Mariner Talk Chat Forum

I didn't mind the Castillo trade cause at least it showed we were willing to go after the big player. As most of us fear, which is what one of the original posters was referring to - is that we trade for players that are no better than what we have now or marginally better at best - giving away som...

I don't think there's been that much complaining about the Castillo trade.

Trading Gabriel Gonzalez for Polanco was a deal any GM would do. I like G2 as much as anyone, but his positional upside was pretty limited and while the bat looked good, it didn't look great. This wasn't some sort of generational talent with the bat. Best case scenario was a fringy defensive outfiel...

It's a good low-risk signing that allows them to send Clase back down to AAA, which is where he needs to be. Robles is an elite defensive outfielder and a good runner and that's what he'll do here. Maybe the bat will come around to some extent, which would be great, but if not the player didn't cost...

HOt take: DONT MAKE ANY MOVES FOR BATS. BUY ONE GOOD BULLPEN PIECE. Here's the thing: M's have a 4-game lead in the division and they aren't even hitting well. Guys like Julio, Mitches, Canzone, Polanco and Raleigh aren't at their career norms in OPS. I think you can afford to wait for half of them...

I would love to bring in Jazz and make him a Seattle Mariner. He's the one guy that I could see trading Harry Ford for. That said, while Jazz has the reputation of being a high, high level talent, it isn't clear how motivated he is to be the face of a franchise. He's also been injured a lot.

What is the league wide K-rate this year and previous years? I know that data's out there but I'm not sure offhand where to look for it.

Is anyone measuring the pitchers' spin rates? Are they up from last year? Remember when they banned the sticky stuff, started checking pitchers after every inning, and then for a couple weeks spin rates were way down and offense was up? I think the checks they do each inning are totally predictable...

Hey how about Luis Rengifo??? .860 OPS only 27 yo 1.7 bWAR. Under control through 2025 Plays all three skill INF positions. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rengilu01.shtml I think this is a good representation of one of Dipoto's problems. He identifies plenty of good players, but he br...

https://twitter.com/DarrenTrain/status/1797028185130795226 They haven’t had a big overhaul in rankings yet this year, and G2 was killing it in A as a 19.5 year old last year. The longer they prove it, the higher they will go. G2 was also starting to pick things up this year and got injured, hasn’t ...