Our comments section sucks.

I MIGHT EVEN SAY THAT IN THE POST ITSELF ARRGGHHH

Sometimes I don’t understand the snide comments made by you guys and sometimes I find them hilarious. I chose to look at these two comments as hilarious…especially given the comments that preceded them!

Given all that, I do appreciate the work you do in putting all this info and off-season possibilities together. I don’t follow this stuff nearly as closely as you guys so I want to than you for the ‘enlightenment’. It’s going to be fun watching Z operate. I absolutely believe he can and will make that next tough step and get this team to the playoffs. Maybe I’m just being a homer, but everything he’s done has been impressive to me so far.

Without knowing that data, I’d like to think Jack Z has the ability to avoid those pitfalls of the past. He sure has shown himself as a top notch GM.

I tip my cap to the Royals fan who commented earlier. That’s fan-class.
And check out the great write-up on Guti’s insane UZR on Fangraphs.

Yes, fortunately the M’s get to play six games against the Padres every year and nine against the Royals, while only playing 9 games each against the Yankees and Red Sox.

This is MLB’s idea of parity. Lovely isn’t it?

Part of the issue is that it’s a zero-sum game. The total number of wins in a season for all teams is set, and the average is always 81. You can improve your talent level without increasing your wins if the other teams improve more.

Yes, fortunately the M’s get to play six games against the Padres every year and nine against the Royals, while only playing 9 games each against the Yankees and Red Sox.

Launch the “Buy the author a beer” link, Derek! You’ve earned one.

On the other hand, I still don’t quite understand forcing Hall out to left when he clearly couldn’t play there, injury or otherwise. If that’s a sign that Saunders isn’t going to get everyday at bats, I worry.

As was discussed here at the time, Wakamatsu wanted to work on Saunders’ hitting, and not in a game situation. With the team out of the running for the division by that point, it didn’t really matter who he ran out in LF (other than maybe hurting Felix’ Cy Young candidacy a little). You can quibble with that decision, but it certainly doesn’t suggest they don’t want to give Saunders “everyday at bats” in the future when it matters.

Until proven otherwise Jack Z is a topshelf GM, who is going to make the Mariners a consistent and sustainable winner.

So that makes them 1 for 11 on sentences making sense.

TP,
Well, sure, point taken. All I’m saying is I still have a concern about the level of commitment to developing our players…as opposed to buying someone else’s.

Stockpiling ‘free’ arms and letting the cream rise to the top? Sure. That makes perfect sense.

Making the best bet you can (Branyan) to fill the gaping hole at first? Absolutely.

On the other hand, I still don’t quite understand forcing Hall out to left when he clearly couldn’t play there, injury or otherwise. If that’s a sign that Saunders isn’t going to get everyday at bats, I worry.