Just fired manager John McLaren was the latest victim to be tossed from the sinking ship that is the Seattle Mariners.  Earlier this week, general manager Bill Bavasi was dismissed and McLaren's departure was inevitable with Seattle suffering through a 25-47 year so far.  As others have already pointed out, Seattle is poised to set a dubious 100-100 mark -- a payroll of over $100 million and on track to lose 100 games.  That's never been done before.

McLaren is being replaced by bench coach Jim Riggleman.  An interesting twist is that Lee Elia, now 70, was only recently promoted from part-time consultant to batting coach and he now becomes bench coach. 

The turnover in leadership in a season beyond salvage also signals that Seattle will be looking to revamp its roster.  The pickings are pretty slim but a guy with value who should be on the block is former Oriole pitcher Erik Bedard.  Bedard is one of the reasons Bavasi got fired.  After giving up five players for the lefthander, all Seattle has gotten in return is a mediocre performance and a sour attitude.  Bedard is 4-4 with a 4.14 ERA but the worst, I think, is that he is averaging fewer than six innings a start in his 12 starts.  What would be a shocker is if Ichiro Suzuki is dealt away.  He's hitting .291 but that 40 points under his career average.