Offseason thread if you still have a soul

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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.
 

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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.
Is Jerry checked out?
Does he have no new ideas?
I mean he did turn to Dan Wilson to fix it. I feel like that move is him conceding so far that he does not have an answer, why does he still have a job?
 

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Jerry's gaslighting. Hey Indy, they're a bottom half payroll, remember when Stanton lied to us and said he would spend money when the team had a window? How do you live with yourself supporting liars like that?
As someone above already remarked, that's the definition of gaslighting. Yeah, we're crazy for even thinking that there were big holes that needed to be filled in the lineup.
 
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They're betting on repeating last years September but throughout the entire season. That's it, really. No other options. The 2025 team will be a 2024 redo but with Dan and Edgar. I hope Dan grows this team some balls I want to see ejections, players standing up for themselves, and a road warrior mentality. They won't hit a bunch of home runs sadly.
 
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I had said in an earlier post that Genius Jerry would tell us that the key offensive acquisitions were made in 2024. I really believe him when he thinks the offense over the last 3 years was good. He's a complete moron. Been saying he needs to go since the day he unloaded Mark Trumbo for third string catcher Steve Clevenger. Ever since he's been stockpiling light hitting utility scrubs, fifth string catchers, pitchers with damaged arms, platoon combo's, washed up guys who had a good season 5 years ago & early on he was obsessed with soft tossers in the rotation. The guy is just below mediocre at his job. His art of Bull Shit-Ting is awful too.
 

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I had said in an earlier post that Genius Jerry would tell us that the key offensive acquisitions were made in 2024. I really believe him when he thinks the offense over the last 3 years was good. He's a complete moron. Been saying he needs to go since the day he unloaded Mark Trumbo for third string catcher Steve Clevenger. Ever since he's been stockpiling light hitting utility scrubs, fifth string catchers, pitchers with damaged arms, platoon combo's, washed up guys who had a good season 5 years ago & early on he was obsessed with soft tossers in the rotation. The guy is just below mediocre at his job. His art of Bull Shit-Ting is awful too.

Meh.. Jerry hasn't been doing a good job by any stretch. But like has already been repeated, the main problem is ownership. If we don't spend money to get decent talent, we are basically shuffling around B and C level players, hoping we can somehow compete with the big boys.
 
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Meh.. Jerry hasn't been doing a good job by any stretch. But like has already been repeated, the main problem is ownership. If we don't spend money to get decent talent, we are basically shuffling around B and C level players, hoping we can somehow compete with the big boys.
Franchises like Tampa, Milwaukee & Minnesota notoriously spend less than the Mariners, yet since Jerry the 🤡 DiBozo took over, those other three teams have all made the post season multiple times, to include Winning the Division & World Series appearances. The DiBozo the 🤡 led Mariners in 10 years have backed into the post season ONCE, in the first year of the extra Wild Card, which they "won" during the final week of the season. The alleged lack of money spent on payroll is not the main problem, it's Genius Jerry & his lateral at best trades, but mostly bad trades & his terrible free agent signings. The guy is obsessed with damaged arm pitchers, light hitting utility scrubs & 5th string catchers. That guy has acquired Jacob Nottingham AGAIN for about the 7th time, Cooper Hummel is next. Jerry is just plain bad at his job..... If that job was to build a World Series contender.
 

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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.
I can't hardly believe I finally looked at a thread in this forum (after not having the stomach for it after the end of last season) only to be greeted by that bullshit from DiPooPoo. Holy shit, here we go again.
 

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This is one of the worst run franchises in all of sports. It's sad, because this is one of the most prosperous areas in the country. But we have cheap owners who only care about profit. Little do they know if they won up here they'd make way more money.
 

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Jerry's gaslighting. Hey Indy, they're a bottom half payroll, remember when Stanton lied to us and said he would spend money when the team had a window? How do you live with yourself supporting liars like that?
I never said I liked Stanton and as for Dipoto he is held back by Stanton.

As for the window, how is that determined?
The future stars on offense haven't arrived yet from the minors.

You all want to be pissed?
Be pissed at MLB for not having a cap..
Small to mid-market teams cannot spend the way you like it.
The loss of network $$ hurt all but the major market teams.
 
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