Well, the Mariners have gone and made the next moves almost impossible to do without some reservations...they're almost good enough to win a wild card spot, maybe, but probably not going to be in contention for the division title.

Do they buy another player or two and make a run for that wild card spot to break the playoff drought?

Do they stick with the plan, trade Haniger on Friday for another handful of prospects, probably giving up on making the playoffs this year, but really upping the odds of being really good starting next year, and into the foreseeable future?

With one more year of Haniger under contract, they could keep him, get one or two good players here at the deadline, give up a few of their second tier prospects (not first tier, no sir), and see if they can both make the playoffs this year, and sell Haniger for a few good prospects in the offseason, and while that would delay the end of the rebuild a little, it might not be too bad.

I was lucky enough to have Diamond Club tickets for last night's game...going down 6-0 in the first was not an auspicious start for a rookie pitcher, but that come back was pretty great, and Dylan Moore's two out grand slam to take the lead in the 8th was kind of fantastic to watch.

Fish on...

Todd