Sam

Let's talk Mariners baseball.

[PTP Mariners @PTPMariners]

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[Sam @SorensSam]

Literally got a hit off a lefty yesterday. Play the hot hand. Always. Especially when the rest of the line up is struggling.

[Brady Farkas @RefuseToLosePod]

Luke Raley has a 42 OPS+ against lefties and a .182 lifetime batting average.

Be disappointed that Victor Robles is hurt and Refsnyder is away from the team, or be mad that ownership didn't greenlight spending on an everyday player like Kyle Tucker.

Luke Raley has never shown he can hit LHP, so I'm not surprised that he didn't get a chance to.

[Sam @SorensSam]

@PTPMariners I’m generally not a fan of Angie in the booth. But she is a great person and is good at many of the aspects of her work. Using AI is encouraged by all companies and corporations right now. I see nothing wrong here.

[Sam @SorensSam]

The Mariners are toast

[Sam @SorensSam]

This guy is not fighting the crusade he thinks he is fighting.

If he wants receipts, there a half dozen instances in the last few years of the Angels plunking Mariners hitters on or around the head.

Giving this guy a platform with this nonsense is a joke. #Mariners

[Brady Farkas @RefuseToLosePod]

More from the Ty Buttrey interview, in which he talks about the Mike Trout situation from this weekend and his subsequent tweets about it.

LISTEN:

https://t.co/wGXXLWyTKq

#Mariners #TridentsUp #RefuseToLose

[Sam @SorensSam]

@PTPMariners @tybuttrey_ Yeah, I would agree… but he’s not being a good human about it

[Sam @SorensSam]

Yeah let’s give the Barry Bonds treatment to a guy who hasn’t hit or been healthy in years.

This is not prime Mike Trout anymore. They’re just trying to pitch where he has holes in his swing.

[Foul Territory @FoulTerritoryTV]

Jo Adell says it's almost like Mike Trout is getting the Barry Bonds treatment with the way he's being pitched to.

"He changes the dynamic of the entire lineup."

[Sam @SorensSam]

Yeah, the strike zone changed because you were probably wrong before 🤷‍♂️

[Sam Blum @SamBlum3]

"They feel the strike zone has changed.”

I talked with 5 prominent/recently retired MLB umpires about ABS.

They have some thoughts, criticisms, and relayed the thoughts of the current umps they speak with to this day.

Read: https://t.co/zZqUr7FuYI

[Sam @SorensSam]

Why is making such a huge deal of a catcher getting a day off? My goodness people. Act like you’ve watched baseball before.

[Sam @SorensSam]

@TridentTrue Can’t wait for the Cal Raleigh pinch hit bomb.

[Sam @SorensSam]

Tweet of the year

[Ryan Divish @RyanDivish]

Maybe the MLB replay center had to subscribe to Apple TV really quick

[Sam @SorensSam]

@CPat11 Glad to see it has stuck

[Sam @SorensSam]

@RyanDivish They also have totally fumbled their merger with ESPN for us https://t.co/KeAWJwJnjU users. Got stuck in an endless loop of MLB to ESPN to MLB to ESPN customer service the other night when my auto-renewal didn’t auto-renew.

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

The show is about to begin.

[Sam @SorensSam]

Hey @MLBTV @mlb your customer service is awful and your merger with espn for https://t.co/MG0VSCwzKD has been a total disaster. What a money trap you’ve created and no loyalty to longtime customers.

[Sam @SorensSam]

@CPat11 Yeah, it made it worse for me… I didn’t think twice about it when it happened. Now it’s annoying.

[Sam @SorensSam]

@BenRanieri10 James Jones

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Over the last three years …

Player A: 366 games, .282/.351/.420, 117 wRC+, 7.5 fWAR

Player B: 355 games, .291/.333/.445, 116 wRC+, 8.0 fWAR

Player A is Brendan Donovan. Player B is Bo Bichette.

Seattle got a very good, underappreciated player who can fill a number of roles.

[Sam @SorensSam]

Condescending messaging to fans. Fans aren’t this dumb.

[Daniel Kramer @DKramer_]

As news broke on Eugenio Suárez signing with the Reds, Justin Hollander hinted why the Mariners haven't added another proven bat this winter.

"What we don't want to do is sign somebody who's older but not better. And we do believe in our young players."

https://t.co/09Xmrp8b3Y

[Jage @thejagepage]

Actual stated goals from the FO in November:

- Run it back ❌
- Add an Infielder ❌
- Payroll Starts where 2025 ended ❌

The off-season isn’t over, but when people get snippy about D, D+ grades - what’s your counter when the above goals were stated by the FO themselves?