Mariner Link Roundup

• Jon Shields wonders if Zduriencek is going to try to bring in JJ Hardy amid rumors he is being shopped.  As long as its not an Adam Jones style disaster, I'm a fan (Bleeding Blue & Teal)
  
• Official site article on Justin Thomas (Official Site)
• Mel Stottlemyre wants to stay with the Mariners.  Only if he promises to end his obsession with "establishing the fastball."  (Official Site)
• Ibanez, Cairo, and Bloomquist file for free agency.  Mike Morse was added to the 40-man roster.  Get Morse out of the organization.  He can't hit.  He can't field.  He took steroids.  He is injury prone.  What are his positives? (Seattle P.I.)
• Larry LaRue on Ken Griffey, Jr. (Mariners Insider)
• USSM on Griffey (U.S.S. Mariner)
• Beyond the Box Score finds that Adrien Beltre was the fourth most valuable third baseman of 2008.  Please stay.  We need you Adrien. (Beyond the Box Score)
• Are the Mariners going to make a play for Hank Blalock? (Bleeding Blue & Teal)
• Dave Cameron lists some free agent bargains (FanGraphs).