Mariner Talk Chat Forum

isn't there as great a likelihood of Carson getting rolled again by a defensive lineman as Dissly popping his Achilles again?

widening the investigation After the conclusion of owners meetings Thursday, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB will "investigate the Astros situation as thoroughly as humanly possible." The probe includes the team's firing of an assistant general manager during the World Series for clubhous...

and Walker has been a non factor for them, but they still made the playoffs the next season. looked at Walker, sort of funny to me, 0.1 bWAR, he pitched a single inning, the last game of the season

and my usual...SSS, football's 16 games to baseball's 162...luck really does play a part in a football season, your cluster luck

and he has a chip on his shoulder, couldn't get a scholarship, was a walk on at Arizona “That’s put a chip on my shoulder my whole career to prove that I could do those things every day,” said Kingery, now viewed as an advanced prospect on the fast track through the Phillies' farm system, which has ...

Kingerly didn't play any outfield in the minors that i see

don't know anything about Kingerly, seeing the Phillies played him all over the place last season, a lot in center field. He is supposed to be a second baseman i take it, Bowa saying if they would leave him at second he be a lot better. Again, I don't think the Mariners are stuck having to play Whit...

I am guessing its not Scott Boras

from a labor perspective its getting a lot of criticism... compt to Scott Kingerly Both players gave up all of their prime years — and potentially, their entire careers — to one contract before they were able to establish their market value with major league play. Trading the promise of your career ...

I think you are correct, there is a PR aspect to it, its like altering the course of the last few years, the wheeling and dealing, this is the new Mariners, long term commitment, but he does have to live up to it. I do see it as a fairly minimal investment for the signal it sends. Its like signing a...