As for the free-agent options, Matt Pitman asked what the involvement was with some of the premier names.
"Pretty heavy," Zduriencik said. "I had a lot of discussions this afternoon and morning. I can't make any promises because who knows where some of this will go. As we just saw with the Zack Greinke deal, that's a pretty spectacular contract. It is possible that along the way some player might say, 'Hey, I want to be in Seattle for all the reasons we talked about' and another guy might say, 'I'm taking the biggest contract.' There is not anything you can do about that. We will see what happens."
Sure sounds like what he is saying is that he wants Free agents to choose seattle and not the biggest contract... What is wrong with SEATTLE being the biggest contract???? If the M's offer Hamilton 6 / 160 and he takes 5 / 125 from Texas anyways, well, there is not much you can do about it, but when was the last time (other than Chone Figgins, grrr....) that the M's offered the most???
Come on Z! Stick it in the Rangers eye! Take Hamilton from them, or make them pay a very uncomfortable sum to keep him!