The Mariners have designated John Olerud for assignment, which makes lots of sense given that he’s having a lousy year and the team needs to blow up their aging roster and rebuild. I suspect they may still trade him, but if they can’t, Olerud becomes a free agent – one with a good glove and a .354 on base percentage (.383 away from SafeCo). Surely, that’s still a useful player for a team looking to plug a gaping hole at first.
Would the Mets be interested? He’s still probably a better hitter than Jason Phillips, who’s currently stuck at .214/.341/.290. But giving Olerud any significant playing time would shove Piazza back behind the plate (I’d like to see him catching half time or less at this stage), plus Olerud was terribly slow when he was with the Mets the first time. In short, there are probably other teams who could use his services more.
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The Braves could probably use him.