Mariners offseason prediction is in.

Fishpo31

BleachedAnusDawg said:

Does anyone actually expect the Mariners to land a big fish bat?

I don’t trust that they will, and be pleasantly surprised if they do…

Fishpo31

I really hope Dipoto has a grand master plan, smoke and mirrors, 4d chess, sandbagging,..ANYTHING other than letting good players walk to dump strikeouts/salary, while trading a good young player starting to figure it out, for “prospects”…

I will not be surprised to see Kelenic in the World Series next year, and in the future.

I will now yield the floor to the great philosopher Joaquin “The Dog” Andujar…

“There is one word in America that says it all…You never know”…

chuck

Fishpo31 said:

I really hope Dipoto has a grand master plan, smoke and mirrors, 4d chess, sandbagging,..ANYTHING other than letting good players walk to dump strikeouts/salary, while trading a good young player starting to figure it out, for “prospects”…

I will not be surprised to see Kelenic in the World Series next year, and in the future.

I will now yield the floor to the great philosopher Joaquin “The Dog” Andujar…

“There is one word in America that says it all…You never know”…

If they make some aggressive moves and tack on salary now I'll be fine. I liked Kelenic's potential and fully expect him to go be an all star in Atlanta. I am happy to see them out from under those contracts though. If it took Kelenic to make that happen, and they use the extra cushion to get aggressive, then I'm fine with it.

I don't know what I'll do if they proceed to mimic last offseason. I know I'll at least drop root sports. That's about all the leverage I have.

OreDawg

“If they make some aggressive moves and tack on salary now I'll be fine.”

They won’t

HFNY

I'm really losing faith in the front office because Dipoto / Hollander signed Marco the pricey extension and also gave Evan White $24 million before he did anything so now they trade Kelenic away for almost nothing to get salary relief from their mistakes?

I guess Phillips helps add to a relative dearth of promising arms in the lower minors and fangraphs has a surprisingly decent projection for Kowar in 2024 but still.

If I had to speculate, I don't see the M's rolling out Canzano and Marlowe in the corner spots so they'll add a veteran OF like Gurriel or trade for a very good controllable bat. I still think Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox would be a good fit at DH.

BleachedAnusDawg

It's the Mariners. Those losers aren't doing shit in free agency.

HFNY

BleachedAnusDawg said:

It's the Mariners. Those losers aren't doing shit in free agency.

Yes, until they do and prove that Stanton isn't a cheap ass, they won't.

BleachedAnusDawg

The word is that ownership sees tv revenue plummeting due to Root (which they have a 70% stake in) being moved by Comcast to their premier subscription tier. They will likely lose a lot of viewers.

ATBS, I heard that the M's turned the biggest profit of all MLB teams last year while having the 18th highest payroll. Cheap fucks. One would think that the loser owner would take half as much profit for a World Series.

chuck

Guysms, c'mon. Stanton is about to shock the world, cough up for Shohei, Yamamoto, and Bellinger then take on a $30 mil rental in Juan Soto. Then won't you all feel foolish?

PurpleReign

Underwhelmed about trading Kelenic and Marco.