Jason's new fav player

[Captain 97]

Here, you'll like this, a fan piece on Dave Cameron and what he brings to the Mariners. Seems he was behind creating the Rays interest in Williamson to put together the three way trade

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seat ... er/1842560

So at least we'll know who's to blame.

Probably the worst hire the Mariners ever made. Dave Cameron is like an even more bitchy Shannon Drayer.

As long as people are ok with another JP Crawford, they won't be disappointed with Donovan.

In my opinion, he's been sold to the fans as a bigger piece than that.

If fans were told when Donovan was acquired that he profiles as a JP Crawford-level bat, I think we would've heard collective groans.

But people see that OPS that's 40 points higher than JP's and ignore everything they know about T-Mobile and think it'll just transfer over.

Not this guy. I even expect an initial slump that makes his first year drag, like Jorge Polanco did, and like most players who come to Seattle do.

Again, I hope you guys are right! But I strongly doubt it.

Seems like you are working really hard to cherry pick some stats. Donovan has a career OPS+ of 117 and JP is at 103. Donovan has been at 114 or above all 4 years in MLB. JP has only been above 114 once in 9 seasons and has 5 years below 100.

[bpj]

Here, you'll like this, a fan piece on Dave Cameron and what he brings to the Mariners. Seems he was behind creating the Rays interest in Williamson to put together the three way trade

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seat ... er/1842560

So at least we'll know who's to blame.

Probably the worst hire the Mariners ever made. Dave Cameron is like an even more bitchy Shannon Drayer.

As long as people are ok with another JP Crawford, they won't be disappointed with Donovan.

In my opinion, he's been sold to the fans as a bigger piece than that.

If fans were told when Donovan was acquired that he profiles as a JP Crawford-level bat, I think we would've heard collective groans.

But people see that OPS that's 40 points higher than JP's and ignore everything they know about T-Mobile and think it'll just transfer over.

Not this guy. I even expect an initial slump that makes his first year drag, like Jorge Polanco did, and like most players who come to Seattle do.

Again, I hope you guys are right! But I strongly doubt it.

Seems like you are working really hard to cherry pick some stats. Donovan has a career OPS+ of 117 and JP is at 103. Donovan has been at 114 or above all 4 years in MLB. JP has only been above 114 once in 9 seasons and has 5 years below 100.

Guess we'll see how actual stats versus "park-adjusted" stats play out when the park is actually adjusted to T-Mobile.

Even Robbie Cano's OPS saw a significant drop after coming to Seattle. Not much chance Donovan is unaffected imo.

[D-train]

By all accounts Donovan was sought after. This wasn't Dipoto dumpster diving. I think it should be noted he landed that trade against some competition including the Astros.

"In another sign that the Houston Astros are trying to lessen their infield surplus, the team had serious discussions about a three-way trade in which they would have sent Isaac Paredes to Boston and acquired utilityman Brendan Donovan," Rome and Rosenthal wrote. "Donovan ultimately went from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Astros’ American League West rivals, the Seattle Mariners. The Red Sox, too, were shut out. Not only did they fail to land Paredes in the three-team deal, but a parallel attempt to acquire Donovan also sputtered, people familiar with the conversations said

Why would you bring up Dumpster diving and Donovan.

[D-train]

funny Donovan had a .720 OPS at home last season and .834 on the Road. JP had a .751 OPS at T Mobile in 2025

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Donovan's bigger issue is hitting lefties than I think T Mobile will be....

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Robles now at .094/.241

Raley 3-4 with a Bomb now at .278/.866 but of course they will platoon them.

The battle for BU catcher is INTENSE!

Garver: .105/.366

Knizner: .125/.359

Whoever gets there OPS over .400 wins!!!! What a fucking joke.

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Our big BP addition Ferrer now has a 11.12 ERA.