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seahawksfan234
Radical Moderate
We are currently 7 games under .500. Last year, it took 88 wins to make the playoffs. We would need to go 64-43 the rest of the way to hit that number.
Argument for not selling at the trade deadline:
The Mariners have already invested too much in winning now. Nelson Cruz is hitting at an MVP level, he's not going to be this good next year. Seldom do you land a player that is hitting at his level. Also, adding Trumbo would've been pointless if you're not trying to win now. On paper, this team has the talent to go 64-43 the rest of the way. Do I think that will happen? I couldn't tell you. With the way the team has been playing, the pessimism in me wants to say no. But I look at some of the players in our lineup and compare it to our offensive production and it just doesn't make sense. Logically I have to assume something will turn around. All these one run games we've lost, if something had just gone in the Mariners favor in those games, perhaps our record would look a lot different. They've been competitive, just losing by a hair. Lastly, it's not like we have even got anything worth a damn in the past selling our players. Cliff Lee, Erik Bedard, Doug Fister, Jarrod Washburn, none of them landed anything worth shit.
Argument for selling:
The team looks bad right now. Robinson Cano looks lost. Nelson Cruz is 34 and injury prone, his value won't be higher than it is right now. I'll happily admit that it looks like I was wrong with my prediction of roughly 25 HRs and a .260-.270 BA from him - but that still could be a reality either next year or the year after that. There is a strong argument that we won't be able to turn it around, and that 64-43 the rest of the way will be too difficult.
What does everyone think? Should we continue to try to win now? Or sell our pieces and start rebuilding again? I know it's obvious what the franchise is, and will continue to do, but I'm curious to see if anyone thinks we should sell.
Argument for not selling at the trade deadline:
The Mariners have already invested too much in winning now. Nelson Cruz is hitting at an MVP level, he's not going to be this good next year. Seldom do you land a player that is hitting at his level. Also, adding Trumbo would've been pointless if you're not trying to win now. On paper, this team has the talent to go 64-43 the rest of the way. Do I think that will happen? I couldn't tell you. With the way the team has been playing, the pessimism in me wants to say no. But I look at some of the players in our lineup and compare it to our offensive production and it just doesn't make sense. Logically I have to assume something will turn around. All these one run games we've lost, if something had just gone in the Mariners favor in those games, perhaps our record would look a lot different. They've been competitive, just losing by a hair. Lastly, it's not like we have even got anything worth a damn in the past selling our players. Cliff Lee, Erik Bedard, Doug Fister, Jarrod Washburn, none of them landed anything worth shit.
Argument for selling:
The team looks bad right now. Robinson Cano looks lost. Nelson Cruz is 34 and injury prone, his value won't be higher than it is right now. I'll happily admit that it looks like I was wrong with my prediction of roughly 25 HRs and a .260-.270 BA from him - but that still could be a reality either next year or the year after that. There is a strong argument that we won't be able to turn it around, and that 64-43 the rest of the way will be too difficult.
What does everyone think? Should we continue to try to win now? Or sell our pieces and start rebuilding again? I know it's obvious what the franchise is, and will continue to do, but I'm curious to see if anyone thinks we should sell.