With not a lot happening on the free agent market for our boys recently, I've been plumbing the depths over at Fangraphs a little bit, and I found a fun post today from Jordan Rosenblum.

Link - https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/projections-fueled-top-25-hitting-prospects-entering-2025/

It's essentially a projection system for players in the minor leagues and what they'd be expected to produce in MLB.

Of the 25 prospects listed here, a full FOUR of them are currently Seattle Mariners farmhands.

Lazaro Montes (#3 overall!)

Michael Arroyo

Colt Emerson

Cole Young

All are pretty well projected. I know we're likely looking to trade a player or two this offseason, and I get it, but man we have some good talent in the system right now.

https://www.mlb.com/news/hyeseong-kim-posting-for-american-teams?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share

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I see the reports, but don’t want to get my hopes up as a lifelong fan. Do you think we have a legit chance? I’m tired of seeing the mariners reported as a team after a good player only for it to result in them signing a players 3 years past their prime to fill a role.

Hey so I am coming out this season to watch the Twins play the Mariners (but I will be repping Mariners gear to be a good sport) and I am curious what good food options are in T Mobile Park. Are there any truly unique foods to T Mobile, or is there some quintessential food everyone needs to have there?

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-mariners-reportedly-taking-disappointing-stance-on-second-base-heading-into-2025-cole-young-ryan-bliss-dylan-moore

Take it with a grain of salt (or a tow truck amount) but this is very disappointing if true

Wanted to pick up some preseason tickets this year and when looking at the schedule they're all fully sold out? Did I miss the boat or are they just not up for sale yet?

Do you think the mariners will be able to resign any of the young pitchers? 17 mil for an avg starting pitcher means our guys are gonna be asking for a lot more I assume in the near future, after hearing we have 16 mil to spend this offseason my hopes are slim for the future unless some big moves are made.

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Looking to sign up for 2025 season tix. My wife, 1-year old child and I plan to attend 4-6 games per month. No specific budget. Any recommendations on the process, child-friendly sections to consider, must knows before I begin would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

As I’m looking back on Dipoto’s tenure he’s been relatively hit or miss when it comes to trades. Assuming that if they don’t make the playoffs this season he’s probably gone, what do you prefer they do this offseason? To me there’s sort of two options, one is sign 3 relatively cheap bats, something like Reynolds at 2nd, Moncada at Third, and Santana/Turner to platoon with Raley at 1st. That’s the don’t impact the future and leave room for next season in the budget strategy, and then there’s the sort of go for it approach where you deal somebody like Ford/Young/Celestin for an impact bat. Based on how ineffective he’s seemingly been overall I almost prefer the let it ride strategy where they don’t move anybody and sign who they can to fill 3rd/2nd, which ideally gives them a bit of room next offseason with Mitch and Mitch coming off the books.

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I don't think anybody in this city or a fan of this team was particularly happy with the outcome this year. Fortunately, we have good news. New hitting coaches! Edgar Martinez is staying around! Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo have really come into their own this season as well.

Some numbers to back this up:

Rotation:

Logan Gilbert (3.23 ERA): Most innings pitched in MLB (208.2), 6th in Cy Young voting, lowest WHIP of any qualified pitcher in baseball (0.89).

George Kirby (3.53 ERA): Still hates walking (7.7K/BB).

Luis Castillo (3.64 ERA): Fell off a little this year, but still consistently above average and a good source of rotation leadership.

Bryce Miller (2.94 ERA): Best splitter in baseball. Nuff said.

Bryan Woo (2.89 ERA): Lowest ERA on this staff, and is only gonna get better the more new stuff he learns. Deadly fastball and sinker.

Add this to all 5 pitchers staying in tip top shape without injuries this season (except for Bryan Woo, who still started 21 games) and this is shaping up to be an utterly crushing rotation.

Hitting also seemed to be on the upswing once Martinez took over, and now that he's in charge of the Mariners' entire hitting philosophy and the organization adding cooperative hitting coaches, it really seems like the Mariners are up for a comeback. Under Martinez during the month of September the Mariners posted an AL-best offensive record and was first in OPS and runs in all of MLB. Justin Turner and/or Carlos Santana returning to the clubhouse gives the team some solid leadership and some good hitting to boot. The trades made over the season have paid off, with Arozarena and Robles shoring up the outfield while providing some great bats in the process.

That certainly bodes well, especially considering the fact that there's league-leading potential in this lineup. Heck, even Mitch Garver showed a bit of a recovery over the last 10 or so games of the season.

But wait, there's more. Matt Brash is coming back sooner than expected, apparently, and Collin Snider and Troy Taylor have evolved to become solid parts of the bullpen. Andres Munoz is still demolishing the league.

Competition wise, the AL West is shaping up to be one of the least competitive divisions in recent memory. The Texas Rangers are currently trying to figure themselves out after an injury-plagued season, the Houston Astros are old and kinda washed, with Yusei Kikuchi and Alex Bregman leaving in free agency, and the rest of the team, well, they're getting up there in years.

So given all the information in our favor, what's stopping us from making the postseason and staring down the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series?

We all know that nothing ever goes quite as planned with the Mariners, and the team never fails to surprise us, in both good and bad ways. It's why being a Mariners fan is so awesome. Of course there's rightful disappointment and outrage over John Stanton's continued unwillingness to spend and Jerry Dipoto's unwillingness to trade prospects or even a starting pitcher for some proven bats. Personally, though, I'm not concerned about that, however. The offense was atrocious, yes, but it didn't have to be atrocious. We all know from September that the team can absolutely demolish in offense.

The problems with the team are more nebulous. I had been thinking about the trade acquisitions the team made during the 2023-2024 offseason, getting Mitch Haniger, Mitch Garver and Luke Raley. Luke Raley definitely helped; he put up one of the better offensive seasons for the team this year. The Mitches, on the other hand, I'd prefer we don't talk about the Mitches. Mitch Garver put up an .850 OPS in 2023. Where was that in 2024? Was it the ballpark? The coaches? The manager? All we know is that we probably would have been watching October baseball had he actually performed to standard.

The amount that the team would need to spend to get someone who can ignore the T-Mobile Tax is probably too high for Stanton to stomach. Given that Mitch Garver, who was so offensively stellar in 2023 was so piss-poor in 2024, what makes us think that we would get bounce back seasons from Julio and JP while getting a bat that's going to turn out to be a Victor Robles instead of a Mitch Garver? The unpredictability of the season may also prove to be painful. The Rangers won a World Series in 2023, and even though they cut payroll they may be shaping up to be quite deadly in 2025.

The pitching staff also seems a little too good to be true at the moment. Woo and Miller are phenomenal pitchers, but they're quite early in their development and if the offseason isn't as productive as we hope it is (and it should be quite productive), how much of their stuff are opposing pitchers and teams going to figure out? For what it's worth, ZiPS projections are kind to it for the upcoming season, as long as they can stay healthy.

Of course, none of these doubts are substantiated by any numbers, unlike potential success, which absolutely has the statistical backing to be the more likely scenario. The pitching has stayed healthy for 2024, the offense has shown immense ability, and the bullpen is having some of its biggest arms returning, all in a division where everybody is not doing quite so hot. But to me this seems... too easy. The Mariners are the most fun team to watch because you know either everything or nothing is on the line; it's baseball for baseball's sake. A 90 win season and a leisurely-but-not-dominant trip to the playoffs is simply not this team's style.

Who knows, maybe we end up on the other side of that postulation and post a 117 win season while Julio mashes 50-50. Call me superstitious, but I have a feeling the baseball gods may throw us a curveball come opening day. Let's hope we end up on the good side of the supernatural pitch.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/casey-sadler-announces-retirement.html

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