OFFICIAL: 2023-2024 Offseason & Free Agency Thread

[bpj]

Torso to the A's. Abraham rockin' that 252 OPS+ last year.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ab01.shtml

Aaaaaand, now he'll be good.

[Sexymarinersfan]

Torso to the A's. Abraham rockin' that 252 OPS+ last year.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ab01.shtml

Aaaaaand, now he'll be good.

No kidding. I'll put money down that he's their lone All-Star next season. The most improved hitter this season. Speaking of improved hitting.

I'm all for shaking shit up. Especially with how anemic this offense goes through stretches. There were times last year that I would have to step away for days because I couldn't watch this offense anymore.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/ ... staff.html

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1769276/ ... ing-staff/

The Seattle Mariners are close to adding noted hitting coach Brant Brown to the staff.

The Mariners have the ability to add to their staff with Stephen Vogt, last year’s bullpen coach for Seattle, leaving to manage the Cleveland Guardians. That move prompted a bit of a shuffle of the staff with president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto telling reporters at the GM meetings last week that he would likely add a hitting coach after shifting Tony Arnerich, who served as one of two Mariners hitting coaches in 2023, to the bullpen role.

Brown, who spent the 2023 season as Miami Marlins hitting coach, appears to be that addition for Seattle. Though a deal is not expected to be announced for some time, MLB.com reports that Brown and the Mariners have an agreement in place.

Brown has strong ties to the Mariners, having spent five seasons as a coach in the organization starting in 2013 as minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator, and finishing as the team’s offensive coordinator. Prior to joining the M’s organization at that time, Brown was a hitting coach in the Rangers organization under his former Cubs teammate Scott Servais, who served as Texas’ farm director.

After leaving the Mariners following the 2017 season, Brown joined the Dodgers hitting group as assistant hitting coach/minor league coordinator and hitting strategist. In 2020, he was promoted to the big league club as one of two hitting coaches, a position he held until he took the hitting coach job with the Marlins.

While Brown has coached a long list of standout hitters including Cody Bellinger to Luis Arráez, the list of who he has worked alongside may be just as impressive. Notable on that list is his fellow hitting coach with the Dodgers, Robert Van Scoyoc, who J.D. Martinez, Chris Taylor and most recently Jason Heyward credit for their swing changes, as well as the guru himself Craig Wallenbrock, who Brown spent time with as an assistant.

In addition to his coaching résumé, Brown brings the back of a baseball card with him, having played five seasons in the big leagues with the Cubs, Pirates and Marlins.

[Seattle or Bust]

Torso to the A's. Abraham rockin' that 252 OPS+ last year.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ab01.shtml

Aaaaaand, now he'll be good.

No kidding. I'll put money down that he's their lone All-Star next season. The most improved hitter this season. Speaking of improved hitting.

I'm all for shaking shit up. Especially with how anemic this offense goes through stretches. There were times last year that I would have to step away for days because I couldn't watch this offense anymore.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/ ... staff.html

I mean cool?

I doubt hiring him is as impactful as everyone on Twitter is freaking out about.

[Donn Beach]

Don't think it's shaking things up really, they were down a hitting coach because of Vogts departure. They moved a hitting coach to the bullpen

[D-train]

Don't think it's shaking things up really, they were down a hitting coach because of Vogts departure. They moved a hitting coach to the bullpen

It is a minor effort but in the spirit of trying to be more positive I will offer a golf clap. They could have just replaced Vogt with a BP coach.

[Seattle or Bust]

How telling is it about this God forsaken franchise that we're sitting here excited over an assistant hitting coach joining the fold while Rangers, Cubs, and Dodgers fans are excited about the potential of signing Shohei fucking Ohtani.

God we're a loser franchise.

[Coeurd’Alene J]

How telling is it about this God forsaken franchise that we're sitting here excited over an assistant hitting coach joining the fold while Rangers, Cubs, and Dodgers fans are excited about the potential of signing Shohei fucking Ohtani.

God we're a loser franchise.

Yup…….nearly everyone here knows we are not in that race

[D-train]

How telling is it about this God forsaken franchise that we're sitting here excited over an assistant hitting coach joining the fold while Rangers, Cubs, and Dodgers fans are excited about the potential of signing Shohei fucking Ohtani.

God we're a loser franchise.

For me it is a coping mechanism aimed at Suicide Prevention.

[ddraig]

An ongoing problem for years with the M's offense has been that with no outs, or only one out, and a man on 3rd base, the man out there may as well pull out a recliner, start a fire, reach over and open the cooler, and pull out a beer because NOBODY IS GOING TO HIT HIM IN!

[Bil522]

An ongoing problem for years with the M's offense has been that with no outs, or only one out, and a man on 3rd base, the man out there may as well pull out a recliner, start a fire, reach over and open the cooler, and pull out a beer because NOBODY IS GOING TO HIT HIM IN!

Could you imagine Rick Rizzs doing this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsWEstvXq4g