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Was last night the culmination of a week solid vs. leftys + the best pitcher in baseball?  Curious to bring Saunders up and cut Balentein in that environment.  Keeping Griffey on the bench, having our 3b, and LF indefensible to the other team and poof, there goes the playoff chances.  I don't mind trading Washburn now, because like you say Doc, the offense can't carry this team at all, the bullpen looks to be wearing down, and defensive run-prevention is way over blown.  
 
Do any of the defensive metrics account for outright misplays that directly lead to the opponent scoring runs?  We have crowed about Guitierrez defense rightfully, but he has made several mistakes that have caused real damage, I would be curious if any of these show up in the metrics.  I would bet not.  
 
I was all for signing Griffey, he looks to be washed up.  Sweeney is washed up.  Shelton isn't very good.  If you really want to win now, purging those three roster spots and adding legitimate hitters solves some issues.  The clubhouse revolt would be a problem.  Adrian Gonzalez sounds good.  So does Carlos Lee.  We'll see which direction the M's go.