Official Mariners Spring Training Thread 2018

[wazzu31]

Miranda was not ready for the grind of a 162 game season and his stats dropped quickly as the season wore on

As he tired in games he missed up in the zone alot and many of those were hit over the fence and he became known for giving up the long ball too often

He is as good as Ramirez and possibly better moving forward with his age and limited MLB experience

Miranda will start in tacoma and Ramirez may make a spot start or 2 there and hit the big club by mid April

I hope things do not get bad enough we see Andrew Moore get called up again

Iwakuma will be near worthless when and if he is ever ready this season ( all his best years are behind him )

Guess we can agree to disagree on Miranda. He did pitch a ton last year but that was only because he was the work horse. He was not ready to be the work horse, he needed to be treated as the number 4 or 5 not the ace.

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[FirebreathingMonkey]

What did we have to give up in order to get them??

 

[NWinAZ]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?

 

[MarinersBestFan]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?

They were afraid they might run out of baseballs with Gone-Yardo pitching for them all season !

 

[cezero]

i'm behind with seattle news

wade leblanc. not good enough for the yanks to hold onto him with a minor league contract, but PEFRECT for the m's bullpen

and i just saw some seattle sports writer wondering why the m's are lower with the oddsmakers this year compared to last

lol

 

[PolarVortex]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?

If only Dipoto had reached the same conclusion 12 months ago...
This organization has a knack for picking up washed up pitchers and trying to squeeze one more year of life of out them. They haven't done it this year....yet, but there is still 48 hours until the season starts. Big Sexy in Mariner teal?

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?

Fuck no! He's the Blair Walsh of baseball but worse.

 

[MarinersBestFan]

If only Dipoto had reached the same conclusion 12 months ago...
This organization has a knack for picking up washed up pitchers and trying to squeeze one more year of life of out them. They haven't done it this year....yet, but there is still 48 hours until the season starts. Big Sexy in Mariner teal?

If Dipshit-odo threw into the deal unlimited garlic fries and all you can eat red ropes ... Big Sexy would roll into town stat and ready to deal.

I recall watching Bartolo at the Safe right around Y2K when he was with the tribe and in his prime.... he was busting that fast ball of his by every single Mariner in the lineup like he was pitching from the front of the mound. It was pretty impressive

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[Mariners_44]

Opening Day is only two days away, but before that I'll be at the last ST game of the offseason today! It's the wife and I annual Mariners/Casino day as we will head across the street and get our gamble on after the game. Before that though it'll be a last look at what we have going into the season. The team is pretty much locked up, but I still look for Vogel-Bomb to continue his mash and hopefully a positive look at Haniger at the plate; he has me concerned a bit going into the season. Other than that, just some fun in the sun with some good ballpark dogs hopefully

 

[NWinAZ]

Opening Day is only two days away, but before that I'll be at the last ST game of the offseason today! It's the wife and I annual Mariners/Casino day as we will head across the street and get our gamble on after the game. Before that though it'll be a last look at what we have going into the season. The team is pretty much locked up, but I still look for Vogel-Bomb to continue his mash and hopefully a positive look at Haniger at the plate; he has me concerned a bit going into the season. Other than that, just some fun in the sun with some good ballpark dogs hopefully

Talking Stick time! I have never been to the casino, but like the stadium.

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[SeattleCoug]

 

[SeattleCoug]

Went 1-6 yesterday with an infield single against minor league pitching. Good enough for the Ms

 

[NWinAZ]

Didn't I mention him when the whole Ichiro thing was going down? I actually like this move because I am not sold entirely on Gamel/Ichiro/Haniger OF.

 

[NWinAZ]