Mariners, top 5 farm after all is said and done

[Docwaukee]

hmmm.  I wonder why the Mets would try to convince someone that the M's would have a top 5 farm after trading them two of their prospects.  

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

hmmm.  I wonder why the Mets would try to convince someone that the M's would have a top 5 farm after trading them two of their prospects.  

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Ender said:

Battered wife syndrome.

He seems to be treating his second wife worse. 

[2112]

It was probably DiPoto that told him this.

 

 

 

 

Twice.

[tdawg87]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

I’ll wait to hear from our resident expert.

Which one?

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Which one?

you know which oneb 

[tdawg87]

Just now, Lou said:

you know which oneb 

But what if it's Mega Martyr?

[Stradling]

You know which onelop

[tdawg87]

I win

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

I said but buster 

Butt buster.

[T.G.]

Mariners Farm...

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

With the ML team traded away the Mariners won't have their improved farm long, as they will be needed to fill holes on the 25 man roster that were just created by the trades that got them to Mariner's farm in the first place.

Edited November 30, 2018 by Ace-Of-Diamonds

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

With the ML team traded away the Mariners won't have their improved farm long, as they will be needed to fill holes on the 25 man roster that were just traded away.

[nate]

He will just trade them all for some shitty contracts anyway.

[kevinb]

So Dipoto has a horrible farm and a decent team and everyone makes fun of him. Then he starts trading assets to rebuild the farm faster and everyone makes fun of him. I sense a theme here.

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

So Dipoto has a horrible farm and a decent team and everyone makes fun of him. Then he starts trading assets to rebuild the farm faster and everyone makes fun of him. I sense a theme here.

yes.  you love Dipoto.  

[bloodbrother]

8 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

So Dipoto has a horrible farm and a decent team and everyone makes fun of him. Then he starts trading assets to rebuild the farm faster and everyone makes fun of him. I sense a theme here.

Yes, Dipoto isn't very good at running a team.

[Second Base]

On paper, these moves that Dipoto is making look really good.  That was never an issue with Dipoto led teams, they always looked good on paper.  But when it came time to play, every single one of them under-performed with the exception of 2014. 

Dipoto is fixing his farm system a lot faster than I thought he could, but he's doing it at the cost of his major league team, basically having a full on fire sale.  I mean he's eating 60 million dollars AND taking on bad contracts, just to get rid of Cano and is still only saving 25 million from it. 

And while building a good farm system can be an exciting venture, maintaining a top notch farm system is the key.  I don't think Dipoto can do that.  He likes to trade too much.  So any prospect capital Dipoto actually acquires, he's probably going to end up trading away, which will lead to this circumstance all over again. 

[mulwin444]

[mulwin444]

2 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Yes, Dipoto isn't very good at running a team.

 Right?!  Kind of been established over the course of 7 seasons/two franchises

[Inside Pitch]

21 hours ago, ettin said:

I actually think this may turn out to be a reasonably good trade for the Mariners. Navarez has a lot of good skills including above average defense. Only thing he may really suck at is pitch framing. Good OBP though and he is at that age where strength usually blooms (if it is going to at all).

I actually agree this could turn out well for them but for different reasons.  He's surehanded but stuff gets passed him and he's the second worst pitch framer in MLB last I checked and his CS% sat around 25% - he's not bad but hardly above average.... I also agree he's at the right age where it his power could improve.  His calling card is his ability to get on base.   So where I see this possibly turning out well is he may be another piece to move down the road.  

Edit: just saw FG has him at the lowest DRS among catchers....   No idea how his WAR hasn't taken a bigger hit... ISO?

Edited December 1, 2018 by Inside Pitch

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

I’ll wait to hear from our resident expert.

The farm last guy or?

[floplag]

15 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

The farm last guy or?

i wasnt aware we had one of those here, lol 

[Inside Pitch]

4 minutes ago, floplag said:

i wasnt aware we had one of those here, lol 

Yeah, you're pretty consistently unaware of things.  

[floplag]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

Yeah, you're pretty consistently unaware of things.  

ooh so funny.  actually not bad to be honest, still dickish, but not bad.