Taking a Look at Today’s Trade With Pittsburgh

Vargas vs. Padilla, 5:05 pm PDT It looks like the other “major” announcement of the deadline is that RHP Ian Snell is due up in the rotation after Felix, which would put him on pace to start for the USSM/LL gathering at Safeco on August 8th. After Snell, we’ll have Hyphen again and then either [...]-- This post came from: U.S.S. Mariner, and is copyright by the...

Apparently the Mariners aren't ready to become sellers just yet. ESPN is reporting that Seattle has acquired shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell from the Pirates in exchange for first baseman Jeff Clement, shortstop Ronny Cedeno, and Single A pitchers Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin and Nathan Adcock. The Mariners enter the day 7.5 games out of the NL West lead and...

Seattle Mariners - Acquired SS Jack Wilson and P Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates for C-DH Jeff Clement, SS Ronny Cedeno, P Aaron Pribanic, P Brett Lorin, and P Nathan Adcock. Given the half-hearted way the Mariners included Clement in their future plans, the only surprising thing is that it took them this long to send him away. Wilson's excellent defensively but while none...

According to ESPN, the Mariners have just traded catcher Jeff Clement and shortstop Ronny Cedeno along with three minor league prospects to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for shortstop Jack Wilson and starting pitcher Ian Snell. Wilson will immediately assume the role of starting shortstop in place of Cedeno, while Snell should shore up the back end of the Mariners’ thin starting...

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners have acquired shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates for shortstop Ronny Cedeno, Triple-A catcher Jeff Clement and three minor league pitchers.

The Pirates have traded shortstop Jack Wilson, their most tenured and popular player, to the Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners have acquired shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates for shortstop Ronny Cedeno, Triple-A catcher Jeff Clement and three minor league pitchers.

The Pirates have dealt shortstop Jack Wilson and right-handed pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners for five players.

As you should know by now, the Mariners pulled off a semi-blockbuster trade today. Seattle sent Jeff Clement, Ronny Cedeno, and three minor league pitchers to the Pirates for shortstop Jack Wilson and starting pitcher Ian Snell. Now, I did not get the feeling from this trade that it was aimed towards making a run this season. At this point, it wouldn’t be smart to make a trade...

Trade for shortstop Jack Wilson is another example of Mariners GM's bold leadership

"Experiment," doesn't really describe what the Pirates are trying to do fiscally. "Revolution" may be more like it; if it succeeds, it will be deemed "revolutionary," and probably "highly disruptive."  If it fails, it will have been "doomed from the start." In a sense, what the Pirates are now doing reminds me of the farmer...