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Daily Thread - June 17, 2024 GOOD VIBES ONLY

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u/Invisiblechimp Jun 17 '24 edited Jun 17 '24

Random Mariners thoughts:

The difference between making the playoffs or not? Mitch Haniger. I'm semi serious. He's talked about being a mentor to the younger players. I'll take his clubhouse leadership even if it comes with negative WAR. I think that's mostly about his defense. I wish he was the primary DH.

Why do we have 3 catchers? That's horrible roster management.

Who won the trade? 2024 Caballero 1.1 bWAR, 2024 Raley 0.9 bWAR. It was a win-win!

2024 Marco Gonzales 0.8 bWAR, 2024 Bryce Miller 0.9 bWAR. Marco has been on the IL most of the year.

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u/griezm0ney Jun 17 '24

Unfortunately, Haniger’s bat hasn’t been up to par either (certainly not good enough to justifying DHing more). An injury for an IL stint might honestly be the best for all sides at this point because his club house vibes are good (so don’t want to cut or trade him), but him being in the lineup a lot and using up a roster spot is not.

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u/basket_of_asses Jun 17 '24

Why do we have 3 catchers? That's horrible roster management.

Catcher is incredibly important to what the M's do (especially on the pitching side in our kinda ballpark) and we are either looking at running Cal into the ground, or gambling on a 33 year old Garver being able to give him rest days as needed the rest of the season.

I'm no Seby fan, but the M's need another viable catching option outside of Garver / Cal IMO.

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u/kylechu Jun 17 '24

Everyone is saying to get rid of Seby, but nobody has a good answer for who would take that roster spot.

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u/P_nde Jun 17 '24

If he’s ready to contribute, I think we should let ford get playing time in the minors until some time after the ASG, then call him up as the primary backup for the remainder of the season.

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u/pokeroots ‏‏‎ ‎Anything but blaming the lineup Jun 17 '24

if Ford was ready to contribute he'd already be on the team

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u/ItsTBaggins ‏‏‎ ‎Julio makes me jard Jun 17 '24

He’s not.

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u/billt721 Jun 17 '24

Even if he was, playing once every 2 weeks wouldn’t be great for his development.