Mariners confident their rebuild is working

[Petert]

Curious - is the claim of having a ‘top 10’ farm system corroborated anywhere else, or is that just license ?

[Donn Beach]

bleacher report has them at eight i think

[D-train]

Curious - is the claim of having a ‘top 10’ farm system corroborated anywhere else, or is that just license ?

fg has us 8th

https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2019/7/2 ... -valuation

[bpj]

Curious - is the claim of having a ‘top 10’ farm system corroborated anywhere else, or is that just license ?

Accurate from what I've seen, probably slightly higher after today.

[Juliooooo]

Curious - is the claim of having a ‘top 10’ farm system corroborated anywhere else, or is that just license ?

fg has us 8th

https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2019/7/2 ... -valuation

Houston will drop, and Arizona will jump into probably #4 with their trade. Atlanta gave up a little bit today, and probably dropped. M's would probably be 6, but pretty close to the twins with their additions today.

[Moe Gibbs]

All any team that is getting less than optimum results from their expensive but underachieving / aging payroll has to do is to claim that they are "sellers" or in a "rebuild".
Our management might as well say that until the most powerful teams "flame out" it just doesn't make any sense to pay top dollar for a 81 to 89 win club.
My hopes rested with Paxton, Pineda and Walker becoming a trio of Aces with a better version of Old Felix tagging along . It was just too much to hope for ALL of it to come true..but basically none of it panned out.

[roosevelt]

Wonder if Nola can pitch??? His brother is a very good pitcher.

[Juliooooo]

All any team that is getting less than optimum results from their expensive but underachieving / aging payroll has to do is to claim that they are "sellers" or in a "rebuild".
Our management might as well say that until the most powerful teams "flame out" it just doesn't make any sense to pay top dollar for a 81 to 89 win club.
My hopes rested with Paxton, Pineda and Walker becoming a trio of Aces with a better version of Old Felix tagging along . It was just too much to hope for ALL of it to come true..but basically none of it panned out.

Being a fan is about hope. All teams are do is selling hope. A few years ago the hope was in Paxton/Walker/Hultzen/Zunino/Ackley etc... The last few years it was in Cruz, Cano, Seager, Felix, etc... Now its in the young guys.

Chances are, it won't lead to a title, but you have to be able to find some joy in the process. Right now the joy isn't with the Mariners, so I'm enjoying the success and hope that the minors bring. I'm sure I'll be let down in a couple years, but have some hope that I won't. Look at cubs fans and Red Sox fans, how long did they have to wait to finally win the WS...

[Happy as hell]

All any team that is getting less than optimum results from their expensive but underachieving / aging payroll has to do is to claim that they are "sellers" or in a "rebuild".
Our management might as well say that until the most powerful teams "flame out" it just doesn't make any sense to pay top dollar for a 81 to 89 win club.
My hopes rested with Paxton, Pineda and Walker becoming a trio of Aces with a better version of Old Felix tagging along . It was just too much to hope for ALL of it to come true..but basically none of it panned out.

Being a fan is about hope. All teams are do is selling hope. A few years ago the hope was in Paxton/Walker/Hultzen/Zunino/Ackley etc... The last few years it was in Cruz, Cano, Seager, Felix, etc... Now its in the young guys.

Chances are, it won't lead to a title, but you have to be able to find some joy in the process. Right now the joy isn't with the Mariners, so I'm enjoying the success and hope that the minors bring. I'm sure I'll be let down in a couple years, but have some hope that I won't. Look at cubs fans and Red Sox fans, how long did they have to wait to finally win the WS...

The Mariners have spent nearly two decades feeding us nothing but “hope.” Sorry, but I am sick and tired of hope. At least the Red Sox managed to get to the playoffs during their curse.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

How can a highly rated farm system even inspire hope in a Mariner fan these days given the organization's track record at developing players with raw talent into successful major leaguers? Fool me once...