Comments on: Mariners turned down trade for Jorge Posada in 1995

By: craigsimsrules

craigsimsrules — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:52:37 +0000

And thats why the mariners are the mariners.

By: mashoaf

mashoaf — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:08:56 +0000

The Cleveland Indians and Jose Mesa.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:55:19 +0000

“And that 23-year-old prospect named Jorge Posada stayed with the Yankees and became one of the 20 best catchers in baseball history.”

We’ve got five years to kill yet, Aaron. Bang the drum slowly.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:50:19 +0000

AND almost got Mariano Rivera for Felix Fermin!

To borrow a phrase from Bill Simmons, Mariner fans will now light themselves on fire.

By: henryd3rd

henryd3rd — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:09:50 +0000

So let help me now! How many World Series Championships have the Mariners won? And recently they traded away a one of their top notch pitchers for a catcher who in most estimations can’t catch! When it rains it pours in Seattle.

By: bloodysock

bloodysock — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:35:22 +0000

So the Mariners not only did not trade for Posada but ended up trading their own catching prospect in Jason Varitek a short while later.

By: rjostewart

rjostewart — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:33:57 +0000

Maybe if the Mariners had made this deal, they would have sent him to Boston with Lowe instead of Varitek.

By: mashoaf

mashoaf — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:19:00 +0000

and they almost got Andy Pettitte for Randy Johnson when they knew they could not resign him. That was the age of Mariners baseball. Hind sight is always 20-20.

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:13:12 +0000

Great. I bet lots of players who turned out to be pretty good players were almost traded. Just like many players who did get traded turned out to be pretty good.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:55:49 +0000

Hindsight is 20/20. But man…ouch.

Well, they got the Yankees star catcher now at least, despite losing Pineda.