Visquel back to Seattle for Guillen

[TinoBambino]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

[KeepClaussen]

How dumb is the new seattle GM?

Seattle had a perfectly good SS in Carlos Guillen.. If they really wanted to upgrade SS that badly Nomar Garciapara is apparently avalable and will only cost $4 1/2 mil more then Vizquel next year.

[NJOBP36]

1. Ibanez
2. Spiezio
3. Trading Guillen for Vizquel

And Gillick wanted Boone last year, I feel sorry for the Mariner fans...actually I don't.

[TinoBambino]

Visquel does help secure their defense up the middle...

How many years does he have left on his contract?

[yankeeman12]

I thought I heard the Indians also get a draft pick? Either way, I think the Indians got the better of this deal. Guillen is more then ample at the position, cheaper, and younger.

[C. Bellinger]

Dumb, dumb move. The M's seem to be making "moves" just for the heck of it--signing Spiezio, trading Colbrunn for McCracken, and now Guillen for Vizquel. I DO like the Ibanez signing.

BTW, ESPN called the Randy Johnson trade back in '98 a trade deadline steal for the Mariners because they picked up Guillen, Halama, and Freddy Garcia. And for a year or so, it looked like a steal. But now Halama and Guillen are both gone, and Garcia is erratic.

I still think it is a fine trade for Seattle, but Doyle Alexander for John Smoltz--THAT'S a trade deadline steal.

[Yanks21]

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=cle

Omar failed his physical. The trade is off...