With spring training just around the corner, it's that time of year for veteran players to figure out where they'll be spending 2009.
In a recent article by MLB.com reporter Kelly Thesier, the speculation that future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. could return to Seattle makes it sound that if he were to return, it would be to end his career.
Although Griffey still has interest from four other teams, one being the AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays, it seems unlikely he'll be signed anytime soon with so many other younger hitters still left on the free agent market.
If Griffey were to sign with Seattle, it would most likely be a one-year deal filled with incentives, but most likely it would be because Griffey wants to retire.
Injury after injury has stalled "the kid" from reaching milestones. He still has something left to prove he says, and I think that hinges on the fact he's never won a world series, something he tried to accomplish by being traded to the Chicago White Sox in the middle of last season.
To get another shot at a world series, I'm sorry to say, Griffey would need to find employment elsewhere, or play with the M's until 2012.
As my favorite player of all time, I hope he does. For him not to even get a shot at a ring would be a great dissapointment to a career of "what if's."
