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[Donn Beach]

It's an interesting story be it a long article. This guy Pope who developied it came up with the idea as a kid, he went to college to learn how to build it. Talk about a practical education. And it really is something that can't be accomplished with humans. A guy's arm would fall off trying to pitch that much.

Maybe cut the strikeout rate against relievers a little

The effects appear to be minimal thus far. Leaguewide batting average sits at .242, the third-lowest mark since 1900, behind only 1968 (the year before the mound was lowered) and 1908 (at the heart of the dead ball era). But the strikeout rate against relievers is below 23% -- 22.9%, to be exact -- for the first time in eight years, a subtle decline some have at least partly attributed to the in-game use of Trajekt

[D-train]

1. Get Brendon and Cal healthy. Speier too
2. Send Ref packing. Davis has earned a shot
3. JT to utility
4. Find a back up catcher who can actually throw out a base runner
5. Go get another leverage reliever
6. Hire a manager with some fire and brimstone

Limp into the trade deadline and see where things stand. Take Take what you have and make what you want

PS. Jerry out. DT in

1. Get Brendon and Cal healthy. Speier too Just that easy.
2. Send Ref packing. Davis has earned a shot Easiest fix of all which they are afraid to try because they are weak bitches....
3. JT to utility They don't even have the balls to move him to freakin 3B
4. Find a back up catcher who can actually throw out a base runner Uh Cal had a 21.2% Caught Stealing % last season and Pereda is at 41.7% right now
5. Go get another leverage reliever Going to have to wait two month for that to happen IF they actually do it at all.
6. Hire a manager with some fire and brimstone Yeah right. lol

Limp into the trade deadline and see where things stand. Take Take what you have and make what you want

PS. Jerry out. DT in

[D-train]

Teams these days have machines that replicate live pitching, right down to individual pitchers. I understand the Mariners have multiple. Raley would have the opportunity to practice batting against left handers, even during games. He could prepare for a particular left hander reliever. He'd have plenty of opportunity to demonstrate ability without actual game situations.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/404 ... -advantage

He he .268 with a .741 OPS vs. lefties for the Rays in 2023 but they would rather run Ref out there instead to try to save face while looking like complete idiots.

[rockycola]

Tacoma Rainiers 06/27/26 Seattle Mariners optioned RHP Alex Hoppe to Tacoma Rainiers.

Seattle Mariners 06/27/26 Seattle Mariners recalled LHP Josh Simpson from Tacoma Rainiers.

Does this fix anything? Brought up a lefty for a righty. There's that. Not that they were all Hoppe's fault but the last 5 games he's appeared in have been Mariner losses.
Simpson is a nothingburger.

This just in!!!!!

The Mariners jettison Rob Refshittingturds to the Uranus Upyerasses; replace him with Mitch Haniger's ruptured testicle!

[bpj]

I think here's what I'd do if possible.

1) trade Luis Castillo

2) trade for Luis Arraez, say good job to Cole Young, go get some more polish work in AAA.

3) trade for Byron Buxton (if Brennan Davis doesn't come up and perform well by the deadline)

4) Get back Brendan Donovan, maybe send Emerson back down also. The playoffs are no place for these kids imo.

[DavidGee24]

I think here's what I'd do if possible.

1) trade Luis Castillo

2) trade for Luis Arraez, say good job to Cole Young, go get some more polish work in AAA.

3) trade for Byron Buxton (if Brennan Davis doesn't come up and perform well by the deadline)

4) Get back Brendan Donovan, maybe send Emerson back down also. The playoffs are no place for these kids imo.

Young is playing solid ball and probably will win a Gold Glove. Why would one even think of sending him down? And if that actually happened, how do you think that'll go over?

And Buxton isn't going anywhere barring a miracle (which I think we'd all like to see happen).

[bpj]

I think here's what I'd do if possible.

1) trade Luis Castillo

2) trade for Luis Arraez, say good job to Cole Young, go get some more polish work in AAA.

3) trade for Byron Buxton (if Brennan Davis doesn't come up and perform well by the deadline)

4) Get back Brendan Donovan, maybe send Emerson back down also. The playoffs are no place for these kids imo.

Young is playing solid ball and probably will win a Gold Glove. Why would one even think of sending him down? And if that actually happened, how do you think that'll go over?

And Buxton isn't going anywhere barring a miracle (which I think we'd all like to see happen).

Because, as usual, our defense isn't winning us games as much as having an offense would.

There are only so many places to add an improvement for the lineup. Especially once Donovan's back. Cole Youngs defense wouldn't even enter my thoughts. Keep him as the util late inning defensive replacement once we have a lead if they want to.

We only have the Right Handed DH/5th OF position to improve on before Cole Young's the next weakest link.

He has a .679 OPS.

[GL_Storm]

Bad defense loses a lot of games. It just isn't apparent on the box score in the same way that offense and pitching do.

[Donn Beach]

I'd be happy to have Arraez in the lineup but replacing Young with him you're spinning your wheels. Their war is virtually identical. What's the point of spending trade capital on that? He'd be an interesting target but find him someplace else to play.

The mariners are 12-6 in games where they scored three runs. I'd say that indicates some value in their defense.

This along with a six man rotation? That be pretty wild.

Per a post on "X" from Seattle Times reporter Adam Jude, Seattle has considered the idea of bullpen including Anderson and Sloan for the final stretch of the season.

If the Mariners were to bring up Sloan and Anderson for that purpose, it would give the M's a bullpen including those two, lefties Gabe Speier and Jose A. Ferrer and righties Matt Brash, Eduard Bazardo and Andres Munoz

[bpj]

I'd be happy to have Arraez in the lineup but replacing Young with him you're spinning your wheels. Their war is virtually identical. What's the point of spending trade capital on that? He'd be an interesting target but find him someplace else to play.

The mariners are 12-6 in games where they scored three runs. I'd say that indicates some value in their defense.

This along with a six man rotation? That be pretty wild.

Per a post on "X" from Seattle Times reporter Adam Jude, Seattle has considered the idea of bullpen including Anderson and Sloan for the final stretch of the season.

If the Mariners were to bring up Sloan and Anderson for that purpose, it would give the M's a bullpen including those two, lefties Gabe Speier and Jose A. Ferrer and righties Matt Brash, Eduard Bazardo and Andres Munoz

I don't believe it would be spinning their wheels as if one 2 WAR player is the same as another despite their on paper numbers.

We need offense because we don't score enough and only have a limited number of places to add bats.

And a second basemans defense would NEVER stop me from adding a bat.

Yes, I know it would stop the Mariners. That's why they can't score enough runs and lose.

They're 26-6 when they score 5+. Focus on that.

I'd be a hard NO on those two in the bullpen personally. How poorly did Dipoto do on roster construction that they'd even consider it.

We have 100 SP's, no bats, and a meh bullpen. Seems like something they could have fixed in the offseason when we all knew that's exactly what they had.

Pitching has a lot more to do with our success in low scoring games than defense.