Seahaaaawks":1yoe5fzh said:
Quite the offensive performance our boys have put up so far this road trip. Doesn't matter if our starting pitchers and bullpen threw a 1-2 run ball game cause the offense can't score. The mariners are cursed. There is no doubt anymore. Softy on KJR 950am Seattle said the other day he thinks that Safeco is built on an Indian burial ground. Made me laugh and I agree. Chris Taylor is hitting great for the Dodgers. Montgomery has a WS ring. Trumbo lead the AL in HRs last year... the list goes on. CURSED I SAY!!!!
Eh, I have a hard time believing that curse stuff. I do however believe in bad general managers and bad staff. Jerry Dipoto is just bad. Bad, bad, BAD. When you really stop to think about it, with all his wheeling and dealing, what trades have REALLY improved this team? He's traded for Miley, Karns ( Karns was the centerpiece of that deal), Gallardo, and Smyly. I'd say that's a brutal 0-4 on starting pitcher trade attempts. He did somewhat redeem himself with recognizing the Miley blunder by flipping him straight up for Miranda. I'm not sure how to feel about the Arizona trade. Segura and Haniger are nice, but they've both missed a decent amount of time this year. I hated that Taijuan had to be shipped to aquire them. I felt like he and Paxton were foundational guys for the rotation going forward. Two young guys who would be here for a long, long time. Now the rotation is old and decrepit. I wasn't really a big Chris Taylor guy, but wow, what a bad trade that was. Zach Lee never even put on a Mariners uniform. He was awful in Tacoma. Then of course you have the Montgomery and Trumbo trades. The Vidal Nuno trade (Nuno is having a rough year, but he was more important to the M's than Ruiz). Getting rid of Sucre was another bad move. He'd probably be the everyday catcher right now. He's looking good in Tampa Bay. Just so many trades and transactions, and this team is just getting worse. It's depressing. And since I'm already on a roll, how sad is Taylor Motter right now? This time last month he was hitting a healthy .320. Now he's down to .200. He looks like another one month Mariner wonder. Shame on us to think he was the real deal. I do partly blame Servais for taking Motter's hot hand away for a struggling Danny Valencia when he returned from injury, though.
All in all, Dipoto, Servais, Stottlemyre, Edgar..... they're all a big, big problem. And until this team is under new leadership, I can't see how maintaining a winning squad is possible.
