A blind squirrel moment?Seattle or Bust wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:25 amThat is the first time I've seen Julio read a pitch in a long, long while.
Sky may really be falling 6/23 GT
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Nice inning from Woo there.
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Article on Julio, he's really aggressive this season, first pitch swinging 54% of the time, he's been fairly successful with it but that pretty much decides the at bat, his strikeouts are down but also his power
https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/se ... h-at-plateJulio Rodriguez deserves some credit here. Nobody wants to give him credit, but he deserves credit. He is trying to address a weakness in his own game, and he is trying to address a weakness in this teams game. He is trying to rectify a problem, a problem that we have all seen. The Mariners led baseball in strikeouts last season. They almost made baseball history for the most strikeouts in a single season. They got rid of guys like Teoscar Hernandez and Eugenio Suarez, supposedly, in order to help cut their strikeouts. Julio Rodriguez is trying to alleviate his own strikeout problem. He deserves some credit for that. This is a guy who is very clearly working
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I read that, thanks for pointing it out.
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It's funny when they show Seitzer in the dugout, I barely recognize him. In the late 80s my backup favorite team was the Royals, so when I think of Seitzer, I picture this:


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Mariner starting pitchers have been giving up a ton of HRs lately.