Mariners Trade Jason Vargas for Kendrys Morales

[Iansnightout]

Source: #Angels have traded Kendrys Morales to the #Mariners for SP Jason Vargas.

LoL Angles

[Italian_Guy]

First reaction hell yeah.
Second reaction what's morales contract??

[Italian_Guy]

Third reaction now sign liriano and Marcum..

[jej]

Ill take it. As much **** as I have Vargas, I will miss him.

Would have prefered Trumbo, but would have had to give up more.

Does this mean Smoak is done?

[jej]

First reaction hell yeah.
Second reaction what's morales contract??

One year of arbitration. Boras is his agent

[Italian_Guy]

You mean he will be FA at the end of the season? Ora he is in his first year of arbitration? And do we save money with this trade?

[Rain City]

ill miss vargas too, but it'll always be easier to sign pitching and we got hultzen coming up.

vargas goes home, was college teammate and great friend of weaver.

[jej]

You mean he will be FA at the end of the season? Ora he is in his first year of arbitration? And do we save money with this trade?

One year left, sorry.

Probably pretty similar contracts after arb. i would think.

[Iansnightout]

Good effin riddance.

[baller101200]

Great trade.

[Iansnightout]

Now snag Edwin Jackson, an OF through trade and Liriano.

Boom. Successful offseason.

[jej]

The OF may be the toughest part. Morse is there, but he isnt much of an outfielder and only has one year.

Do you guys think this amounts to a Smoak/Jaso platoon, or what happens at 1st/DH now?

[jej]

You mean he will be FA at the end of the season? Ora he is in his first year of arbitration? And do we save money with this trade?

I was wrong about the money. Looks like we save about $2.5M

[Iansnightout]

I think you got it right.

Smoak 1B, Montero catch, Morales DH vs LHP.
Jaso Catch, Montero DH, Morales 1B Vs. RHP.

[Iansnightout]

Mopp, GMZ commented. It's pretty much official. You can remove the ?