The Seattle Mariners have just acquired Bill Hall, a Brewers third baseman who was designated for assignment last week. The Mariners will be sending Ruben Flores, a minor-league pitcher to the Milwaukee Brewers. With Beltre injured, Bill Hall adds needed depth at third base position. This is a nice buy-low move for the Mariners as the Brewers will be picking up the rest of Hall's 10 million dollar contract. From USS Mariner
Flores isn’t someone you should worry about giving up, and with the Brewers picking up the salary, it’s a nice buy low move for the M’s. However, if it really does signify that Beltre will be elsewhere next year (like I think it does), then the M’s will have to show that they can spend that money on an upgrade somewhere else (2B? DH? SP?) just as well. In Jack We Trust… but I’ll miss Adrian.It was highly unlikely that the Mariners were going to bring back Adrian Beltre in the first place, but this really cements his future fate in Seattle. I see Bill Hall filling in as a Willie Bloomquist utility type of player next season as he can play several positions (3B, SS, OF). There have been some whisperings that he could maybe even be Zduriencik's next break out player like Russell Branyan, but I doubt that.
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