Raul Ibanez

The other half is Raul Ibanez, who got interest from several teams, with Detroit winning out. Still not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, the Tigers could use some help in the outfield, where starter Marcus Thames is hurt, and newbies Matt Joyce and Ryan Raburn are sharing time in left.

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According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, teams have claimed both Jarrod Washburn and Raul Ibanez, contradicting earlier reports I'd heard that Washburn had passed through waivers. This happened on Tuesday, meaning that Seattle has until today to work out a trade with the claiming team or simply allow the players to be claimed. If the Mariners pull them back from waivers, it means that if Seattle tries to waive them again, it's irrevocable, and the claiming team can simply take the players (and their salaries) without compensation to Seattle.

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Bryan LaHair and Jeff Clement both doubled, and Ichiro drove in Miguel Cairo (running for Clement). Raul Ibanez couldn't keep it going, but it was enough to stretch the game into extra innings.

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In last night's game, we got to see why Raul Ibanez is a valuable commodity, even to a flailing team like the Mariners, and beyond even the good-but-not-great numbers he puts up. During the seventh inning, when Ibanez had a chance to take a swipe at history, with his team already ahead three runs in a game amid season that's lost virtually any meaning, he put his team first.

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A few trades of note for Mariners fans--the ones made, the ones not made, and the ones made by other teams. Here are the Top 3 Seattle Deadline Stories:

1. Rhodes is now a Marlin. This was the guy everyone figured the Mariners would deal, and it came through. It makes complete sense, as the Mariners don't need Rhodes down the stretch, for a handful of lefty specialist innings, while the Marlins do. In return, Seattle gets Gaby Hernandez, a once-well-regarded starter who's scuffled at Albuquerque (where every pitcher scuffles), and he'll get a fresh start with Tacoma and the Mariners. He's nobody special, but Rhodes is an aging lefty in a one-year deal, so Lee Pelekoudas got who he could. Nice job, Lee.

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y should forget the money being paid to certain guys, or what the stats say about a certain player. Raul Ibanez has been someone who’s long outshined predictions of his early demise, and who has not only earned his relatively modest paycheck, but made naysayers out of those (like, I will admit, me) who thought he was done with.

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stinks, Beltre isn't in a contract year, and their best run producer the last 2 years has been Raul Ibanez.  That means you don't have a good run producer.  Listen, Ichiro is still amazing.  Would you be excited about Yuniesky Betancourt, Jose Lopez, or the human K Brad Wilkerson?  This is a good team.  They might make a deal that puts them over the top.  But right now, I don't think they have the horses to compete with:

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