By 710Sports.com staff

Jason Churchill of Prospect Insider and ESPN.com joined "Bob and Groz" on Thursday and shared his observations and expectations of pitcher Danny Hultzen and infielder Nick Franklin, two prospects the Mariners promoted from Double-A Jackson to Triple-A Tacoma this week.

Their conversation eventually touched on the trade values of several Mariners, including left-hander Jason Vargas, a player the team reportedly tried to deal a year ago.

Churchill thinks Vargas, like teammate Brandon League, wouldn't get the Mariners much in return at this point.

"He's really struggled his last two or three times out. I think a lot of clubs want to see him pitch better away from Safeco Field before they call the Mariners and say, 'Hey, this is a guy we can trust for 200 innings a year,'" Churchill said. "He's starting to get expensive through arbitration and will be a free agent after next season."

In the video below, Bob Stelton and Dave Grosby share their thoughts on the possibility of trading Vargas.

You can download Thursday's podcast here.

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  C"mon Man wrote...

  Vanilla Mariners

  June 21, 2012 6:14 pm

  MLB profit sharing. Before it took a flashy venue for the MLB teams to turn a profit, so we imploded the Kingdome, and were promised a winner, and we voted , and lost,but after a magical 95' season,we found a way to build our current venue(s). Mow small market teams cannot compete with large market teams,how so? The NYY get more from their TV/radio deal, then most teams payroll. So now we have profit sharing,where the haves pay the have not's,like Nordstrom(who I love) pays small stores to break even to allow them to break even, to stay afloat. The M's are one of those small stores.

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  Dan1 wrote...

  Agree

  June 22, 2012 5:51 am

  You won't get much for Vargas or League, you never know what you are going to get when they step on the mound.

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