Mariners fire GM

[Rock Strongo]

Mariners fire general manager Jack Zduriencik

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Embarrassingly bad tenure with Seattle. Ownership ought to be humiliated.

 

[Dolemite censored]

Mariners fire general manager Jack Zduriencik

2 years overdue.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

2 years overdue.

Messed up what should have been a very healthy contention window.

The way they handled Zunino is disgusting.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Messed up what should have been a very healthy contention window.

The way they handled Zunino is disgusting.

this

 

[GNG]

Mariners fire general manager Jack Zduriencik

I guess he fell short of expectations.

 

[Dolemite censored]

I guess he fell short of expectations.

Understatement of the year.

 

[GNG]

Understatement of the year.

 

[Bmurph]

2 years overdue.

Glad he made those bad big money deals before he got the axe

 

[tducey]

No surprise to see this. Has there been a more under achieving team in the AL the past few yrs. than Seattle?

 

[Rock Strongo]

No surprise to see this. Has there been a more under achieving team in the AL the past few yrs. than Seattle?

red sox cough cough

 

[Fountain City Blues]

red sox cough cough

This would be the correct answer if not for 2013. They sure attempt to make a compelling case anyways, however.

 

[Rock Strongo]

This would be the correct answer if not for 2013. They sure attempt to make a compelling case anyways, however.

the 2013 sox are the first team to win a world series by total accident.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

the 2013 sox are the first team to win a world series by total accident.

Certainly appears that way.

 

[DHoey]

No surprise to see this. Has there been a more under achieving team in the AL the past few yrs. than Seattle?

Cleveland probably. The problem isn't under achieving, it is that our drafting and/or developement has been piss poor. In reality, the bar is set so low for the Mariners, that it is difficult to under achieve.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Cleveland probably. The problem isn't under achieving, it is that our drafting and/or developement has been piss poor. In reality, the bar is set so low for the Mariners, that it is difficult to under achieve.

Well, a lot of projections sites would disagree, but yeah Cleveland is another one who fell flat on their face this year.

 

[DHoey]

Well, a lot of projections sites would disagree, but yeah Cleveland is another one who fell flat on their face this year.

The under achieved this year no doubt, previous years no. They over achieved probably more than under achieved

 

[navamind]

Mariners' prospect development has been terrible over the years. They've only had two significant position players come out of their farm system in the last, like, decade or so (Seager and Adam Jones). And one of them has had success elsewhere. The Ackley and Hultzen picks made sense, but Ackley's fizzled out after a pretty good rookie season. Hultzen's pitched 8 innings since the end of 2013 and turns 26 in the fall.

 

[gohusk]

Glad he made those bad big money deals before he got the axe

I don't think the big money deals are what killed him. Yes, Cano is overpaid and having the worst year of his career but since they hired Edgar as the hitting coach he's been putting up all star numbers. Cruz has obviously earned his pay and resigning Felix was a no-brainer. It's the busted first rounders, horrible trade for Smoak, running prospects to the ground instead of sending them down like they should have been that killed him.