Espada didnt get the SF job, Kapler to SF?
Espada didnt get the SF job, Kapler to SF?
wRC+:
Mar/Apr: 133
May: 100
June: 115
July: 163
August: 154
Sept/Oct: 124
I don't think it's really accurate to say he "wore down." his 124 wRC+ in Sept/Oct was higher than his May/June, and right around his opening month. Having two monster months in between doesn't make having just a really solid month wearing down. he also had a 18.3% K rate in Sept/Oct, his lowest of any month.
using a 5 game playoff sample is useless.
doesn't seem he wore down at all.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
I mean he was nursing a bruised hip at the end of the season, but yeah I agree I don't see the wear down. Even if that were true, properly resting these guys throughout the season at least once or twice a month (like what should have happened in 2019) helps to alleviate that concern.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
maybe AA should focus on players who do well in October
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I don't think giving Newk one more shot at a rotation spot in the spring is a bad idea - AA's not likely going to sign or trade for more than one more SP, so what's the harm in giving Wright and Wilson a bit more competition? Maybe being told that this is his last chance to be a starter triggers something, maybe not. If he struggles again, you don't feel badly about not giving him that last chance after he's shown so much improvement in the pen - and he can't have anything against AA and the staff if/when they put him there for good. He made it known he'd like one more chance, and he's done what he needed to do to deserve that chance - how many times were most people (myself included) screaming for Folty to be converted into a late-inning weapon?
I don't know that I buy AA's statement about standing pat with the pen as it currently stands though - particularly if Newk wins the #5 spot. I think they're more than happy with the RH options after bringing O'Day back, but are they really comfortable with Minter, Dayton, and Davidson as the only LH options in the pen? Have they made the decision to convert Davidson to a reliever without even giving him a chance to start? If Newk wins a spot and keeps it, are they going to use Muller out of the pen in 2021? I can certainly understand them not chasing a big name or higher-salaried LHRP in a trade or as a free-agent, but there are quite a few relatively stable options available that should be able to be had on one-year, inexpensive deals - even if you just want them to fill the Blevins LOOGY role while utilizing Minter and Dayton as your go-to lefties.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Rosenthal's recent article on The Athletic says we'd lose our third highest pick if we signed a QO free agent.
Didn’t the 3rd quarter article talk about revenue sharing as being part of our increased revenue. I am lazy to go check.
Coppy
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Mitch Haniger is drawing trade interest.
Haniger's season ended in early June this past season due to a ruptured testicle and later a back ailment, but he's expected to be fully healthy for the start of spring training. Rosenthal says that the Mariners "are open to trading Haniger," who will turn 29 next month and who has three years of control remaining. It no doubt would take a healthy package to acquire Haniger, who batted .285/.366/.493 with 26 home runs and 93 RBI in 2018 while making the All-Star team.
Id certainly rather give up prospects for whats probably Hanigers peak, than sign a mediocre OF option.
Ivermectin Man
Mariners are so stupid. Trading Haniger last off-season probably gets them close to 100 million in surplus value. That's multiple top 50 overall prospects if they targeted the right team. Now, a year closer to FA and coming off an injury plagued season with a mediocre offensive showing, they might be lucky to get 1 Top 50 overall prospect and a back end Top 100 guy. He probably has somewhere around 50-60 million in surplus value. May be lower depending on how teams value his age 31 season.
I don't see us getting involved to be honest.
Maybe, but he definitely wasn’t the same guy the last month of the season and playoffs as he was most of the year. The Cardinals series likely would have gone differently if he was.
Either way....I really like him and hope he is back...just not for crazy money and/or years.