M's deal for Nationals' Vidro
This is bound to be another hotly debated move in what's becoming a winter filled with them for Seattle fans who had expected the team to load up on front-end pitching. Instead, the two pitching moves have been for mid-rotation starters Miguel Batista and Horacio Ramirez, while the team now sheds more youth to bring Vidro into an offense that last week added Nationals free-agent right fielder Jose Guillen.
Vidro and Guillen, if healthy, appear to give the team a significant offensive upgrade. But it's the health issues for a pair of decade-old bats that remain question marks.
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To land Vidro, the Mariners finally gave up on the injury-plagued Snelling, 25, an Australian who showed flashes of promise when healthy but has suffered from knee injuries the past five years. Snelling's future in Seattle seemed in doubt after last week's addition of Guillen left him staring at the possibility of beginning next year in Class AAA or as a DH platoon partner with Ben Broussard.Rookie reliever Fruto, 22, a native of Colombia, went 2-2 with a 5.50 earned-run average in 23 outings last season and impressed with some longer stints in September. But this trade is all about the money for the Nationals, who have been offloading payroll to rebuild their cellar-dwelling squad.
The arrival of Vidro could also spell the end of Broussard's brief tenure in Seattle. Broussard was tendered a contract by the team just before Tuesday's deadline, but is now a man without a role and has been the subject of multiple trade rumors.
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