Dingers only Game Thread: Singles need not apply. Woooooo

[D-train]

The point is that they allocated zero dollars to the pen and have a bunch of slop to show for it. We have 3 good relievers atm. And that is why we won last night. But the three good guys can't pitch every night.

Every season you complain about that and every season they come up with a top ten BP don't they?

I know your are no math whiz but you must know that 17th isn't in the top 10?

[seth8734]

0-16, 14 Ks. You can't even make this up.

I mean at least make some good contact outs. Strikeouts are enough!!

Yes Robles driving in the run. Donny is a gamer. Flew right through. Good to see some contact that inning. Randy with another walk yess!!!

[D-train]

Both Goldy and RRS said the Injuns Starter was better vs RH hitters last season but of course the mindless M's FO goes with their monkey brained RH LH matchups no matter what.

[Donn Beach]

The point is that they allocated zero dollars to the pen and have a bunch of slop to show for it. We have 3 good relievers atm. And that is why we won last night. But the three good guys can't pitch every night.

Every season you complain about that and every season they come up with a top ten BP don't they?

I know your are no math whiz but you must know that 17th isn't in the top 10?

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Fangraphs has their BP ranked eighth this season

Andrés Muñoz and Matt Brash both came to Seattle in trades from San Diego at the 2020 deadline and, when healthy, have established themselves as two of the nastier relievers in baseball. Muñoz has yet to post an ERA over 3.00 as a Mariner, and Brash (who missed 2024 recovering from Tommy John) K’d 11 per nine last year even though his fastball velocity was down two and a half ticks compared to before his surgery. It’s up a tick (but isn’t back to peak yet) so far in 2026.

Which version of Gabe Speier will we get this year? He has posted two excellent seasons in his three as a Mariner, with a walk-prone and injured 2024 season sandwiched in between. His fastball was pretty hittable during WBC play. If he ends up having a so-so campaign, sinkerballer Jose A. Ferrer might usurp him as this bullpen’s most important lefty. Ferrer, who was acquired in a bold offseason trade that sent catching prospect Harry Ford to the Nationals, might level up simply by throwing his slider more often. He works with sink in the upper-90s (his fastball generated a 70% groundball rate last year), he has a plus-plus changeup, and his slider produced a similarly awesome swinging strike rate in 2025 even though it was his third-most used pitch. Under Seattle’s pitching dev program, he could be a monster.

Eduard Bazardo, one of a whopping 16 Mariners who were on WBC rosters, is coming off a 78.2-inning, 2.52 ERA season after improving his slider since arriving from Boston. He’d be a good third reliever in a lot of bullpens, but here he’s fourth

[D-train]

Every season you complain about that and every season they come up with a top ten BP don't they?

I know your are no math whiz but you must know that 17th isn't in the top 10?

Screenshot 2026-03-28 185635.png

Fangraphs has their BP ranked eighth this season

Andrés Muñoz and Matt Brash both came to Seattle in trades from San Diego at the 2020 deadline and, when healthy, have established themselves as two of the nastier relievers in baseball. Muñoz has yet to post an ERA over 3.00 as a Mariner, and Brash (who missed 2024 recovering from Tommy John) K’d 11 per nine last year even though his fastball velocity was down two and a half ticks compared to before his surgery. It’s up a tick (but isn’t back to peak yet) so far in 2026.

Which version of Gabe Speier will we get this year? He has posted two excellent seasons in his three as a Mariner, with a walk-prone and injured 2024 season sandwiched in between. His fastball was pretty hittable during WBC play. If he ends up having a so-so campaign, sinkerballer Jose A. Ferrer might usurp him as this bullpen’s most important lefty. Ferrer, who was acquired in a bold offseason trade that sent catching prospect Harry Ford to the Nationals, might level up simply by throwing his slider more often. He works with sink in the upper-90s (his fastball generated a 70% groundball rate last year), he has a plus-plus changeup, and his slider produced a similarly awesome swinging strike rate in 2025 even though it was his third-most used pitch. Under Seattle’s pitching dev program, he could be a monster.

Eduard Bazardo, one of a whopping 16 Mariners who were on WBC rosters, is coming off a 78.2-inning, 2.52 ERA season after improving his slider since arriving from Boston. He’d be a good third reliever in a lot of bullpens, but here he’s fourth

THIS SEASON??? Guess what Victor Robles has more hits than Cal, Julio, Randy and Naylor COMBINED this season. Might be a SSS

[Pharmabro]

Robles may through and BD has the hustle to go ahead!

[Southpaw773]

BREAKING NEWS
Cal gets a hit.

[Donn Beach]

I know your are no math whiz but you must know that 17th isn't in the top 10?

Screenshot 2026-03-28 185635.png

Fangraphs has their BP ranked eighth this season

Andrés Muñoz and Matt Brash both came to Seattle in trades from San Diego at the 2020 deadline and, when healthy, have established themselves as two of the nastier relievers in baseball. Muñoz has yet to post an ERA over 3.00 as a Mariner, and Brash (who missed 2024 recovering from Tommy John) K’d 11 per nine last year even though his fastball velocity was down two and a half ticks compared to before his surgery. It’s up a tick (but isn’t back to peak yet) so far in 2026.

Which version of Gabe Speier will we get this year? He has posted two excellent seasons in his three as a Mariner, with a walk-prone and injured 2024 season sandwiched in between. His fastball was pretty hittable during WBC play. If he ends up having a so-so campaign, sinkerballer Jose A. Ferrer might usurp him as this bullpen’s most important lefty. Ferrer, who was acquired in a bold offseason trade that sent catching prospect Harry Ford to the Nationals, might level up simply by throwing his slider more often. He works with sink in the upper-90s (his fastball generated a 70% groundball rate last year), he has a plus-plus changeup, and his slider produced a similarly awesome swinging strike rate in 2025 even though it was his third-most used pitch. Under Seattle’s pitching dev program, he could be a monster.

Eduard Bazardo, one of a whopping 16 Mariners who were on WBC rosters, is coming off a 78.2-inning, 2.52 ERA season after improving his slider since arriving from Boston. He’d be a good third reliever in a lot of bullpens, but here he’s fourth

THIS SEASON??? Guess what Victor Robles has more hits than Cal, Julio, Randy and Naylor COMBINED this season. Might be a SSS

Come on, the mariners clearly have a system they use to come up with BP arms. Season to season the general consensus around baseball would be they've been pretty successful at it. Going into this season FGs rated the system as eighth. You don't agree, OK. But for I don't think the issue would be spending money.

[Double Mocha Man]

So our biggest bomber gets the team's first single.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Come on, the mariners clearly have a system they use to come up with BP arms. Season to season the general consensus around baseball would be they've been pretty successful at it. Going into this season FGs rated the system as eighth. You don't agree, OK. But for I don't think the issue would be spending money.

Yeah they worked wonders with Legunima last year.