Cut Fatty Now

No one hates Carlos Silva more than I do.

I hated him from the moment the M's signed him in December 2007. The Twins considered DFAing Silva after he was awful from 2004-2006. During that time, opponents were hitting .300+ against him. Silva shocked the world by putting together a decent season in 2007, shockingly, his walk year to free agency.

Somehow, Silva's agent defrauded the M's into believing that Silva was an "innings eater" who would perform even better outside of the Metrodome. Bill Bavasi drove a truckload of money to Silva's house and was easily the high bidder when no one wanted him. Not surprisingly, the Twins made no effort to re-sign Silva and called up a AAA starter instead.

Carlos Silva must be released as soon as possible.

He can't pitch, teammates don't like him (he affects so-called "team chemistry"), reporters don't like him, and he's preventing better, younger players from showing their stuff. We'll never know if Jason Vargas or Garrett Olsen can pitch unless we open a slot for them -- Silva's slot. At the very least, the club will improve simply by not having him pitch.

Jack Z, for the good of the ballclub, please put Carlos Silva out of his misery. And do Miguel Batista next.

Monday Morning Musings, April 20

This is the newest feature from Wetland Sports: a bunch of random thoughts that you may or may not find interesting, entertaining or just plain absurd. Let's get Muse-ical. Ok, that was cheesy. We'll work on the intro.

-Welcome to the NBA playoffs Blazers. There's a deer on I-5 that says it wants its look back.

-I miss Raul Ibanez. He might have been the consistent run producer the M's are increasingly lacking.

-Erik Bedard looks like he hates his $8 million job. Judging by his disposition on the mound, you'd think he'd rather be doing anything else, like mowing his lawn or getting a colostomy.

-I'm wondering if those "people in and around the league" who are telling Todd McShay that the Hawks will draft USC QB Mark Sanchez are actually dudes in his fantasy league.

-If top OTs Eugene Monroe and Jason Smith are off the board, I'd love to see Ruskell give us the nastiest receiving corps in the league by drafting superstar-in-the-making Michael Crabtree. The Texas Tech WR, as a redshirt sophomore, was physically dominant last year -- while playing with a stress fracture in his foot! With TJ, Crabby, Branch, Burleson and Carlson, and a healthy Hasselbeck, watch out.

-Love Chris Jakaubuskas' story. Damn it, I knew I wouldn't spell it right on the first try. Sorry Chris. All together now: it is J-a-k-u-b-a-u-s-k-as. The next John Lackey. He's the kind of tough, hungry player that will the help M's stay in contention -- for at least the next two months. Great story by Seattle guy Jim Caple.

-Hear that thud. It's the sound of Seattle fans falling back to earth following the Sounders shutout loss and the M's losing two straight games that made their offense look exactly like it does on paper.

-Couldn't stop laughing when reading about Griffey, wearing black robe, thick 24 medallion and swinging a gavel, holding kangaroo court in the M's clubhouse yesterday. Hilarious. Another reason the M's will win at least 78 games. (As you can see I'm wildly adjusting my expectations after getting entirely too excited on Wednesday night. Get used to it. This will happen at least once a week, especially if I've been drinking.)

-When do you pull the plug on Carlos Silva? On the plus side, I see a promising post-baseball future for Carlos -- as the fattest yoga instructor in the world.