Rumble in the jungle - Seattle Foreman's at Toronto Ali's

[LLJ]

It's really weird how people only like the MVP's but everyone else is somehow easily replaceable. Our lineup sucks right now but why on earth does everyone hate Martin , Tulo and even Bautista so much? MVP or bust.

Probably because we are paying them a combined 60 million to underachieve on a last place team. All 3 are in various stages of decline.

They are in decline but they are not done. They will get hot at some point and over a long MLB season, they will generally give you more than the less talented guys who may be currently playing well but will fall off at some point

[JaysRule15]

When pitchers are throwing 3-2 breaking balls to Jose again, you know he's back lol.

[protothe]

It's really weird how people only like the MVP's but everyone else is somehow easily replaceable. Our lineup sucks right now but why on earth does everyone hate Martin , Tulo and even Bautista so much? MVP or bust.

Probably because we are paying them a combined 60 million to underachieve on a last place team. All 3 are in various stages of decline.

They are in decline but they are not done. They will get hot at some point and over a long MLB season, they will generally give you more than the less talented guys who may be currently playing well but will fall off at some point

Take away the current injuries...Martin and Tulo might actually be worth their contracts.
I agree with Bautista being overpaid, but with 1WAR costing around $6-7million on the open market, Martin and Tulo are right there.

Tulo makes $20mil/year, and his WAR last year was 3.3, so he's actually paid market value.
Martin also makes $20mil/year and is already at 0.9WAR for the year, so well on his way to being paid market value.

[Tigersrule]

Guessing Aaron Sanchez is gonna have another short outing.

[JaysRule15]

Too lazy to check the stats, but Martin was definitely heating up at the plate during the last 10-12 games before he got injured. His OBP was pretty high too.

[JaysRule15]

Damn, Pearce...

Even when things go right, they go wrong. This team man.

[Tigersrule]

devon travis is garbage

[zilby]

Wow. Really interesting to hear. Arash just mentioned on the broadcast that Gibby and Shatkins met with the Spurs front office and Popovich a few times during the year to get advice on running a sports team.

[pilkoids]

Wow. Really interesting to hear. Arash just mentioned on the broadcast that Gibby and Shatkins met with the Spurs front office and Popovich a few times during the year to get advice on running a sports team.

I hope that Spurs "Get better Everyday" banner they put up in the locker wasn't the only takeaway from that meeting. There's a lot to be learned from that organization about scouting/player management/instilling a winning culture.

Also, as for what Gibbons gained from that meeting? "Tim Duncan was a hell of a basketball player". Right.

[johanliebert]

Wow. Really interesting to hear. Arash just mentioned on the broadcast that Gibby and Shatkins met with the Spurs front office and Popovich a few times during the year to get advice on running a sports team.

he teach them how to get david robinson/duncan/manu/tony through the door?

[jaymeister15]

How many infield hits have the mariners got the last couple days?

Don't really think that one should have been overturned based on they had

And more bad luck...

[BigLeagueChew]

BS run. Good to see Sanchez back out there.

[jaymeister15]

Really nice to have Maile out there to balance out the lineup.

[Tigersrule]

Maile can go F himself smh

[BigLeagueChew]

DH for Maile, let the pitchers hit?

[Lateral Quicks]

Maile isn't an offensive dynamo, is he...

[vaff87]

Maile isn't an offensive dynamo, is he...

We call that "line up balancing", 'round these parts.

[JaysRule15]

Is it too much to ask for a backup catcher who can hit .200? IS IT?

[Lateral Quicks]

There's no stopping the Smoakster

[BigLeagueChew]

Smoak