@luke_arkins@BrockHuard Cole Young can’t hit this year. He couldn’t make the playoff roster while Polanco did and started at 2nd Base during the playoff run.
@BrockHuard@Mariners If you do think Cole Young is better because of defense, why did he not play during the playoffs? Polo shined and Cole sat on the bench with hitting stats in the same ballpark. Cole has potential but to ask if he is the best 2nd baseman on the Mariners in the past decade is wild
@FunkytownGotcha@BrockHuard@Mariners Not good, but also been injured all year. What does that have to do with what Brock said? Polo was literally better last year and it’s not close. If Cole Young can start to hit it’s a different conversation.
@BrockHuard@Mariners Defense doesn’t matter if you can’t hit. It’s a nice cherry on top of a good player, but when you hit the way Cole has thus far it doesn’t do much to help a team win consistently. Are you trying to say Cole Young this year is already better than Polo last year because of defense?
@hachtel24@BrockHuard@Mariners What’s your point? Brock said “Best Mariner 2B since…” and we had a better one last season. Convenient to leave out that Polanco has been hurt the entire season this year too.
This fucking team was put together primarily through advanced laptop analytics and a bunch of MIT fucking nerds who have never played a game of baseball in their lives, who are convinced that playing platoon splits and prioritizing the “three true outcomes” are the best ways to build a roster.
They don’t believe in bunting, situational hitting, or any core fundamentals that winning baseball teams do. They don’t practice it. They don’t incorporate it.
You don’t play baseball through a fucking laptop, and the 2026 Seattle Mariners should be enough of a reason to burn this RIDICULOUS fucking playbook.
There’s a reason the Tampa Bay Rays are the best team in baseball right now, and the Seattle Mariners will be out of contention in approximately 20 days.