April 14
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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According to his agent, Jermaine Dye would love to be a Seattle Mariner. This is not exactly news, because Dye is unemployed and, if he was asked by any of the other 29 big-league teams, he would love to be with them, too. The problem here is that Dye was available all winter. He was willing to become a first baseman, and teams passed. He could be a designated hitter, teams passed. When his price came down to $3.5 million or so, teams passed. Including Seattle. There was a reason. Dye is a good guy, but his skills were unquestionably in decline - 30 teams took a look and moved on. Could he hit better than, say, Jack Wilson? Yes, but he can't play shortstop. Is he better than Mike Sweeney?"
March 13
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Jermaine Dye hit 27 HR last season. That's tied for 37th most home runs among players in either league last year, one less than Joe Mauer and one more than Justin Upton. And he has no job. Joe Pawlikowski did a good job breaking down why Dye doesn't have a job on FanGraphs . To recap for the lazy, he had a terrible second half and his defense is utter excrement. Basically, Dye's a DH or nothing. Problem is, AL teams have generally sorted out their DH slots. It seems like everyone has some version of the big dude with bad knees and a boppin' bat. Dye's on his last legs, so he's probably best used on a one-year contract for a team that needs just a little more offense to contend. Sure, he'd"