Waxing (and waning) poetic about baseball. Toxicly stoic Mariners fan. Noted John Stanton Enabler. Chaos ball enjoyer. Prospect hugger. Dueness believer. ⚾✖️🌒
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HOLY SMOKES!
In honor of Rick Rizzs' retirement, we are proud to announce we have officially partnered with @TFKSeattle for our next fundraiser and giveaway!
Together, let's brighten the holidays for the young #Mariners fans in our community!
Donate: ahoybaseball.com/rick
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Very few managers if any pick their entire staff anymore. And most new hires inherit at least two or three staff members if not more already on staff. I think most people that take a manager job are pretty confident in their ability to lead people, even if they aren't the ones they chose.
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🚨ANNOUNCING🚨
To honor Rick Rizzs retirement from the #Mariners myself and the boys at @MojoMariner will be LIVE on Saturday December 5th from 11am-5pm PT to raise money for Toys For Kids!
Toys For Kids has helped hundreds of thousands of Washingtonian children with holiday gifts, sports equipment, scholarships, and more!
DONATION LINK IS LIVE AND WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR: gofund.me/ccb3816a5
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#Guardians manager Stephen Vogt on rumors of #Mariners being interested in him for their vacant manager job.
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Two members of the Astros’ 2022 coaching staff have emerged as serious candidates in the Mariners managerial search: Joe Espada and Jason Kanzler, who is currently the Cubs farm director. With @Ken_Rosenthal and @PJ_Mooney - nytimes.com/athletic/7711238…
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Andres Munoz stats in 2026:
ERA: 4.24
xFIP: 2.33
SIERA: 2.41
No reliever in baseball had a bigger difference in ERA and xFIP in 2026. I am not worried about Muny going forward
#seattlemariners #andresmunoz
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Mairon De La Rosa is one of the top 2027 international prospects.
He was set to sign with the Yankees until they dismantled their international scouting department, per @BenBadler.
Now he's in agreement with the Mariners.
More here: baseballamerica.com/stories/…
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The next time someone wants to lie to you and say that pitchers don't really throw harder today, and that it's just measurement changes, realize that is a lie and direct them to @jjcoop36's excellent breakdown on all of this:
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
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Ryan Sloan is the model's only prospect who grades out with 80 command and 60 stuff.
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Regarding these comments:
"Our culture needs a reset."
"Accountability is a word, unless you are accountable to a standard that is preset."
"Mariners TOLERATED too much negativity this year."
All of this sounds silly to the average fan, but most of the success I've had as a Director wasn't in technical implementations but rather culture development while selecting the right leaders/employees to uphold those cultural values.
It always sounds great until you have to enforce the culture, which is uncomfortable and genuinely not fun to do. But the values of the organization have to come before the aspirations of the individuals, which isn't an easy message to sell - and even tougher to uphold via discipline, firings, etc.
When the org succeeds, the individuals have to share in the success, which happens naturally in pro ball as per the original post I made - if your org develops pitchers better than the other orgs, you lose your coaches via poaching or you promote them to keep them. But you've gotta sell that vision from the beginning, otherwise it sounds like corporate BS.
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Nice summary of the #Mariners situation. Not to make excuses for them, but this particular problem is complicated:
"They need to get back to the things that they did in player development. Some of that development stopped/changed/were abandoned in the big league level..."
The Mariners had their coaches plundered in the offseasons, which is common when an org has success developing talent (happens all the time at Driveline and did when I was Dir. Pitching of the Reds, 2014 Astros, etc).
Driveline didn't handle this first wave of poaching well. We did a bad job trying to stem the tide with temporary measures, rather than accepting the reality of the situation and changing our entire structure to accommodate for this inevitable turnover by investing a lot into systems development and employee training.
It's likely Seattle found itself in a similar situation and tried to plug holes rather than holistically change. They're also one of the orgs that have Directors watching minor league results while coaching in the big leagues, which I've consistently opposed.
Being a big league coach OR minor league director is hard enough. Doing both is impossible. They're also very different jobs. An open secret is that most Directors of Pitching (and Pitching Coordinators) are simply biding their time until they get their shot as a big league coach. This isn't great for organizational health. Someone who is in charge of minor league talent and structure needs to be all-in on that and there should be a promotional pathway for them that is exclusive of being a significant part of the big league roster.
Developing minor league talent can be more important than big league success depending on the phase of the organization (in the Mariners case, this isn't true currently - but would be for orgs like the Cardinals, Rockies, Marlins, etc). As such, you can't have the Director looking upwards while being responsible for the farm system.
Anyway, just some words on the restructuring Seattle is about to undergo, one that's probably overdue. Better late than never.
#Mariners press conference takeaways
1) Dipoto doesn't want to get rid of the pitching guys, citing success of 2021-half of 2026. Doesn't want to get rid of guys on 3 month sample.
2) Says they will go outside the organization for new manager, need fresh ideas and fresh thoughts.
3) Pitching needs to get better at finishing at-bats, not just winning 0-0 and 1-1 counts.
4) "Our culture needs a reset." "We didn't beat ourselves for five years and that isn't what we did this year." "We tolerated an environment where we just didn't live up to our own standard, and that's where we need a reset."
5) On accountability: Accountability is a word, unless you are accountable to a standard that is preset. The bigger issue is the standard itself, and Dipoto took responsibility for that. Says he did an ineffective job at that.
6) Mariners TOLERATED too much negativity this year. Goes back to the standard. Dipoto again took responsibility for that.
7) Dipoto did not use injuries as an excuse. He thought the team just figured it would turn around at some point, didn't make it happen.
8) Not thinking about the CBA. Building out the roster, a very busy October-November is coming. Says team will be aggressive in filling holes. They will do an internal audit about why they can't get outside RHH hitters (sans Randy) to succeed.
9) Still believes in the SP. Very clear.
10) Believes in the bullpen, apologize to Bazardo and Ferrer for the heavy workloads. Says they need more depth in that group.
11) You can't be the worst defensive team in baseball. You need to be better prepared and in line with a process that leads to winning.
12) Piggyback situation worked, but Jerry regrets the lack of communication externally on things.
13) "Being a bad defender" is a choice.
14) Cal Raleigh clearly carries real standing in the organization, but he won't be part of interviews.
15) They need to get back to the things that they did in player development. Some of that development stopped/changed/were abandoned in the big league level. Have to get back to what it means to be a Mariner.
16) Dan Wilson's hiring was based on a 35-year interview with the Mariners. The team needed levity and trust with the players at the time. We didn't grow together.
#TridentsUp #Mariners #RefuseToLose
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The Mariners' season is all but dead. The case for/against major front office changes (A thread)...
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Boston Smith in 2025: 6th-round pick
Boston Smith in 2026: 2nd in MiLB in OPS (1.041)
More on the breakout season from the #Mariners prospect acquired at the Trade Deadline: atmlb.com/462WufW
ALT Boston Smith, in a white uniform and black hat, smiles while signing a baseball for young fans.
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Dan Wilson will probably will NOT be the Mariners manager after this season, per @ByMcCullough
(nytimes.com/athletic/7555697…)
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I think everyone is aware that offense is up across MiLB.
I don't think most are aware of how much it is up.
It's the highest run environment since the current MiLB system was formed in 1963. It's higher than any MLB season other than 1930.
Story:
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
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Our model is sold on Montes! Despite the clear contact concerns, Montes is an elite power bat who is also a prolific lifter, giving him tons of chances to do damage. His splits aren't great vs LHP, but at 21, he has a year of improvement ahead of him.
ALT Lazaro Montes — SEA, RF #8 Overall | #1 SEA Prospect Career Outcome Probabilities Contributor: 96% Regular: 96% Star: 93% Relative Stats (SD from League Avg.) Dev Spd: +1.57 Disc: +1.12 Avoid K: -0.92 Contact: +0.06 Gap Pwr: -0.04 HR Pwr: +2.83 Lift: +1.00 Career Outcome chart: Prime WAR per Season ranges from >0 to 5.0, with the 1-WAR “Contributor,” 2-WAR “Regular,” and 3-WAR “Star” benchmarks highlighted. Comp: Andy Pages, 2021.
Source: Lazaro Montes will join the Mariners in Boston and be called up when rosters expand on Tuesday.
A big bat and an even bigger personality, Montes is the Mariners’ No. 5 prospect and @MLBPipeline’s No. 56 overall.
@FrancysRomero was first on the news.