That’s what I thought. I was mostly saying I think it would be dumb if Teo to accept a 3 year 15 million instead of just waiting for the QO. It is a really weak FA class (at least IMO from a fans perspective) I think this is a case that the FO gets behind closed doors and asks him not to take it if they offer him. Overall Teo wasn’t terrible but he was a black hole on the offense for 4 months.
A key though if drafting and developing the route is that you have to make lots of trades as well. Outside of the Castillo deal, they haven’t really made any trades trading top prospects for other controllable guys. They given up prospects who developed into studs for nothing but they haven’t really given up any of their top guys besides when Jerry made the Marco trade. They can’t be risk adverse with both payroll and giving up prospects.
That quote was a shock that it was really the only shot Corey has taken at the Mariners. Jerry did Kyle dirty but overall the FO did him really well in terms of overpaying him and treating him like a hometown hero.
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Exactly ..seager..was.not commeing.here.
In 1994 Mariners were 22nd in payroll at $27M. They bumped that up to $34M in 1995 making them 11th. For a Mariners franchise, this was huge. Our cheap ass owner today can't even do this. So sad of a franchise.
