Mariners 2018/19 offseason thread...

[KitsapGuy]

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[Bobblehead]

Whats the point.. if only to have more trade bait.
Who are they trying to fool? Get it done, trade him, trade Hani.. lets get a great Farm system, get some #1 picks and build.

 

[Uncle Si]

Whats the point.. if only to have more trade bait.
Who are they trying to fool? Get it done, trade him, trade Hani.. lets get a great Farm system, get some #1 picks and build.

Bit bitter... at 27, he will hit his stride as a major league pitcher in 2020, the season they believe they will be competing in.

Its another asset for the future.. and a promising one

 

[Atradees]

Whats not to like? This is a great get.
We are not trading this player.
How will he do in the pros?
Didnt think we would get him. Nice move Dipoto.

They are addressing pitching. It looks great on paper.

Gonzales
Kikuchi
Hernandez
Leake
LeBlanc
Sheffield
Dunn
Swanson
Batista future close with 100 mph heat

lets trade Hernandez for Sonny gray and eat 15 million or something. Dipoto is video gaming MLB....

 

[Uncle Si]

The structure of the deal is innovative as well. Its essentially 2 deals. 3 year/46 million with a player option for a 4th year plus another 4 year club option. Not a 4th year but a whole other 4 year deal the club can exercise at year 3.

 

[Atradees]

Yes, a deal that doesn't sink the organization.

 

[therealjohncarlson]

Whats the point.. if only to have more trade bait.
Who are they trying to fool? Get it done, trade him, trade Hani.. lets get a great Farm system, get some #1 picks and build.

Bit bitter... at 27, he will hit his stride as a major league pitcher in 2020, the season they believe they will be competing in.

Its another asset for the future.. and a promising one

Hmm if we are seriously competing in 2020 ill eat my hat sir

 

[Bobblehead]

LOL.. they signed Ackley.. to a minor league contract.. for the future I guess.

 

[West TX Hawk]

LOL.. they signed Ackley.. to a minor league contract.. for the future I guess.

Why oh why?? He likely lingers in Tacoma as he hasn’t been in the bigs in 3 years. Coupled with Jerry being open to carrying Ichiro on the 25 man post Japan, our rebuild and direction this year is getting stranger and stranger.

 

[IndyHawk]

LOL.. they signed Ackley.. to a minor league contract.. for the future I guess.

Why oh why?? He likely lingers in Tacoma as he hasn’t been in the bigs in 3 years. Coupled with Jerry being open to carrying Ichiro on the 25 man post Japan, our rebuild and direction this year is getting stranger and stranger.

This guy again?One of the big reasons why we couldn't hit when we had great pitching.
He is nothing but a scrub..

 

[Uncle Si]

Minor league deal...

 

[getnasty]

Signing Ackley is the exact opposite of what they have been doing? Weird move.

 

[KitsapGuy]

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[Atradees]

Mariners sound high on this guy. Anyone ever heard of him?

 

[KitsapGuy]

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[Uncle Si]

Decent signing. Pitching needed...

As it stands now the Ms have a 168 million dollar payroll for 2019, which is near a club record. 63 million of that is Seager, Encarnacion and Felix.

But... the majority of the young roster is signed through 2021 and 43 million off the books by years end with Encarnacion and Felix. Seager on the books through 2022.

2020 will be an interesting off season

 

[IndyHawk]

Decent signing. Pitching needed...

As it stands now the Ms have a 168 million dollar payroll for 2019, which is near a club record. 63 million of that is Seager, Encarnacion and Felix.

But... the majority of the young roster is signed through 2021 and 43 million off the books by years end with Encarnacion and Felix. Seager on the books through 2022.

2020 will be an interesting off season

I don't see $97 million around those three..Something is not right..
They must be still be paying Cano after trade ect

 

[Uncle Si]

63 million...

 

[DJrmb]

63 million...

I think what Indy was referring to was the remaining 97 million after those guys you mentioned. Who is all that money going to? Cano must be a big chunk of that...

 

[Uncle Si]

63 million...

I think what Indy was referring to was the remaining 97 million after those guys you mentioned. Who is all that money going to? Cano must be a big chunk of that...

Sportrac has the Ms salary at 140 mill, including 5 mill to Cano.

Poster on lookout landing has a spreadsheet that has it 168 million (current 40 man roster). so a disconnect somewhere

Edit: Sportrac doesnt have a lot of new player salaries listed