Mariners baby, hot stove edition
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That lineup vs lefties doesn't look great at a cursory glance but anyone who knows the Ms well should be excited. Murphy, Haggerty and Moore are pretty good lefty killers, not to mention you have Pollack and his .600 slugging% in there. Health provided I think those games will be a blast to watch.Fishpo31 said:
My effort:TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:In the same vein as your convo about Beltre, we now have that situation with our lineup ~ no proven 3 hitter. Will be interesting to see how that evolves.
I have the lineup as
Wong
Rodriguez
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Pollock
Raleigh
Crawford
LaStella
Or the same lineup with Wong at 9... something like that.
RH Starter:
Rodriguez
Wong
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Raleigh
LaStella DH
Kelenick
Crawford
LH Starter:
Rodriguez
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Pollock
Murphy
Haggerty DH
Moore 2B
Crawford
*I want to see if Evan White (Who?) can hit, stay healthy, abundance, or adios... -
I’m hearing that Evan White is John Olerud just waiting to get healthy. Kidding of course, but that is how the narrative began years ago ~ is there ANY value to the guy besides his glove? I’ve never seen his splits, is he another guy that can’t defend the zone and chases garbage? can’t hit anything but fastballs? AAAA hitter that can hit everything until he faces major league pitching?Fishpo31 said:
My effort:TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:In the same vein as your convo about Beltre, we now have that situation with our lineup ~ no proven 3 hitter. Will be interesting to see how that evolves.
I have the lineup as
Wong
Rodriguez
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Pollock
Raleigh
Crawford
LaStella
Or the same lineup with Wong at 9... something like that.
RH Starter:
Rodriguez
Wong
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Raleigh
LaStella DH
Kelenick
Crawford
LH Starter:
Rodriguez
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Pollock
Murphy
Haggerty DH
Moore 2B
Crawford
*I want to see if Evan White (Who?) can hit, stay healthy, abundance, or adios... -
I've only seen a few clips of him hitting home runs as my MLB hiatus only ended in 2021. He looks like he could be a real threat in a derby. He crushes it. I guess that's his value besides his glove. He's also athletic with decent speed. Nothing like Olerud lol.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:
I’m hearing that Evan White is John Olerud just waiting to get healthy. Kidding of course, but that is how the narrative began years ago ~ is there ANY value to the guy besides his glove? I’ve never seen his splits, is he another guy that can’t defend the zone and chases garbage? can’t hit anything but fastballs? AAAA hitter that can hit everything until he faces major league pitching?Fishpo31 said:
My effort:TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:In the same vein as your convo about Beltre, we now have that situation with our lineup ~ no proven 3 hitter. Will be interesting to see how that evolves.
I have the lineup as
Wong
Rodriguez
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Pollock
Raleigh
Crawford
LaStella
Or the same lineup with Wong at 9... something like that.
RH Starter:
Rodriguez
Wong
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Raleigh
LaStella DH
Kelenick
Crawford
LH Starter:
Rodriguez
France
Hernandez
Suarez
Pollock
Murphy
Haggerty DH
Moore 2B
Crawford
*I want to see if Evan White (Who?) can hit, stay healthy, abundance, or adios...
They're paying him anyways so they might as well keep him around and give him as many looks as they can. -
Yes, might as well keep White around and see if he can bounce back from the injuries. It's not like he has been awful because he's into hookers and blow.
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So the no longer current review is gold glove defense, previously highly athletic guy, hit .179 in 1/3 MLB season for the 2020 covid period season, strikes out at 45-50% level vs offspeed pitches in limited time at the major league level, has spent very little time in the minors because it was previously believed that his SEC level college experience prepared him to move quickly to the majors. 2023 salary 400k, 2024 700k in the last of his 6 year 2.4 million dollar deal. A total blank slate as he comes back from hip surgery and will have a fresh start undoubtedly at AA / AAA. He is now 24-25, has played very little baseball since coming out of college.
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Six years, $24 million.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:So the no longer current review is gold glove defense, previously highly athletic guy, hit .179 in 1/3 MLB season for the 2020 covid period season, strikes out at 45-50% level vs offspeed pitches in limited time at the major league level, has spent very little time in the minors because it was previously believed that his SEC level college experience prepared him to move quickly to the majors. 2023 salary 400k, 2024 700k in the last of his 6 year 2.4 million dollar deal. A total blank slate as he comes back from hip surgery and will have a fresh start undoubtedly at AA / AAA. He is now 24-25, has played very little baseball since coming out of college.
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LOL... had all the numbers right with the exception of 1 digit, a minor difference, wrong on his age too.. yow
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Yep. He isn't going away until after 2025, and is due a not insignificant amount of cash ($18 mil) between now and then. They have to keep trying to wring some value out of him or just light that money on fire.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:LOL... had all the numbers right with the exception of 1 digit, a minor difference, wrong on his age too.. yow
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This is a the big year for him, hopefully he can find a stroke in AA and build on that, assuming he is indeed healthy. He will be starting at the beginning.
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I would think he starts in Tacoma but that doesn't change the overall point.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:This is a the big year for him, hopefully he can find a stroke in AA and build on that, assuming he is indeed healthy. He will be starting at the beginning.
