Non Mariners News and Stuff.

[ulmax]

Ohhh my goodness..when you know.
What ya need..ya go get it..yanks.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Ohhh my goodness..when you know.
What ya need..ya go get it..yanks.

It's what winning organizations do

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Your thoughts on this....

Sign Trevor Bauer on league minimum?

 

[NWinAZ]

I love his quote here...lol.

 

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[wazzu31]

Your thoughts on this....

Sign Trevor Bauer on league minimum?

1000% I would do it. What honestly is the downside outside of the non fans protesting him, sign him to the league minimum and if there is even a hint of it going south release him.

Crap signing him might actually make the Mariners a boat load of money from the Andrew Tate crowd.

 

[wazzu31]

Launch angle makes sense for one trick ponies like Nelson Cruz or Giancarlo Stanton. But for most players it doesn’t make sense at all. It’s not like these hitting coaches and pitching coaches don’t ever talk. One is teaching launch angle and other is emphasizing spin rate, those two don’t square up for a complete team.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Teoscar the last 2 games both vs Yankees:

4/8, 2 runs, 8 RBI, 2 HRs

Man

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

I still can’t believe we just basically gave him away when he’s still so young and was showing signs of improvement …

 

[NWinAZ]

I still can’t believe we just basically gave him away when he’s still so young and was showing signs of improvement …

The Mariner Way. All about the Benjamins as they say.

 

[NWinAZ]

Hernandez was an afterthought when the Los Angeles Dodgers signed him in January -- after all, they had already committed more than a billion dollars combined for Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. They signed Hernandez for $23.5 million, with $8.5 million of that deferred starting in 2030. Think of all the teams struggling for outfield offense in 2024: Any team could have afforded that deal. Hernandez has been outstanding, a much-needed right-handed batter in the middle of the Dodgers' lineup while on pace for 36 home runs and over 100 RBIs. Hernandez was ranked No. 15 on Kiley McDaniel's list of top free agents entering this past offseason​

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Teoscar Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers​

Free agent ranking: 15th
Contract: One year, $23.5 million
2024 stats: .252/.318/.487, 18 HR, 55 RBIs, 1.9 WAR

Why the Dodgers signed him: They needed a right-handed bat to help balance out all those lefties in Ohtani, Max Muncy, Freddie Freeman and Jason Heyward.

Hernandez had been an All-Star with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2021 and followed up with solid seasons in 2022 and 2023, but teams were perhaps scared off by his 211 strikeouts with the Mariners last season. That's a lot of swing-and-miss, although the Dodgers no doubt noted that Hernandez had hit .295 with an .830 OPS on the road compared to .217 with a .643 OPS in Seattle. McDaniel had predicted a three-year, $52.5 million deal -- a reasonable estimate for an athletic, 2- to 3-win player -- and maybe the Dodgers don't make a commitment for a three-year deal, but the slow market, combined with his desire to play for a winning team, dropped Hernandez into their laps to fill a hole in the outfield.

One thing about Hernandez: He's a high-energy, positive clubhouse guy. For a team that has won as much as the Dodgers over the past decade -- while winning the World Series just once (and that comes with an asterisk) -- it made sense to not only add some new blood but add a player like Hernandez, who was going to fit in not just in the lineup but off the field as well. As the Dodgers do so often, they've helped Hernandez improve a bit: He has cut his strikeouts three percentage points, which is minimal, but he's cut his chase rate nearly six percentage points. It probably helps that he has a lot of high OBP guys batting in front of him, forcing pitchers to throw him a few more strikes than he saw in Seattle.

Given all the teams across the league struggling for offense -- including his former teams in Toronto and Seattle -- Hernandez's deal looks like a steal. The Dodgers do it again.

 

[NWinAZ]

Could you imagine?