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Wrong. Leonys Martin is his best move. So far ... plenty of time to change. (Signing Dae Ho Lee and dumping Jesus Montero is a close 2nd) Trumbo is nothing special. Yes, all we got is a backup catcher for him but whatever, no guarantee he'd do for us what he's doing for Baltimore. Sure he has 17 HRs now but I bet you he ends the season around .300 OBP just like usual. We've played well against the good teams we HAVE faced. We're 5th in OBP. 1st in HRs. 4th in runs scored. (All of MLB) The offense is not fake. The starting pitching has been the problem.

True they are bad, but to come back from that large of a deficit late in a game is still something. The guy who gave up 4 of the runs had a sub 1 ERA prior to tonight. Watch that half inning ... some guys put up some DAMN good at-bats. Ya curmudgeon!

I can't fucking even right now.

This game in San Diego is fucking NUTTY. San Diego was winning 12-2 at one point. M's score 5 in the 6th and 6 7 9 in the 7th. 9-10 10-11 11-13 RISP. 42 MINUTE HALF INNING.

When Texas loses, the Mariners must also lose. This is the way it seemingly has been for a while now.

I wouldn't say he has made it up to their tier yet .... but its possible ... and if he isn't he is at the top of the tier right below them.

No way was that 491 ft .... sure it was crushed but not almost 500 ft.

Nick Vincent and Mike Montgomery have been pretty steady this season ... I wouldn't say bullpen management is horrid ... minus Peralta (but we have several relievers on the DL). Edit : Annnnnnnd we win on by FAR the best Dipoto pick-up hitting a walk off 2 run HR! LEONNNNYSSSSSSSSS.

5-1 Road Trip. 18-7 on the Road. Took 2 out of 3 from the Royals, Rays and Orioles .... and shamefully swept by you all. 9 games above .500 .... 1 game back of best record in AL. And in comes Oakland, Twins and Padres. There aren't a ton of holes in this Mariners team. Wade Miley has been serviceable. Leonys Martin has been steal of the century from Texas. Iannetta has been serviceable. Nick Vincent and Cishek have been good in the bullpen. I can't really be pissed at Dipoto for anything. If you guys could sweep the Rangers I would deeply appreciate it.

He is underrated? When I see other teams discuss the Angels it's always .... Trout, Calhoun, Old Man Pujols ... and then others.

Nah he was over 100 pitches. And he already has control and velocity problems this year ... so yeah. More skewering the bullpen and offense this series. I am sure Felix will see Hector in the HoF.

Servais is not a smart man. Who would have thought a 40 year old relievers lucky breaks would eventually end? Not this Mariner fan. Not me nooooo way. I don't know why some managers make millions.

Fuck Aoki. D Tier Ichiro playing asshole. Negative WAR on the season .... not surprised. Oh well. Onto tomorrow. Not pumped. 12 LOB. Bases loaded how many times??? How many runs off it???? Gaughhhhhhhh.

I wouldn't get your hopes up as they are both Mariner farm system wash outs. As was Ji-Man Choi .... and well ... yeah.

And Cano being a god damn boss this season.

Me neither.

Annnnd Nintendo sells its majority stake. This is nothing but good for the future of the Mariners.

Interesting strategy. Not a single pitch to Iannetta was a strike.

"As I sit here writing this edition of Foe Fodder on Wednesday at 4PM, the M's are off to a 5-8 start through their first 13 games, which means they're on pace to suck. " Man I hate to wonder what you guys are on pace for.

You guys officially gave Wilhelmsen an ERA. I AM DISAPPOINT!

Cano hits his 3rd HR in his 3rd game. Took him until June 22nd to hit 3 last season. I think Andy Van Slyke's comments might have pissed him off in the offseason .... as well as the lingering injuries being gone.

Know you guys don't care but Iannetta (who threw many swears) was just intentionally beaned by former Mariner pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen (Ejected) who is now a Ranger .... benches briefly cleared as the M's have destroyed the Rangers in the 8th.

Outside I believe.

I bet you Cano has a strong bounceback season after all his injury shit last year. Maybe not defensively, but definitely an improvement on offense.

**** projections. I say this as a Mariner fan. Look where we were projected last year. Look what happened. Same with the Nationals. It's all bullshit. Let the game (season) play itself out. And why are the Royals projected so low? Did I miss something with them? Are they very different from the team that won the WS going into 2016? There is no way the Mariners are worse than the A's and I honestly do think objectively that the M's have a better team than the Angels this year. You say the M's replaced B level talent with more B level talent when that just isn't true. I feel we replaced C and D level talent with B level talent. We will actually have defenders in the outfield for the first time in many years. Adam Lind alone is a MASSIVE upgrade over what we got out of 1B last season. Ianetta could have the same season he had last year for you guys and he would have been by far our best catcher. Cano isn't going into the season coming off of a broken foot ... or hopefully dealing with a hernia for the majority of it. Ketel Marte at SS could be a huge surprise to folks also. And now we have starting pitching depth we didn't have previously. Our bullpen is a little shaky though ... but they generally are always prone to volatility. This team is better as a whole than the one that was projected to win the AL West in 2015.