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Can we just marvel at this gem of sweet baby Lou on the Seattle Pilots before they became the Brewers? What a stud.

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@bluetoughguy @EverettRockford @RefuseToLosePod That's not true at all. With the right trade package there are plenty of good controllable fits for the Mariners that are sub 10m.

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🚨 SUPER HARD PASS 🚨

His 26% SO Rate in NPB translates to like 30-34% MLB.

Average defender in NPB which will be a negative OAA in MLB

He's super vulnerable to high velo pitchers.

He slashes like .221/.294/.375 75 wrc+ vs LHP.

15-18AAV plus like a 20% fee to buy him out?

He's essentially an expensive Asian Luke Raley 😂

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@MarinersGlaze

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"Can you trade for an all-star infielder?"

Geraldo Perdomo is literally an All-Star shortstop entering his age-27 season who just put up a .370 OBP with +16 OAA defense.

​Brice Turang, Maikel Garcia, and Otto Lopez are all 26–27 and under multi-year team control.

Nobody is talking about signing 35-year-old DH castoffs; I'm talking about trading surplus pitching for prime-age everyday starters.

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Whoa 🤯 😂 If Chris Antonetti traded Steven Kwan for a platoon bat with a 30% K rate and our #14 prospect, he’d be fired before the press release finished printing.

​Arozarena was a mid-season salary dump when Randy was batting .211. Cleveland is trying to win the division next year; they aren't giving away their heartbeat leadoff hitter for Luke Raley.

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The 1996 Seattle SuperSonics weren’t just another team Jordan beat in the Finals.

They were ELITE.

64–18.
No. 1 seed in the West.
38–3 at home.
No. 2 defense in the NBA.
No. 2 in SRS.
Gary Payton: DPOY + All-NBA.
Shawn Kemp: All-NBA.

Then came the playoffs:

Swept Hakeem and the defending champion Rockets, 4–0.

Beat the 60-win Stockton/Malone Jazz, 4–3.

Won the Western Conference.

And even after falling behind Chicago 3–0, they fought back to 3–2 before the 72-win Bulls finished them in Game 6.

That wasn’t weak competition.

That was a 64-win powerhouse running into a 72-win dynasty.

There are levels to this.

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@ScottEnlow @RandomPatriot_ What a bunch of retards.

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@RET_423 Do you even remember why you showed up after an hour and a half wait. Was it because the stop sign on Maple was covered by a tree branch?

Jesus, you maga retards just find any reason to whine.

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@MarinersONTap What if they choose a great manager but he's stuck this lineup:

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If the Mariners hired me tomorrow...

Donovan 3B
Raleigh C
Canzone RF
Julio CF
Arroyo 2B
Naylor 1B
Raley/Davis LF
Montes? FA signing? DH
Young SS

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Wildest/worst potential lineup I've seen all off-season.

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If the Mariners hired me tomorrow...

Donovan 3B
Raleigh C
Canzone RF
Julio CF
Arroyo 2B
Naylor 1B
Raley/Davis LF
Montes? FA signing? DH
Young SS

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If the Mariners hired me tomorrow...

Donovan 3B
Raleigh C
Canzone RF
Julio CF
Arroyo 2B
Naylor 1B
Raley/Davis LF
Montes? FA signing? DH
Young SS

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@BrashFan *bad

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@BrashFan This should be, "if the Mariners fired me tomorrow" type of lineup 😂 it's soooo had my brother

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@BrashFan Let's revisit this

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😂 😂 😂 you right, you right...

I thought AI would summerize my data correctly and it didn't. I have this model pretty dialed in but it certainly shafted me there.

I have so many metrics gates and season spans incorporated inside this model, I really should triple check it every time but for the sake of conversation in motion I just winged it.

I'm still not double checking it 😂 I'm just saying now out these guys in your own "big board" of targets.

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@DangeRoss74 @BrashFan We're gonna have 25-30M this off-season and we have decent prospects we can trade or aquire in free agency proven bats and +OAA infield. This lineup rolls the dice on rookies and lacks any depth 😂

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@chialinalex @BrashFan Alex,

Who do you have on your target board for FA or trade? Imagine we only have 25-30 and some protected prospects.

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@BrashFan I just made this little AI infographic to show what I was talking about.

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Cash "float" in baseball terms takes into account all those dynamic variables. So 25m is conservative even with arbs. We have plenty even without ownership throwing some more in.

I agree with your critique but you are missing so many players that are doing some of what I think you're talking about even when considering park factor variables.

Geraldo Perdomo
Mauricio Dubón
Javier Sanoja
Maikel Garcia

These are probably trade/FA acquisitions with minimal prospect loss.

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I don't mind that either but Mariners aren't known for developing bats. Our model should be trading some of prospect depth at pitching/batting to teams who can develop them for controllable proven position players who can jump into the lineup tomorrow and produce. I'm tired of Jerry's type of platoons... There is a far better way to rotate, rest and use analytics but it starts with having more versatile player depth.