[bigboydan]

like this moves gonna make them a better team. they should have gotten some relief pitchers instead of Everett.

Everett agree to one-year contract

By GREGG BELL, AP Sports Writer
December 14, 2005
SEATTLE (AP) -- Carl Everett and the Seattle Mariners agreed Wednesday to a one-year contract with a club option for 2007.

The designated hitter batted .251 with 23 home runs and 87 RBIs for the World Series champion Chicago White Sox last season.

"Today we achieved one of our offseason goals," Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi said. "Carl Everett is a clutch-hitting run producer with power. As a switch-hitter, he provides our lineup with added versatility.


"His experience and intensity will be welcome additions to our clubhouse."

Seattle becomes Everett's eighth team in 14 major league seasons. Chicago declined to exercise its 2006 contract option on him Oct. 31, and he became a free agent.

"Carl will primarily be the DH, but will also play some in our outfield," Mariners manager Mike Hargrove said. "Having him in my lineup gives us some of the left-handed sock and run production we were looking for."

The 34-year-old Everett is one of six switch-hitters in major league history with a 100-RBI season in each league. He had 108 with Houston in 1999 and 108 with Boston in 2000. Bobby Bonilla, Eddie Murray, Ted Simmons, Ken Singleton and J.T. Snow are the others.

Everett is a lifetime .274 hitter with 191 homers and 759 RBIs in 1,313 games for Florida, the New York Mets, Houston, Boston, Texas, the White Sox and Montreal.



Updated on Wednesday

[Illusion]

Carl was spoiled with the short fences in Chicago. He's gonna have real hard time out west IMO.