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I mean it hurts and it sucks, but my guess is Dee will move back to 2B where he is actually worthwhile offensively AND defensively and put Heredia in CF. Our offense even without Cano isn't the problem ... it's our Facking rotation outside of Paxton. And yeah you guys can laugh at Cano. I giggled heartily when Kendrys snapped his leg jumping on home plate.

And Paxton was the one we were most unsure about being a star out of the Hultzen/Walker/Paxton combo. Baseball is cruel.

Woo. My ass was clenching and I had to take a Klonopin but he did it! He really didn't like getting a no decision in his 16K game.

Offensively the best SS is a toss-up between Correa / Seager. Defensively the best player is Simmons. Best all around I'd say is Lindor.

You're right. Why do anything in Connecticut when you're close enough to Boston and NYC to go do things there. I'm really only here cause they pay me well and my girlfriend doesn't want to leave.

An Angels fan with a name of Griffey's Corner? I am confused.

Life can be poetic sometimes.

Says the guy who used the wrong there/they're/their above. ?

Have to wait and see there too. He's only had 2 drafts and his picks have been decent. Kyle Lewis looked like a steal and a upcoming star until his knee literally exploded. Dunno about Evan White ... glove first (albeit godly glove), first baseman. Those are his 1st round picks so far.

Shrug. Dipoto has really only done 2 things that have pissed me off so far. Trading Luiz Gohara for Drew Smyly (who then blew out his arm) and Tyler O'Neill for Marco Gonzales. Both of those trades involve prospects not yet in the MLB so I cannot really get as mad as I think I will be yet. I guess I could be pissed for trading Chris Taylor to the Dodgers, but Chris Taylor really looked like SHIT when he played for us. No power and struck out a ton ... goes to the Dodgers and then puts together a 21 HR season after never hitting more than 7 his entire minor league career.

Oh I do not. I actually referenced him on the Mariners subreddit the other day when discussing our long line of terrible first basemen.

Shrug. I don't hate anyone. It's just baseball. My boss. Yeah I hate him. And Chone Figgins. F*ck that guy.

Yes. The Mariners sub does hate the Angels. But they pretty much hate everyone due to all the general pessimism related to the past decade. The whole F*ck Mike Trout thing is really just a meme at this point so I wouldn't take that too seriously.

Eh, our farm has not been good for a while. Can't really decimate an already decimated farm.

I wouldn't blame the weather. It's really not that bad. It's obviously not southern california, but there are MANY worse places to live. Seattle itself is a beautiful city. Its the perennial bad ownership and bad decisions and bad seasons that have made us so butthurt. I wish I could chokeslam Bill Bavasi and Jack Zdurenzick through a table. Jury still out on Dipoto, but he has been keeping my rabidness at bay with the Haniger/Segura for Taijuan Walker trade. Dee Gordon has been a good trade too ... though he's been a little iffy in CF ... but has been great as a lead-off and on the bases.

I was assuming he was insinuating that I was one of the fans at the field booing Ohtani, as my boos in Connecticut would never be heard on the telecast or in the stadium .... ya know, the ones he was hearing. Usually I'm booing Scott Servais or Ben Gamel anyway.

I mean I'm an East Coast Mariner fan, so I feel the pain ... as I live it everyday ... but I don't think anything is going to be done to fix .... time zones. You either suck it up and stay up and watch the finish or you turn it off and go to bed and check it in the morning.

Jesus does anyone read the quote that I was replying to??? 15 hours ago, JustATroutFan said: And there was someone on here who said the Angels can't beat good teams. Mariners are a good team this year. It's SILLY that someone on your forum said the Angels can't beat good teams. Ya'll get defensive too much round here.

I'm in Connecticut, so that'd be pretty amazing if so.

That is silly. You guys are definitely good, but your bullpen looks like a real weak spot. But if I had a weak spot ... I'd want it to be in the bullpen of all things.

Name another Japanese position player that came over before Ichiro. And Lou, I'd never compare to the best player in baseball to Ichiro. Not even prime Ichiro. That wasn't what I was trying to do at all, so no, you're wrong. I'm happy Ichiro is gone as of now as he had no place on our roster. I've been banned from many a Mariner positive forum asking for him to be DFA'ed or retired. Ichiro was fun to watch. 10 years ago.

My bad. Lou used Ichiro's tOPS+ off BBREF originally to point out he wasn't an Angel killer. I hastily made a post just trying to make a point you can't cherry pick a single stat to say this player did this against this team and therefore he is bad. I wasn't even trying to directly compare Trout and Ichiro as you cannot do that. Either way they are both first ballot HoF'ers.

His march towards it has been as slow as his run to 1B. And no, I believe I speak for all of us, we do not. See ya smelly farts tomorrow.

Yeah that Facking Mike Trout guy only has a 96+ OPS against the Mariners. What a piece of shit.

Well no worries about Ichiro. His last game was apparently last night. Enjoy Seattle though!