GT #162 LAD vs SEA

[DavidGee24]

often times individual performance doesn't match cost. There were probably seasons where Garver was underpaid. He has played and he is going to continue to play I bet even in the playoffs, he does contribute. In general seems like the Mariners have a pretty good performance cost relationship, sure beats the Mets

Which would be great if those seasons had been with us instead of the Twins and Rangers, but they weren't. He was paid 24 million dollars for two seasons of underperformance that might have been worth 1/4 of that and that's being kind. The guy was 0-32 in his career at T-Mobile Park prior to 2024 so it was guaranteed that he was going to be awful at home. Unfortunately, he was awful everywhere. I guess that we just signed him out of desperation like we did Solano and Polanco this past offseason (and thank goodness Polanco shocked us in the best way).

And he will play in the playoffs where he'll enable Cal to DH while going 0-4 and hopefully all Ks so that we doesn't hit into any double plays. Sorry, but he's going to have to pull a Percy Harvin to leave Seattle with any fondness at all.

[Donn Beach]

often times individual performance doesn't match cost. There were probably seasons where Garver was underpaid. He has played and he is going to continue to play I bet even in the playoffs, he does contribute. In general seems like the Mariners have a pretty good performance cost relationship, sure beats the Mets

Which would be great if those seasons had been with us instead of the Twins and Rangers, but they weren't. He was paid 24 million dollars for two seasons of underperformance that might have been worth 1/4 of that and that's being kind. The guy was 0-32 in his career at T-Mobile Park prior to 2024 so it was guaranteed that he was going to be awful at home. Unfortunately, he was awful everywhere. I guess that we just signed him out of desperation like we did Solano and Polanco this past offseason (and thank goodness Polanco shocked us in the best way).

And he will play in the playoffs where he'll enable Cal to DH while going 0-4 and hopefully all Ks so that we doesn't hit into any double plays. Sorry, but he's going to have to pull a Percy Harvin to leave Seattle with any fondness at all.

its not being fond but in terms of egregiously bad contracts it seems pretty mild. And actually it isn't their worst contract, that would go to Mitch Haniger. Garver gets more grief because he is actually still playing. Haniger is sitting home collecting his $15 mil

[DavidGee24]

often times individual performance doesn't match cost. There were probably seasons where Garver was underpaid. He has played and he is going to continue to play I bet even in the playoffs, he does contribute. In general seems like the Mariners have a pretty good performance cost relationship, sure beats the Mets

Which would be great if those seasons had been with us instead of the Twins and Rangers, but they weren't. He was paid 24 million dollars for two seasons of underperformance that might have been worth 1/4 of that and that's being kind. The guy was 0-32 in his career at T-Mobile Park prior to 2024 so it was guaranteed that he was going to be awful at home. Unfortunately, he was awful everywhere. I guess that we just signed him out of desperation like we did Solano and Polanco this past offseason (and thank goodness Polanco shocked us in the best way).

And he will play in the playoffs where he'll enable Cal to DH while going 0-4 and hopefully all Ks so that we doesn't hit into any double plays. Sorry, but he's going to have to pull a Percy Harvin to leave Seattle with any fondness at all.

its not being fond but in terms of egregiously bad contracts it seems pretty mild. And actually it isn't their worst contract, that would go to Mitch Haniger. Garver gets more grief because he is actually still playing. Haniger is sitting home collecting his $15 mil

Agreed, that's even worse, what a terrible trade in concept AND execution. And it's not just the players you get, it's the players you DON'T get because you gave the wrong guy the job. In Haniger's case, if we keep Robbie Ray he might have been able to contribute in 2024 and make up that one game we needed to make the playoffs and in 2025 he certainly would have been huge for us even though he faded down the stretch.

[Donn Beach]

I guess there was the argument to just get rid of Garver so in that sense he would have been less annoying, forgotten along the lines of Haniger. I do view him as a functioning part of the team though overpaid. Looking back at the roster when both Garver and Haniger were on it as well as Seby Zavala. That was pretty dark times. It's funny, the click bait articles predicting the Mariners are going to move on from Garver, duh

[Donn Beach]

hadn't heard of that before, they are going to scrimmage instead of just resting

the Mariners will stage 6-inning intrasquad scrimmages at T-Mobile on Wednesday and Thursday, and they’re doing it with fans in the stands. Tickets are just $10, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Mariners Care Foundation — a perfect way to keep momentum rolling while doing some good.

For anyone who missed out on NLDS tickets when they vanished or had planned to hit the Wild Card round before Seattle earned a bye, this is the perfect make-good to get your baseball fix without waiting for the first pitch of the Division Series.

M’s manager Dan Wilson spelled out the mission. “With a week off before the Division Series, it’s critical that we do whatever we can to stay in rhythm. We want to create the most realistic game conditions possible for these scrimmages and our fans are the most important part of that real-game atmosphere in T-Mobile Park.