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Larry Stone discusses the Mariners focus on the three sluggers - Beltre, Sexon, and Delgado - as well as the M's pursuit of Pavano, and then lets this Bavasi quote slip right through his hands and into my lap:

As they juggle several negotiations at once, they are being extremely careful
about what constitutes a formal offer. As Bavasi said, "If all five just happen
to call the same night and say yes, we'd have problems.

Five? Nowhere in the article is there discussion of a fifth target. Hardly anywhere has there been discussion of anyone else still on the market, unless we're actually making a play at Koskie at the same time. And it seems too early for us to be in the Renteria mix. So maybe, just maybe, we're also in discussions with Clement. ?.