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GulagDawg
GulagDawg Member Posts: 200
in Mariners Baby! + NFL + NBA + Other Sports
22-23

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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    I don't get it. If the rotation gets healthy (Paxton, maybe even walker) they are what they are, about a .500 team.

    I really wish ownership would pony up the dollars to get morales, cause I think the team would have potential with a second bat, but they'd rather just pocket the money instead. FYFMFE
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    edited May 2014
    dhdawg said:

    I don't get it. If the rotation gets healthy (Paxton, maybe even walker) they are what they are, about a .500 team.

    I really wish ownership would pony up the dollars to get morales, cause I think the team would have potential with a second bat, but they'd rather just pocket the money instead. FYFMFE

    Why spend 24 million on Cano then do nothing else? Cano has been great btw. He's second in the AL in batting average and has been on fire as of late. You have two Cy Young contenders in Iwakuma and Felix which most teams would kill to have one of and you have two of them.

    Hart who has always been injury prone is again out. Time to stop fucking around and sign Morales already to be your DH. Also time to stop babying Brad Miller and send his ass to triple A already!
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    the first part I buy 100%, they need to sign morales before the draft, because once that attached pick is gone there is gonna be a ton of interest (yankees, angels, etc.)

    the second part I don't agree with, should miller go down? yes. But who plays SS, franklin is shit defensively, bloomquist is 40. If taylor wasn't hurt I'd go with him but he's on the shelf for a while. I just see a lack of options at SS
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  • GulagDawg
    GulagDawg Member Posts: 200
    So you're saying we need a DH, dawg?
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    yes that is what I'm saying. In case you're wondering the name actually came from getting called a dickhead by some doogs because I didn't "appreciate Sark"
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  • GulagDawg
    GulagDawg Member Posts: 200
    All this time I thought you were a designated hitter.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    GulagDawg said:

    All this time I thought you were a designated hitter.

    Yea I totally didn't see DH standing for DickHead and totally thought it was a baseball reference.

    What kind of moron would think DH is a baseball term especially in the same town that has the DH of the year award named after Edgar Martinez. What a fool we all must be.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    Went to look up Brad Miller's WAR and saw the entire roster has a negative 0.9 WAR defensively. Love how Jack Z came here and preached good defense, then totally ditched that plan with like 5 1b.

    Smoak is a negative 0.4 defensively by himself which is impressive for a first baseman. Even Cano who is hitting well is a negative 0.3 defensively.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited May 2014
    http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0
    According to uzr and def seattle is in the top 10 defensively. According to both statistics seattle was the worst defense in baseball last year
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    so from what I've seen and those statistics show, defense isn't the problem. It's really just the offense, which can be masked if the pitching is really stellar, however it needs to be in the top 20 at least, and while signing morales probably wouldn't get them in the top 20 by seasons end, it would be a start. They won't do it though
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