Again, WHY do we still have him if he's just gonna fuck up the roster?!
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No, we would have ruined him, too.
In other words, "don't sign anyone who can set the bar any higher for the team than it should be."Classic "Do The Least Possible Dipoto":
Many Mariners fans feel that the team should have added another premier bat this past offseason either via trade or through free agency. Dipoto discussed what adding another top-end bat may have looked like.
“If you go out and you sign a big right-handed banger who needs to play every day, effectively you’ve just blocked a spot. So it’s a very small twist or nuance, but it does affect the way you build your team,” Dipoto said. “The one thing that you can’t plan on is that two of those players (Lewis and Haniger) are injured and don’t play in most of your games and one of them (Kelenic) really struggles and winds up back in AAA — which is the more predictable of those outcomes — and then the depth that you had in AAA, they’re all hurt too. So you go out and do the best that you can to put players in place, and then ultimately end on May 19 you wind up waking up and you have Steven Souza playing right field who has a three-win season in the major leagues.”
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Expecting two injury prone players and one far from ready player to be in the lineup and contribute is the dumbest way to build a roster. Because when you do it that way, you end up playing guys named Ford and Souza and Moore and Toro more than any team should ever have to.
Dipoto: Mariners' trade deadline approach, balancing depth, young guys
Jerry Dipoto broke down the Mariners' plan with the trade deadline and maintaining the tough balance of depth and key young players.
Pretty sure I told you Jerry had the built in excuse of not really spending because “on paper” all of the spots were filled.Classic "Do The Least Possible Dipoto":
Many Mariners fans feel that the team should have added another premier bat this past offseason either via trade or through free agency. Dipoto discussed what adding another top-end bat may have looked like.
“If you go out and you sign a big right-handed banger who needs to play every day, effectively you’ve just blocked a spot. So it’s a very small twist or nuance, but it does affect the way you build your team,” Dipoto said. “The one thing that you can’t plan on is that two of those players (Lewis and Haniger) are injured and don’t play in most of your games and one of them (Kelenic) really struggles and winds up back in AAA — which is the more predictable of those outcomes — and then the depth that you had in AAA, they’re all hurt too. So you go out and do the best that you can to put players in place, and then ultimately end on May 19 you wind up waking up and you have Steven Souza playing right field who has a three-win season in the major leagues.”
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Expecting two injury prone players and one far from ready player to be in the lineup and contribute is the dumbest way to build a roster. Because when you do it that way, you end up playing guys named Ford and Souza and Moore and Toro more than any team should ever have to.
Dipoto: Mariners' trade deadline approach, balancing depth, young guys
Jerry Dipoto broke down the Mariners' plan with the trade deadline and maintaining the tough balance of depth and key young players.
