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According to DiPoto, we have a good offensive team and the quiet offseason is reflective of a team that didn't have a lot of holes to fill.
Here are a few of the more astonishing highlights from the article in the link.
https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article299684314.html
The Mariners, by all accounts aside from Dipoto’s, needed to improve an offense that was 29th in MLB in batting average, 21st in runs scored and struck out more than any other team.
“There’s the reality of our offense and then there’s the perception of our offense,” he said. “Our offense has generally been above average based on advanced metrics for a number of years now. The last three years we’ve actually had a very stable offense…We have a good offensive team and we didn’t feel like we needed to do a whole lot but to find ways to support the group that we had.”
That support came in the form of two dubious free-agent acquisitions in 37-year-old journeyman Donovan Solano and Jorge Polanco, who was supposed to be terrific last year but was subpar instead. He performed so poorly that the Mariners did not pick up his player option only to somehow decide he was worth bringing back three months later mainly because he was available at The Dollar Store, where the Mariners do 99 percent of their shopping.
“”It’s been a pretty quiet offseason and I think that’s reflective of a team that didn’t have a lot of holes to fill,” Dipoto said.
“We feel like this is a good team and if this is our team going into spring training and Opening Day, we’re pretty excited about it.”
Even if no one else is.
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Conspicuously missing is any mention of a minors plan, or really anything at all related to some of the young guys coming up to help bolster the ranks. Which I guess is fine since, ya know, we're already a good offensive team anyway.
Here are a few of the more astonishing highlights from the article in the link.
https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article299684314.html
The Mariners, by all accounts aside from Dipoto’s, needed to improve an offense that was 29th in MLB in batting average, 21st in runs scored and struck out more than any other team.
“There’s the reality of our offense and then there’s the perception of our offense,” he said. “Our offense has generally been above average based on advanced metrics for a number of years now. The last three years we’ve actually had a very stable offense…We have a good offensive team and we didn’t feel like we needed to do a whole lot but to find ways to support the group that we had.”
That support came in the form of two dubious free-agent acquisitions in 37-year-old journeyman Donovan Solano and Jorge Polanco, who was supposed to be terrific last year but was subpar instead. He performed so poorly that the Mariners did not pick up his player option only to somehow decide he was worth bringing back three months later mainly because he was available at The Dollar Store, where the Mariners do 99 percent of their shopping.
“”It’s been a pretty quiet offseason and I think that’s reflective of a team that didn’t have a lot of holes to fill,” Dipoto said.
“We feel like this is a good team and if this is our team going into spring training and Opening Day, we’re pretty excited about it.”
Even if no one else is.
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Conspicuously missing is any mention of a minors plan, or really anything at all related to some of the young guys coming up to help bolster the ranks. Which I guess is fine since, ya know, we're already a good offensive team anyway.