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Its going to take more than Patton. The Mariners are probably in. Tampa maybe also. And Boston. Maybe a reason that its taking so long to complete the Napoli deal is that after they saw the MRI, the Red Sox want to see what it takes to get Morse.

You might be underestimating Patton. He is still cheap and after all this time still only has 2.15 years service time. Not a lot of left handed relievers can hold right handed hitters to a 650 OPS.

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Casper Wells is projected as a starting OF. I could see the Mariners want Morse as an OFer.

Yeah, you could be right. I know they are looking for offense, but a team like Seattle needs to have some players that provide good defense as well.

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You might be underestimating Patton. He is still cheap and after all this time still only has 2.15 years service time. Not a lot of left handed relievers can hold right handed hitters to a 650 OPS.

I agree. But a reliever, even a good lefthanded reliever is probably not enough to get a MOO bat. Others will bid a lefthanded reliever plus.

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Casper Wells is projected as a starting OF. I could see the Mariners want Morse as an OFer.

Morse roaming the spacious OF of Safeco would be...interesting.....

I go back to two years ago, when we obtained Reynolds and Hester for Hernandez and Mickolio, and Hardy and Harris for Jacobson and Hoey. Based on those deals, I'd say Patton for Morse is fair. Honestly, it favors the Nats.

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If it is indeed a Patton for Morse swap, what does that mean for Matusz? Do we go out looking for a veteran lefty?

I believe this is part of why we targeted a LHP in the Rule 5 draft, and also brought in a couple of potentially good LOOGYs on minor league deals like Schlereth and Braddock. We also have Belfiore on the 40-man roster.

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Morse roaming the spacious OF of Safeco would be...interesting.....

I go back to two years ago, when we obtained Reynolds and Hester for Hernandez and Mickolio, and Hardy and Harris for Jacobson and Hoey. Based on those deals, I'd say Patton for Morse is fair. Honestly, it favors the Nats.

I wouldn't think a Morse deal is comparable to those two deals. Both were more salary dumps and there was very little competition for the players.

There will be a handful of teams going after Morse and I could see the asking price being a little bit higher, maybe Patton and Avery, though I don't know what the Nats 40 man roster situation is like and if they would prefer a second player to not be on the roster.

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I agree. But a reliever, even a good lefthanded reliever is probably not enough to get a MOO bat. Others will bid a lefthanded reliever plus.

I don't see interest from Boston. In fact, reports yesterday were that they were close to finally finishing the Napoli deal.

Seattle can offer Furbush + ???

New York could offer Boone Logan, but he's only under contract through 2013.

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