Time to get listy with it. With the news of Milton Bradley going, well Milton Bradley, I feel it’s an appropriate time to look at the 5 worst Seattle Mariners free agent signings.
Runners up:
Richie Sexson: 2005 - 4 years $50 Million – Overpaid, but at least he was productive for awhile.
Chone Figgins: 2009 – 4 years $36 Million – He’ll be in the top 5 before too long. Just too early at this point.
Jeff Weaver: 2007 – 1 year $8.5 Million – At least it was for only one year, just happened to be the worst year of his career.
Carl “Jurassic” Everett: 2006 – 1 year $4 Million – .227 avg, 2HRs, typical production for a Mariner DH.
#5 Pete O’Brien: 1990 – 4 year $7.6 Million
Who? Yeah that’s what I said when researching this topic. But $2 million a year was a lot of scratch in 1990, especially for a small market team that was on the verge of contraction. Pete was the first of many big signings that didn’t pan out the way the Mariners had hoped. He played in only 466 games batting .230 with 43HR and 194 RBI.
#4 Scott Spiezio: 2004 – 3 years, $9.15 Million
Scott was a complete turd for the Mariners. While his contract number wasn’t massive, his lack of production earns him a spot on this list. .198 avg 11HR and knocking in 42 RBI in 141 games gets him them #4 spot.
#3 Miguel Batista: 2007 – 3 years, $25 Million
The Mariners brought Batista in to help anchor their staff, instead they just got an anchor. His 4-14 6.26ERA in 2008 speaks for itself.
#2 Kenji Johjima: 2009 – Three years, $24 Million
This one is going outside the box because the Mariners already had Johjima on their roster, but this signing is so egregious that it has to be on the list. In typical Mariner fashion Kenji Johjima inked a $24 million dollar extension in 2008. Johjima, a 31-year-old catching who was breaking down at the time was hitting .200 at the time they gave him the extension. How fast do you think he put his signature on that contract? He later opted out of the deal to return to Japan because he sucked too much to play in the big leagues.
#1 Carlos Silva: 2008 – Four years, $48 Million
WTF? A major deal for a fat 29-year-old pitcher who was coming off of 2 straight horrible seasons. In 2006 Silva had a 5.94 ERA and led the league with 38 home-runs allowed. In 2007 he was a little better, posting a 4.12 ERA, but it still makes no sense. Sabotage is the only word I can think of that describes this signing. Needless to say it didn’t work out for Seattle as Silva posted a 5-18 record with a 6.81 ERA. This is quite possibly the worst signing in the history of baseball.
Tweet
Original Story:
http://www.thesportsbrewery.com/the-o...
