Offseason thread if you still have a soul

[NoGain]

Why didn't the M's offer Soto 17 years and 900 million? Cheapskates.

 

[Goldfinger 007]

Why didn't the M's offer Soto 17 years and 900 million? Cheapskates.

Nobody wants to deal with Genius Jerry. Soto wouldn't go to the M's for a cool Billion $.

 

[Goldfinger 007]

JT Chargois, Haggerty and Rojas non tendered.

Genius Jerry is so desperate at this point, I could see those guys coming back, but not at pay cuts. Jerry & his fascination with light hitting 4th string catchers just signed Jacob Nottingham for like the 7th time, so they could easily be back.

 

[NoGain]

Front page of the Sunday Seattle Times sports section..."M's placing pennies above peanuts", by Matt Calkins. The article basically states what frustrated M's fans around here have been saying about the organization. Good to see it on the front page of the sports on a Sunday. Don't let ownership try to tell you that they didn't see it, or read it. Good on Matt.

 

[DJrmb]

Front page of the Sunday Seattle Times sports section..."M's placing pennies above peanuts", by Matt Calkins. The article basically states what frustrated M's fans around here have been saying about the organization. Good to see it on the front page of the sports on a Sunday. Don't let ownership try to tell you that they didn't see it, or read it. Good on Matt.

Yet people still give this team their money

 

[NoGain]

Yet people still give this team their money

We often criticize the Seattle sports press/media as being soft on the teams and organizations. I think Matt deserved props for not pulling any punches in the piece.

And yup, fans still give team their money. What this ownership group doesn't get is that putting a WS competitive team out there, one that goes nearly wire-to-wire in first place in their division would really energize this fanbase, put a lot more people in the seats. We've seen it before a couple of centuries ago.

 

[Goldfinger 007]

We often criticize the Seattle sports press/media as being soft on the teams and organizations. I think Matt deserved props for not pulling any punches in the piece.

And yup, fans still give team their money. What this ownership group doesn't get is that putting a WS competitive team out there, one that goes nearly wire-to-wire in first place in their division would really energize this fanbase, put a lot more people in the seats. We've seen it before a couple of centuries ago.

Well today Genius Jerry made his annual AJ Pollock signing..... We got washed up, never has been, 37 year old Donovan Solano. Not a difference maker in Roki Sasaki, but yet another light hitting platoon body. So we need to acquire one more utility infielder & a couple more damaged arm relievers & the roster will be set. Nothing better than going all out for the World Series like the Seattle Mariners always do.

 

[sutz]

Solano is underwhelming, but we do need a contact hitter or two. He hit .280 last year, and guys who hit for average won't be as hurt by the Safeco tax on power hitters. If he can hit in the .270's and get on base he could provide pressure on opposing pitchers. With Edgar coaching, maybe he won't be poisoned by the "hit it as hard as you can" bug that has been plaguing us.

 

[Goldfinger 007]

Solano is underwhelming, but we do need a contact hitter or two. He hit .280 last year, and guys who hit for average won't be as hurt by the Safeco tax on power hitters. If he can hit in the .270's and get on base he could provide pressure on opposing pitchers. With Edgar coaching, maybe he won't be poisoned by the "hit it as hard as you can" bug that has been plaguing us.

Well..... He's 37. Definitely on the wrong side of 30. The M's love getting these guys far past their prime. The chances of regression are far more likely than not. I'm all for contact & speed guys, that's who the M's should be packing the lineup with, with a couple power guys. Unfortunately, they love dumpster diving

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

We literally have no infield. What are we doing? Stacked and still cheap pitching rotation that any team would kill for yet we are going to absolutely squander by being cheap. There's no way the Mariners dont make good money. Only team within a several state radius so I dont buy this mid market crap they say to justify not spending money by just including seattle. Seattle-Tacoma, Portland, Boise, alaska, some Vancouver bc, spokane all support and go to games. The stadium is never empty. At least half full for midweek games, sometime fuller depending on opposition and full at weekends.

Build it and they will come. Fans are starving for success. The more successful you are the more money you'll make and more casual fans will come aboard.

We need both new owners and a new gm. Seattle has lots of extreme billionaires yet we get the cheap one, if he even is one. Does ballmer not like baseball? A local person owning a team should see it as a civic duty that they are good.

I'm also not saying just spjnk money away at it. I get sports are cyclical but the Mariners have had a prime opportunity to make a world series run with their pitching for the last 3 seasons and not pulled the trigger by cheating out on hitting. Window is closing and it'll be back to sucking or being mediocre. The fans were literally told they'd spend money come the time and make a push and it didn't happen

 

[sutz]

While he has played at first, second and third base throughout his career, with the Mariners he most likely will receive the majority of his at-bats at first base against lefties, who he hit .302/.373/.443 against last year. As a player that runs good platoon splits, he can fill in at other spots against right-handers as needed.

Drayer: What Donovan Solano signing means for Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners insider Shannon Drayer on what veteran infielder Donovan Solano, who signed a one-year deal Monday, means for the team.

sports.mynorthwest.com

 

[Goldfinger 007]

Drayer: What Donovan Solano signing means for Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners insider Shannon Drayer on what veteran infielder Donovan Solano, who signed a one-year deal Monday, means for the team.

sports.mynorthwest.com

Shannon Drayer the Forever Homer...... Every transaction is a good one. The saga of mediocrity continues. Only the hapless Chicago Bears have been as consistently awful as a franchise over the last 40 years. Ok maybe the New Jersey Jets too????

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I almost broke into a yawn when I heard about the signing of another old dude

 

[Goldfinger 007]

I almost broke into a yawn when I heard about the signing of another old dude

Same Genius Jerry, same Mariners every off season

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Yep. Horrible.

 

[Goldfinger 007]

Added another light hitting utility scrub today who was DFA'd by another team..... Miles Mastrobuoni is another important off season bum acquired by Genius Jerry the DiBozo. Another scrub was DFA'd to put this guy on the 40 man roster. The dumpster diving continues....

 

[SoulfishHawk]

The only good thing here is that hilarious name.

 

[DJrmb]

We often criticize the Seattle sports press/media as being soft on the teams and organizations. I think Matt deserved props for not pulling any punches in the piece.

And yup, fans still give team their money. What this ownership group doesn't get is that putting a WS competitive team out there, one that goes nearly wire-to-wire in first place in their division would really energize this fanbase, put a lot more people in the seats. We've seen it before a couple of centuries ago.

Completely agree with you on this. It's nice to see the Seattle media actually apply some heat to ownership.

Also I totally agree that if this team would spend the money to win they would make SO much more money. People only look at the Seattle market and call the mariners a mid market team, but in all realness when the team wins they pull from one of the largest regions of any team. Seattle, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and used to have a follow in Vancouver BC until they sucked for so long they lost that market. They might not be quite up with LA, NY and Boston, but when they win they pull from a large enough region to be just a tick under those big markets. They are not a mid market to small market team. That's just ownership spinning the story because they don't have enough money to really own a sports team and make a real commitment to the fans to win. This ownership has no business owning a team when they can't afford to invest what is necessary to make them a complete team.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Well today Genius Jerry made his annual AJ Pollock signing..... We got washed up, never has been, 37 year old Donovan Solano. Not a difference maker in Roki Sasaki, but yet another light hitting platoon body. So we need to acquire one more utility infielder & a couple more damaged arm relievers & the roster will be set. Nothing better than going all out for the World Series like the Seattle Mariners always do.

He traded for a utility guy, Mastrebounis or something weird like that, up and down older kid with a low 200 avg. gave the cubs cash for him.

I don’t get it. They have no money?

 

[Sperrydogg]

I almost broke into a yawn when I heard about the signing of another old dude

He was a silver slugger in the shortened season five years ago, last year was his best year yet. He’s gonna break out. He’ll probably be better than Mitch garver and Jorge polanco….. maybe….