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Bill Bavasi Fired

Christopher Solberg, Editor
6/17/2008

Finally!

The Mariners have officially let go of General Manager Bill Bavasi.  This was something that had been rumored for some time now and was needed for even longer.  His management of this team was ugly.  

Darrin Beene wrote out all of Bavasi's transactions. Many of them are of the obvious type.  From Scott Spezio to the Horacio Ramirez transaction, they were not that pretty.  Even the Adrian Beltre signing didn't look that good.  He had one truely great season in L.A. before signing with the Mariners.  But it wasn't just the signings and the bad trades, the Mariners didn't really handle young talent that well (see Clement, Jeff)

The Mariners are likely to start cleaning and Richie Sexson will likely be packing his bags soon.

Assistant GM Lee Pelekoudas will take over on an interim basis and the Mariners have stated that he is a candidate for the permanent position.  But lets face it, a team that spends money like the Mariners isn't going to have a relative unknown face in the position.   They are going to want either a veteran GM or an up and coming assistant GM that is rumored by many to be a good candidate for such a position.

Immediately rumors floated around about his possible replacement.  MLBTR listed off numerous possibilities, including:

Tigers Assistant GM, Al Avila
Indians Assistant GM, Chris Antonetti
A's Assistant GM, David Forst
Yankees GM, Brian Cashman
Padres GM, Brian Cashman
Former Reds GM, Wayne Krivsky

U.S.S. Mariner goes into depth on the whole situation and reviews possibly every candidate that the team will look into.  They seem to be leaning towards the Mariners bringing Antonetti on board.  There's even a logo that looks like a presidential election pin.  

Think that would sell like hotcakes to fans attending the games?


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