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Which wild card front office do you most believe in?  

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  1. 1. Which wild card front office do you most believe in?

    • Houston Astros (led by Jeff Luhnow)
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    • New York Yankees (led by Brian Cashman)
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    • Chicago Cubs (led by Theo & Jed)
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    • Pittsburgh Pirates (led by Neal Huntington)
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While I don't agree with some of his moves, it's not really his fault, almost everyone of his players underperformed this year (aside from Cruz)... the Mariners were supposed to be a lot better, particularly this year.
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Sammy225 FCL Blue Jays

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And now that it looks like Cano is starting to regress a little bit (2 WAR guy) that contract is going to start to look like an albatross.
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And now that it looks like Cano is starting to regress a little bit (2 WAR guy) that contract is going to start to look like an albatross.

 

It will be eventually. But he's not gonna be a 2 WAR player the next few years. He'll be much better than that for a while most years.

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It will be eventually. But he's not gonna be a 2 WAR player the next few years. He'll be much better than that for a while most years.

 

He is not going to be the 5 WAR guy that he used to be though. I don't think he will ever get back to that mark.

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Yeah, that's what I mean. The city will lose the franchise is what I should have said, derp.

 

Especially when MLB finally comes to its sense and declares Tropicana Field unsuitable for baseball and forces relocation on the team. Why haven't they done it yet? No way this team reaches the end of its lease..

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Mariners fire Zduriencik lol. How that very stupid man kept his job for so long is beyond me. What a trainwreck his tenure was.
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He is not going to be the 5 WAR guy that he used to be though. I don't think he will ever get back to that mark.

 

What do you think of Tulo?

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Mariners fire Zduriencik lol. How that very stupid man kept his job for so long is beyond me. What a trainwreck his tenure was.

 

Granted, but many oddsmakers had Mariners pegged as playoff and even World Series favorites this year. Is it really his fault all of his players underperformed?

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How low will the attendance be tonight? Last night was 9,205 (is that a record low for the Rays?)

 

That's a HR at Rogers Centre and 28 other ballparks.. but MLB won't rule the Trop unsuitable for baseball.. it's hits like this that make me wonder why they haven't relocated the Rays yet?

 

And I expect MLB will be looking at this.. and this should be the hit that forces MLB to rule Tropicana Field no longer suitable for baseball.

 

Not many people saw Sano's "double" that should've been a HR.. they drew only 28,000+--the ENTIRE series. In comparison, the Jays are expected to see 40K+ tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.. and if that's not bad enough, the Twins AAA affiliate in Rochester outdrew a Rays game:

 

 

Especially when MLB finally comes to its sense and declares Tropicana Field unsuitable for baseball and forces relocation on the team. Why haven't they done it yet? No way this team reaches the end of its lease..

 

I think you've made your point.

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Granted, but many oddsmakers had Mariners pegged as playoff and even World Series favorites this year. Is it really his fault all of his players underperformed?

 

This is the first year of his 7-year tenure where they were expected to be good, and it was largely on the strength of an old, expensive core (Cano, Felix, Kuma, Cruz). And they still sucked. I don't think he deserves credit for punting the future to have one team in 7 years projected to be decent.

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This is the first year of his 7-year tenure where they were expected to be good, and it was largely on the strength of an old, expensive core (Cano, Felix, Kuma, Cruz). And they still sucked. I don't think he deserves credit for punting the future to have one team in 7 years projected to be decent.

 

Good point! Though I still think he had a playoff caliber team this year (it just didn't work out).

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This is the first year of his 7-year tenure where they were expected to be good, and it was largely on the strength of an old, expensive core (Cano, Felix, Kuma, Cruz). And they still sucked. I don't think he deserves credit for punting the future to have one team in 7 years projected to be decent.

 

The king is old? Take that back!

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The king is old? Take that back!

 

He is old for his age. He has been pitching heavy innings since he was 20 years old. Never under 190 innings.... That is going to take a toll on any pitcher.

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He is old for his age. He has been pitching heavy innings since he was 20 years old. Never under 190 innings.... That is going to take a toll on any pitcher.

 

Understood but he hasn't broken down yet so I'll give him the benefit of doubt.

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Oh the comments... How are we in 2015 and people don't know that The Onion is satire?

 

How did Zduriencik hold his job as a GM for so long without any clue or understanding about modern statistics?

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We need someone to do the same for the Jays and RC.

 

But instead of a trail of debris, it's a bunch of gaping holes in the LF bleachers from repeated bombing.

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We're not winning the division folks. Let's have our eyes on the 1st WC for homefield. Go Angels.

 

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tbt

 

Going to go ahead and defend him this one time...

 

It wasn't very realistic to say we would win the division on July 22. Fangraphs had our division odds on that date as 11.4 %. We didn't have Price, Tulo, Revere, etc. yet. At least he was looking at the WC, there's still hope for him yet.

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Going to go ahead and defend him this one time...

 

It wasn't very realistic to say we would win the division on July 22. Fangraphs had our division odds on that date as 11.4 %. We didn't have Price, Tulo, Revere, etc. yet. At least he was looking at the WC, there's still hope for him yet.

 

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(Rumor) Apparently Vin Scully is about to announce his retirement.

 

 

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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