29 Nov 2014 17:26:37
Mariners moves:
Sign Nelson Cruz 4 yrs 45 million
Sign Ervin Santana 3 yrs 33 million
Re-sign Kendrys Morales 1yr 9 million
Re-Sign Joe Biemel 1yr 4 million
Sign Geovany Soto 2yrs 16 million
Trade: D.j. Peterson , Brad Miller, Tyler Pike , and Stephen Romero to LAD for Matt kemp and Juan Uribe plus lad eats most of Kemps owed salary

Lineup:
1. Austin Jackson RF
2. Dustin Ackley LF
3. Robinson Cano 2B
4. Nelson Cruz DH
5. Kyle Seager 3B
6. Matt Kemp CF
7. Logan Morrison 1B
8. Mike Zunino C
9. Chris Taylor SS
Bench:
Kendrys Morales 1B/DH
Juan Uribe 3B
Geovany Soto C
Willie Bloomquist SS/3B/LF/2B/1B
James Jones CF

Rotation:
1. Felix Hernandez
2. Hisashi Iwakuma
3. Ervin Santana
4. James Paxton
5. Tiajuan Walker

1.) 29 Nov 2014
Cruz will get more, Santana will get more. The Kemp trade is over payment.

2.) 29 Nov 2014
29 Nov 2014 19:03:30
LA won't eat that much of Kemp's salary. They'd likely eat about $10-20M or so.

3.) 29 Nov 2014
The Kemp trade is no where near over-payment. Trading 2 of the best rh hitters in the order makes no sense, especially with Uribe who is stellar defensively, very solid and consistent offensively, and a great clubhouse leader and mentor for Puig. Kemp is coming off of a second half where he was one of the best offensive players in the game, and he finally seems to be healthy. If the Upton to Oakland trade goes through as rumored, Kemp becomes the sole available power bat on the market. I don't think it makes sense to trade him, especially with Hanley gone, so if he goes it better be for a great haul. I like Peterson in the deal, but management won't eat most of the deal for a package that he headlines. If they're eating money, walker or Paxton is coming back, and if it's paxton there's going to be at least one other solid prospect. In today's market, the Ms will have to overpay if they want him.

4.) 29 Nov 2014
Guys on the bench such as Kendrys, Soto and Uribe are taking up a lot of salary that could be used elsewhere. This would make Seattle's team payroll pretty damn high.

5.) 30 Nov 2014
^^Kemp is not what he used to be. Therefore in my opinion its an over payment.