Series Thread: 2023 Post season playoff thread ( dream or reality )

[ulmax]

And really. that is the story of the mariners.
They found 3 guys who contribute.to.
The overall team..
Where before .Pollock .and wong...would bomb.
Out..
Know..
Canzone.and Marlowe .the missing dh .
And outfield..they were missing all along..
And Rojas .
The missing 1/2 a 2b...so.combined.
With.
Caballero....and.rojas.mariners have..better.
Than a good 2b....

So..that .is what we are seeing....
More of ..a. complete team...

So if you..say .was seawald .worth it..
I have to ...say..yes ..it was..

And know ..to deal with ....
Bull pen problems ...
Witch is always...
Lolololo

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Since the deadline trade the M’s made they are ….

BA… .292 (2nd)
OBP… .370 (2nd)
SLG… .502 (3rd)
OPS… . .878 (2nd)
HR…… 41 (3rd)
XBH…. 91 (3rd)

 

[WizardHawk]

The other teams around us also won so let's see what tomorrow brings.

 

[ulmax]

Since the deadline trade the M’s made they are ….

BA… .292 (2nd)
OBP… .370 (2nd)
SLG… .502 (3rd)
OPS… . .878 (2nd)
HR…… 41 (3rd)
XBH…. 91 (3rd)

Yes......they went from..,..... a want to be
to a real contender ..with those..3 guys..

A top ....knotch...contender....

But they had Marlowe..already..
Canzone...
And.
Rojas..

Yeah those.3.

 

[ulmax]

Amazingly...like Baltimore...the mariners have a lot of rookies...
Mariners have..

Miller
woo.
Kerby..
Marlowe.
Canzone.
Cabellero..
Brash..
Campbell..
Kelenic...
O'Keefe..

10 rookies..how many baltimore has..I don't know..

 

[wazzu31]

I don’t know about you guys but I really like the Mariners playing early then getting to root against the Rangers and Fauxstros.

 

[ulmax]

Baltimore rookies.

Sp Bradish
Sp.g.rodriguez
Rp .y ..cano.
Rp..s fujinami.
Rp d hall..

3b.gunner..henderson..
2b j westburg..

That is 7..but they have more than the mariners..at AAA..
For next year .but not after that ..it's a dog fight...
With Yankees..rebuilding .
And oakland as well

 

[ulmax]

I don’t know about you guys but I really like the Mariners playing early then getting to root against the Rangers and Fauxstros.

It was early so I missed it..but im ok with it.
I had not planned on it....having.other stuff
But if it falls..in the zone...then.its ok..

 

[ulmax]

Sustained winn.er s.after rebuild
Baltimore....new
Seattle.
Tampa bay.
Arizona ... .new
Toronto..

Almost.
Cubs .

Main winners..
Dodgers ..
Atlanta .
Phillies..they have fought long and hard.to have a decent franchise .
Giants .not about to re-build but not winning either
Astros..not yet ..but they are getting closer.
To rebuild time.


In the middle after rebuild.


Miami...like seattle they where re building pitching..

Cincinnati..
San Diego..yes they need. Pitching.
Pittsburgh .they still need pitching..

In re build

Washington..
Cardinals.
Oakland..
Royals.
Yankees ..said a few days ago .they will .

Who should .

Mets..
Rockies..always seem in perenial.rebuild.
White Sox..
Detroit


You got me..
Minnesota..
Clevland..
Angels..
Almost..but not quite.
Rangers...did not re -build.on pitching..
Now paying the price..

Money does not re- build..as see with the Mets .
Everett bit as bad .as ever..
Rangers will be as well

 

[ulmax]

Money is to.add.to a re-build after..
Like

Snell..in off season....
LHp...witch..mariners.only drafted .1..
Witch..they traded .but .ok..
So get Snell..

If not a trade. Rf .witch I would rather..have..
Then .loardes gurriel..jr....if not.
Get Hernandez..at verry least.
I'm ok.mif a rf..acts like..a rf..
But Lord knows..strike outs...
Are..zero..

ZEROOOOOOO...
Did I say .zero..
Lololoooo

 

[ulmax]

Yes I'm ok.with

kelenic.rf
Julio..cf.
Marlowe..LF.

Canzone..dh/rf/1b.?)


But ya still need.a right handed guy.
And if you want to set it up..for clase..
Then thats the way to go...

 

[ulmax]

The noise is Yankees wil re-build..
I'll take.

Mariners .
Arron.judge.46.6..from scramento.
And Fresno.state..
Wells .catcher..13.5.

60.10

Yankees .
Munoz .61. 7

61.7.
Don't act like Munoz would stay there..
But he might .
But odds are he would get traded at the deadline..for prospects.

 

[ulmax]

That is the biggest right handed bat in the game..so .I would not expect..it but it's a possibility..
The mariners.givingup Munoz..is less likely..
Adding..yuki matsui..is more likly.

And mariners working both closers

 

[ulmax]

That said..its more likely..the mariners go.
Free agent..and.
3 or 4 years....no..
no trade clauses.cuz
Ya never know..

 

[Tapey]

Has Servais ever done anything bold with the bullpen?

We're stuck with the skip we have.

He brought in Kirby to close out the Toronto playoff series last year.

 

[WizardHawk]

The concept that we will be OK not having even 1 guy in the pen you feel decent about in pressure closing situations because you can throw a starter out there seems very weird to me.

You can't do that in multiple games across several rounds of the playoffs and we've seen the strategy fail in the past as it is.

Not having a closer going into the playoffs is a serious problem. It's a glaring hole that has already cost them games against lesser teams than they will see in the postseason.

They have 33 games left to sort out the back of that pen. I'm not holding my breath that they can build a playoff ready 8th and 9th setup with what they have in that time.

Look, most of us were nervous as it was when Sewald came out in a 1 run game. He wasn't a top 5 kind of closer. Yet he was well ahead of anything we have left.

Can they make the playoffs as is? Of course. Teams get in every year with some kind of glaring hole. Their chances of not having it trip them up as the rounds go on gets more daunting. That's just how I see it.

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[Msfann]

I was wrong about the team this year. I didn't think they had this in them. Now they are mowing down chump teams like a good team is supposed to do.

 

[NWinAZ]