’t know how responsible Hargrove is for any of that, but it’s enough of a concern that I wouldn’t trust him with our crop of up and coming young arms.

for the reasons you said, to be around big leaguers and to reward him for a great minor league season. he will probably get about 10-20 ABs and a lot of pinch running ops.

late in close games. i say bring him up too

Grant is getting on my nerves lately with the trade Elvis rhetoric, and his accusations that Padilla is skipping tough starts.

Surprisingly misguided.

…and I’ll say it again: EG has a man-crush on FotF. He is not about to advocate something so unpalatable to MY as keeping Andrus long term and moving Michael’s cement shoes to 3B. Trading Andrus insures Grant that his hero and go-to guy will stay happy at SS for years to come.

Its possible. However I think it has more to do with BMac coming back healthy, Harrison having some time and games under his belt, and Millwood is apparantly healthy again after dealing with a groin issue.