Chuck's OFFICIAL 2026 Mariners season thread

BleachedAnusDawg said:
every Moog out there knows the team will be back to sucking for another 20+ years once the pitchers become eligible for real contracts.
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Maybe not quite the case this time. Dipoto seems to think they can extend a couple of them, and they have Sloan and Anderson ready to step in. The rotation in three years could be Gilbert, Woo, Sloan and Anderson plus someone. I doubt it's George Kirby as I see him getting traded next offseason. It's not guaranteed that they'll face plant.

Raleigh and Julio are locked in for a while. Cole Young and Colt Emerson could be stars well before those guys age out.

They built this pretty well and keep making stellar draft picks. It's the same old ownership but the front office has done a lot of good shit in spite of it.
 
Yes, drafting successfully is the name of that tune. Im in the Bay Area and the giants suck now with a high payroll because they haven’t drafted well for the last 5-7 years. Doesn’t matter what your draft slot is, you have to get SOMETHING out of the draft, and you better do well with international signings as well on a consistent basis or you are dead dogmeat.

Until Depoto showed up the Mariners normally got 1 player every 4 years. I was amazed at how consistently they sucked at drafting
 
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DawgOfTheAges said:
Yes, drafting successfully is the name of that tune. Im in the Bay Area and the giants suck now with a high payroll because they haven’t drafted well for the last 5-7 years. Doesn’t matter what your draft slot is, you have to get SOMETHING out of the draft, and you better do well with international signings as well on a consistent basis or you are dead dogmeat.

Until Depoto showed up the Mariners normally got 1 player every 4 years. I was amazed at how consistently they sucked at drafting
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Remember Al Chambers?

#1 pick in the draft for the M's. Had a grand total of 4 major league at bats.
 
DerekJohnson said:
Remember Al Chambers?

#1 pick in the draft for the M's. Had a grand total of 4 major league at bats.
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The guy I think of is Matt Clement, catcher from USC. I think they took him in the top 3 or 4 picks. I don't remember him ever playing for the Ms.

Dipoto hasn't been perfect. He tied a lot of money to Evan White.
 
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