The M's

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You'll all be 10s when they win the World Series

I already am a 10
Husky football and Mariner fan, hard to decide which one is more painful

I'm a 6

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U word na 5 seconden doorverwezen naar de hoofpagina as always.

huh?

Lol at M's fans expecting playoffs or bust. The team does look better, but this hasn't exactly been a successful organization. Yankees and Red Sox fans can be disappointed if their team doesn't make the playoffs, M's fans cannot.

I think it's very possible that the M's overachieved last year and revert back to being an under .500 team. Overachieved is probably the wrong word, but they are typically so bad that I will use it. I'm still scarred by the 2010 season when they acquired Cliff Lee after a winning record in 2009.

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RoadDawg55 said:

I think it's very possible that the M's overachieved last year and revert back to being an under .500 team. Overachieved is probably the wrong word, but they are typically so bad that I will use it. I'm still scarred by the 2010 season when they acquired Cliff Lee after a winning record in 2009.

I'm not sure where you're expecting the regression. Who had years last year that would make you say "wow, they really out performed their normal ability level?"

We are talking about the Mariners. Questions at shortstop, first base, and the outfield. Cano's power decline is at least a little concerning.

Felix reverts back to a 3.00 ERA instead of 2.30. Iwakuma was terrible in September. Walker and Paxton are still unproven and Paxton has been injury prone. Chris Young was pretty valuable last season. The bullpen was outstanding last year. They likely take a step back.

They might be better, but there are still tons of question marks. I get why they will be better. Oakland rebuilding helps too. We will see what happens.

Doogles said:

I don't think the pitching can sustain that type of success. I'm just used to being disappointed.

Someone mentioned a while back a truth that hurts. If the Mariners didn't win one with griffey, edgar, arod, and Randy, they never will.

Problem is that the Mariners of that time period were not only too cheap to build up the depth that they needed, but they also were way behind in recognizing the future of the game.

The case in point of that was the Tino Martinez trade for Russ Davis and Sterling Hitchcock. No huge problems with that deal as it was set up ... but huge problems in including Jeff Nelson in that deal. But then again, that's why the Yankees are the Yankees (at least at that point in time).