Andrew Baggarly
Yep. I sort of thought that all along. Garver is the only move we've made so far that has not had salary dump written all over it. The most insulting thing about this offseason is that Dipoto continues to insult our intelligence by playing dumb to any accusations of 'fire sale'. I swear this asshole should go into politics. He was born for it.
Does that include the
To be honest I am shocked Jerry could trade Ray. I mean he got nothing for him but still. With how the pitching market is, Jerry could trade Castillo and still sell us on it isn’t a salary dump. With Ray, there isn’t a question it is. But I’m also hopeful they actually spend the savings since next year they only have 3 guys really making any money (I’m assuming France is gone by this deadline)
Sobering thought. Opponent pitchers found the hole in his swing and the pitch he can't hit but can't lay off of either. The Zunino Conundrum
Sounds like he was born to be a Mariner
This is what concerns me. This trade is so one sided in the Mariners favor that the Rays have to know something. His numbers basically say he is an older Kelenic from last year and the Braves had to take on massive salary plus a pitching prospect yet the Mariners had to give up a AAAA player who didn’t have a roster spot if Bliss has a good spring. Something doesn’t add up
This is the fricking problem with the Mariners the past 3 years. If everything go perfect this is can be a great team, but everything has to go perfect like August or the winning streak in 2022 or the win everyone 1 run game in 2021. The team thus far is hopefully Haniger stays healthy, hopefully Canzone becomes a MLB, hopefully Raley’s first half is more indicative than the 2nd half, hopefully Garver stays healthy, hopefully Rojas is Rojas of 2021/22 I can’t remember which one he was good, hopefully Urias turns into what he was suppose to be not the player that the Brewers and Red Sox couldn’t give away quick enough, plus the already hopefully France goes back to healthy 21 and 22 France.
There really isn't must to see here honestly. We had a surplus of middle infield backups so we traded one for an outfield/1B backup. The guy started strong and ended with a thud. If he continues to be the thud, we lost nothing. I heard locked on call him an older Kelenic without the upside in todays podcast and I can see why but Kelenic didn't have much other than potential...the cruelest word in baseball.
Sure potential is a cruel word but they were essentially the same player. The ups and downs were the same just Jared struggles were more spread out. Basically I’m just saying they are a wash in terms of upgrading last year. Personally I think they are worse at 3B, 2B is the same but Canzone/Haniger could be an upgrade over Teo but Canzone IMO should not be an OF and Haniger’s health is the biggest concern.
I know we haven't improved. That whole thing is just BS. A Dipoto snow job like always.
