Players who it's a good thing we didn't acquire this past offseason
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:34 pm
There were a number of players' names thrown around (and who were definitely available) in this forum with fervor this past offseason, and in some cases we all liked them, but in these cases it's a really good thing we didn't acquire them.
Anthony Santander: dude has gone from hitting 44 bombs last year to 6 so far this year and batting .179. If this holds up it's going to be a top-ten dropoff in MLB history like the one we went through with Jesse Winker. WHEW
Paul Goldschmidt: he's not bad, .776 OPS, but if you did the Yankee Stadium/T-Mobile Park conversion, he'd probably be Ty France 2.0 WHEW
Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida: Casas got off to a slow start and then suffered a season-ending injury running out a ground ball (which of course doesn't mean he would have gotten hurt in a Mariner uniform), and Yoshida (who's a good hitter) finally just started playing. Meanwhile, it turned out that we really needed Luis Castillo. WHEW
Ryan Mountcastle: man, he SUCKS. .628 OPS. It's not like he was that good in 2024 either. WHEW
Carlos Santana: .688 OPS. So glad he preferred Cleveland. WHEW
Christian Walker: holy shit, a - 0.9 WAR, Houston is the place where great first basemen go to die apparently. WHEW
Yoan Moncada: he's not bad, but he's constantly injured and has only played 36 games this season. WHEW
Alec Bohm: has a .723 OPS but really only has a little more pop than Ben Williamson. WHEW
Nolan Arenado: that guy's done, he would have been the classic one-year-too-late guy that everyone saw coming. WHEW
Gavin Lux: okay hitter, but Gavin Sux on defense. WHEW
Ha-Seong Kim: has only played six games this season. WHEW
Michael Comforto: no idea why this clown's name kept coming up. 8 dingers and hitting .184 WHEW
Now of course, we also threw around names of players that were available that we didn't get who are having good seasons (cough Pete Alonso cough), and some of these players' like Santander's bad seasons have been shocking, but it's probably a good thing we're shlubs on the sofa and not MLB GMs.
Anthony Santander: dude has gone from hitting 44 bombs last year to 6 so far this year and batting .179. If this holds up it's going to be a top-ten dropoff in MLB history like the one we went through with Jesse Winker. WHEW
Paul Goldschmidt: he's not bad, .776 OPS, but if you did the Yankee Stadium/T-Mobile Park conversion, he'd probably be Ty France 2.0 WHEW
Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida: Casas got off to a slow start and then suffered a season-ending injury running out a ground ball (which of course doesn't mean he would have gotten hurt in a Mariner uniform), and Yoshida (who's a good hitter) finally just started playing. Meanwhile, it turned out that we really needed Luis Castillo. WHEW
Ryan Mountcastle: man, he SUCKS. .628 OPS. It's not like he was that good in 2024 either. WHEW
Carlos Santana: .688 OPS. So glad he preferred Cleveland. WHEW
Christian Walker: holy shit, a - 0.9 WAR, Houston is the place where great first basemen go to die apparently. WHEW
Yoan Moncada: he's not bad, but he's constantly injured and has only played 36 games this season. WHEW
Alec Bohm: has a .723 OPS but really only has a little more pop than Ben Williamson. WHEW
Nolan Arenado: that guy's done, he would have been the classic one-year-too-late guy that everyone saw coming. WHEW
Gavin Lux: okay hitter, but Gavin Sux on defense. WHEW
Ha-Seong Kim: has only played six games this season. WHEW
Michael Comforto: no idea why this clown's name kept coming up. 8 dingers and hitting .184 WHEW
Now of course, we also threw around names of players that were available that we didn't get who are having good seasons (cough Pete Alonso cough), and some of these players' like Santander's bad seasons have been shocking, but it's probably a good thing we're shlubs on the sofa and not MLB GMs.