"We appreciate all of Jose's hard work and professionalism. We wanted to have every opportunity to try and trade him. Even though that opportunity may still exist, now that we've passed the July 31 deadline it was important for us to continue our transition into a club that is looking towards the 2009 season, even as we try to win as many games as possible this season."
(Mariners [interim] GM Lee Pelekoudas, via Seattle Post Intelligencer, 8/5/2008)
First Livo, now Vidro. Jose Vidro DFA'd by Mariners.
Remember: the Nationals paid $2.5 million of Vidro's $8.5 million salary this season; but you can almost argue that the Nats still got more value out of the money paid to Vidro this year than they did for the $1.25 million paid out to Johnny Estrada. Nice work, Jim.
In the photo above, Vidro is not the skinny guy.
(AP Photo by Aaron Harris)
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