G-Snarls

f*** yes!!!!!

Bassitt out dueling Strider Yes!

Dat mustache too......

Over 15k/9 For a SP that's insane

My God the Strider strikeouts

Please win

Oakland A's starting rotation has a combined ERA of 7.88

We don't have any room in the OF right now anyway Keirmeier Springer Varsho Merrifield Maybe next year... or if there's a LOT bad injury luck

Know what's great? Having two above average catchers. I guess all things considered, my biggest concern is how well Kirk would hold up if/when Jansen has an extended IL stint and he has to catch a lot more games.

Yes they are both good at blocking. I shouldn't call that an advantage for Jansen.

He's built like a tight end

I just think Jansen is the better all around catcher. I think he's better at blocking, game calling and managing the pitching staff. (I grant there is no way to easily quantify this so it's somewhat subjective). Kirk will of course rack up more hits. But he's slow AF and I just don't think the overall defense is as good.

And he's only 26...

I might have to go to that game Damn Wonder how much tickets are

If I could only have one catcher on the team I'd pick Jansen Having Jansen and Kirk both is a nice luxury Moreno will probably turn into a very good defensive catcher who hits mostly singles. I'm fine with having traded him for 4 years of Varsho who I think will be very valuable during his tenure here.

Then again they're not that far about depsute being under 500. The Astros aren't running away this year. There are 4 teams who could win that division.

Yes true He could still hit 30 bombs Team wanted impact this season but they're actually doing worse than last year so far Meanwhile KK has put up triple the WAR for 5M less

Teoscar on pace to put up ~ 1.5 WAR at this pace for 14M isn't great even without trading Swanson and Macko to get him

They prob shoukdnt have thrown in Macko But they did....

That's exactly right This error resulted in an immediate loss so it's very dramatic Overall I feel he has gotten better defensively. Fewer bad throws and fewer times throwing when he just shouldn't. The latter seems like the biggest change.

True Unlike when Doc was traded and the Phillies negotiated an extension with him in advance

Holy s***.....

I sure hope so

Mlbtr Mariners’ Offseason Trade Acquisitions Off To Slow Starts May 11th, 2023 at 3:20pm CST • By Anthony Franco The Mariners mostly shied away from the free agent market on the heels of their drought-ending playoff berth. Instead, Seattle turned to trade to add to a lineup that had been a bit top-heavy in 2022. Their two most notable transactions took place within the first few weeks of the offseason: reliever Erik Swanson and pitching prospect Adam Macko were shipped to Toronto for slugger Teoscar Hernández, while the M’s dealt Jesse Winker and Abraham Toro to the Brewers for second baseman Kolten Wong. Both Hernández and Wong are in their final seasons before free agency. Milwaukee had exercised a $10MM club option on Wong before trading him in what amounted to a roughly cash-neutral deal considering they took back Winker’s salary. Seattle took on a decent chunk of 2023 money to accommodate Hernández, who’d earn $14MM for his final season of arbitration eligibility (compared to the $1.25MM Swanson is making in his first of three arbitration years). Hernández, in particular, could eventually net the club a compensatory draft choice by rejecting a qualifying offer and signing elsewhere next offseason. Yet both trades were primarily about bolstering the lineup in 2023 while avoiding the longer-term downside associated with a multi-year free agent deal. To this point, neither player has met Seattle’s expectations. Hernández is sitting on a .215/.260/.396 batting line over 154 plate appearances. That’s nowhere close to the .283/.333/.519 line he’d compiled between 2020-22 to pick up a pair of Silver Slugger awards and down-ballot MVP finishes. His raw slash stats always seemed likely to dip somewhat with the move from Rogers Centre to T-Mobile Park. This has been a far more significant drop-off than is solely attributable to park factors and Hernández is performing worse on the road than he is in Seattle. Hernández has popped seven home runs, putting him on a 27-homer pace over 600 plate appearances. He’s still barreling the ball up and making hard contact when he puts the ball in play. The middle-of-the-order form he’d shown for years in Toronto still looks to be there. Yet his plate discipline has been rough thus far, resulting in a career-worst 3.2% walk rate and a massive 35.1% strikeout percentage.

Schneider getting roasted on FAN 590 for pinch hitting Kirk for KK