Sept. 4th ~ 3 day Oakland Covid vacation over. Rangers in town Game Thread

[D-train]

Welcome to Seattle Ty France!!!! God I love that name.

[D-train]

Great debut for Frenchie.

No Beauty school drop out!

[Millikin]

Nice first at bat as a Mariner, but I'll be calling him Ty "Freedom."

[D-train]

So, we get to see new Mariners Torrens and France in action tonight. Looking into Torrens, he's a bit more exciting than I realized. He had an injury in 2015 it appears, and missed the entire season. Would have been his first full season of pro ball in the states. 2 years later he was claimed in Rule 5 and played 56 games in MLB, this after having just 50 AB above short season single A rookie ball, so his .163 Batting average in SD is somewhat understandable. In 2018 and 2019 he played high A and AA respectively (with a few games in MLB in 2019 as well). He his .280 and .300 in those seasons, with 15 HR and .873 OPS in AA last year in 97 games. All of this, and he's still only 24 years old. Not a bad pickup. His K rate last year in AA was 19%, and BB rate was about 12 % which is pretty encouraging.

Told ya my friend.

[rockycola]

France is my new, favorite county. Might just have to Ty one on tonight.

[D-train]

Great trade!

You are literally a mass murderer with the one liners lately. LOL

[D-train]

Nice first at bat as a Mariner, but I'll be calling him Ty "Freedom."

My God I love you guys. Truly blessed.

[Juliooooo]

So, we get to see new Mariners Torrens and France in action tonight. Looking into Torrens, he's a bit more exciting than I realized. He had an injury in 2015 it appears, and missed the entire season. Would have been his first full season of pro ball in the states. 2 years later he was claimed in Rule 5 and played 56 games in MLB, this after having just 50 AB above short season single A rookie ball, so his .163 Batting average in SD is somewhat understandable. In 2018 and 2019 he played high A and AA respectively (with a few games in MLB in 2019 as well). He his .280 and .300 in those seasons, with 15 HR and .873 OPS in AA last year in 97 games. All of this, and he's still only 24 years old. Not a bad pickup. His K rate last year in AA was 19%, and BB rate was about 12 % which is pretty encouraging.

Told ya my friend.

I liked the trade from the beginning, and Trammel was only a small percentage of the reason why. I like getting a highly touted guy, because if Julio and Kelenic both become studs, then he's good trade bait in the future. Getting a potential starting 3B and C as well for Nola an injured releiver and a bad reliever is crazy. Oh, and throw in a potential closer that throws triple digits.

[D-train]

Fantastic inning by the new guys. France was running on that DP so all good there and Torrens just ripped that one. Very happy so far.

[D-train]

So, we get to see new Mariners Torrens and France in action tonight. Looking into Torrens, he's a bit more exciting than I realized. He had an injury in 2015 it appears, and missed the entire season. Would have been his first full season of pro ball in the states. 2 years later he was claimed in Rule 5 and played 56 games in MLB, this after having just 50 AB above short season single A rookie ball, so his .163 Batting average in SD is somewhat understandable. In 2018 and 2019 he played high A and AA respectively (with a few games in MLB in 2019 as well). He his .280 and .300 in those seasons, with 15 HR and .873 OPS in AA last year in 97 games. All of this, and he's still only 24 years old. Not a bad pickup. His K rate last year in AA was 19%, and BB rate was about 12 % which is pretty encouraging.

Told ya my friend.

I liked the trade from the beginning, and Trammel was only a small percentage of the reason why. I like getting a highly touted guy, because if Julio and Kelenic both become studs, then he's good trade bait in the future. Getting a potential starting 3B and C as well for Nola an injured releiver and a bad reliever is crazy. Oh, and throw in a potential closer that throws triple digits.

Truly a miracle. Can't imagine the Crazy video JD had on Preller. Had to be farm and type transgressions. lol