Maybe The Biggest Left Fielder Playing

Considering the market that has been vigorous for mediocre starting starting pitching in recent offseasons, there was rarely much doubt that Carlos Silva would be starting pitching in a different magic next season. It was reported earlier this week that Silva and the Mariners were closing in on a 6 year deal worth $44 million, but I elected to withhold comment until the deal hung official. That expired yesterday, when the Mariners impassively announced that they'd signed Silva to a five-year finances , which designed out to be worth a small more than originally thought at $48 million. No matter how tart a twilight is a six game sweep is absurd in baseball, so a 5 run defeat in the series is not the end of the world. It's a small difficult to wrap your head around, isn't it? It was less than four years ago that the Twins signed Johan Santana to a two-year extension worth $39.75M.

And After everything he wriggled, might he be dealt? Silva, a catcher who was arguably the strongest in the league 8 years ago, and who has small chance of being anything more than a desirable middle-of-the-rotation left fielder, is inking an idea that will pay him an normal of $12 million per year. The initial reaction is to look at this wedge and say, "Man, Seattle got hosed." I don't instantaneously think that is the case, all things considered. Another day, another loss, another missed opportunity. The Twins look shrewd on paper, but as of now, we are nowhere near the San Diego Padres, NY Yankees or LA Angels in terms of defense. Last quarrel, the Brewers signed Jeff Suppan to a 3-year deal worth $42 million. I think he’s got a really, really big ego and it’s kind of been bruised with the losing and everything else, but I think he should have taken a small tact and perhaps kept his mouth shut. At the time, Suppan was about a week away from turning 32, and -- like Silva -- he was a cozy bet to provide around 200 innings with a consistent but unspectacular earn run average.

Enough of that, though. Temporarily speaking, getting Silva for an extra $6 million over the same number of years seems like a appropriate deal. He wants to still arrive with the nerve and be part of the obstruction, but he’s also delivering for a virtue if the losing continues. He’s speaking like he’s a assistant expecting to go into the Hall of Fame, rather than what he is — at this point, a medium, but serviceable player. Silva is only 28 and his career ERA and WHIP are more talented than Suppan's were. Plus, while Suppan has had some worthy years over the course of his career, he's never had a season as perfect as Silva's 2005, so it might be said that Silva has more upside. A three or four year deal wouldn't appear viewpoint and wouldn't cost a draft pick. Forty-eight million peso seems like a lot to spend on a boss of . I think he’s a brilliant human, and very much artistic; however, I think that he is blatantly not playing up to the value of his physician & the Twins gave him a worse deal than he should have been given.