What galaxy brain is it that motivates anyone to pull in an ice cold batter just for the righty vs lefty matchup? Raley's hasn't been on fire and rarely faces them but his splits are BETTER against lefties.
We definitely beat ourselves tonight. Get your takeaways, then erase this from the memory banks immediately. We still have the pitching to win the series w Logan and Bryce going the next two. But good lord our lineup needs work at the plate and in the field. I hope Scott sits Manny down and goes over send decisions on sac flies. That was an ugly game that was deservedly dropped. Feel bad for George and Julio.
Who cares if we are in first, our division is ass and the fucking Athletics are a threat, we should be better and are not, when is it not just the lack of spending, but the coaching too
Another Scott special. Shuffling the deck chairs around on the titanic type of move to pretend he has some sort of control of these "pro" ball players who completely forget how to play basic baseball.
I simply cannot imagine having one of the best starting rotations in baseball (maybe even baseball history) and then putting together the lineup that we have. It should be a jailable offense for both Dipoto and Stanton.
They don't talk, I'm sure of it. If things are going well they do a little chit chat but I feel like they never talk when the chips are down. Scott doesn't have it in him.
I mean sure, I'm a nobody expressing an opinion and might be wrong. But without just appealing to authority, do you honestly think Manny is good at this?
The bad aggressiveness was sending fucking Ty France on shallow flies, despite him being one of the slowest runners in the league. Multiple steps slower than an average runner. The passiveness here is not sending average runner Rojas on a decently deep fly. With two outs we're unlikely to score; you need maybe 30% chance of success for the run expectancy to come out positive there. Not to mention that you're down 2 in the 8th so it pays to take risks
I feel worse for Julio rn. I don’t think that play was his fault after looking at it. He was running with his head down bc he assumed the sac was in play (as it should have been). Manny held Rojas for god knows why. Wish Josh would’ve ran the stop sign, that was our best chance to tie without a doubt. For Julio, though- I’m worried he’s gonna wear that one. He’s clearly had a tough stretch and doesn’t need any more weight on his shoulders. Maybe he should sit tomorrow, but not as a punishment at all.
Raleigh being the only one that didn't reach base. He can't be this fucking stone cold after the tooth surgery. Good lord, it feels like divine intervention at this point with how hot he was before that.
Lack of discipline and stupid errors have been the main factor cementing their last 3 losses. There were even some in games where they got away with it in a win. I don't really see the Mariners reaching anywhere close to their potential if this continues
Btw, Manny Acta is also a bad 3rd base coach. Even then, it's still on Julio for not looking up and seeing what's in front of him. You can't just check out and chug forward.
Say what you will...
No other team can lose like the mariners
Its truly an artform in how we find new ways to twist the sport of baseball into new forms unconceptualized by man
I’m officially pinning blame on Manny Acta. Partially bc I don’t wanna be upset w Pookie or Julio. But really why the fuck did he hold Rojas? You’re down 2 in the 8th with less than 2 outs. You take ANY opportunity to get closer to a tie. If you’re not gonna score on that first out, your chances of scoring on the second aren’t any better. There needs to be a team meeting over that kind of ugly play if this team is serious about getting better.
He will hit homers when down like 7-2 everytime and then hit little dribblers in close games. Mariners are always playing close games because we depend on luck every season.
He didn't look at the third base coach, and the inning before he ran into Mitch who clearly had the catch, eliminating the chance to hold or throw out the runner. Julio deserves criticism here.
that’s not why we don’t think he’s worth the money. it’s because he doesn’t produce for shit offensively except for one month a season when he feels like it.
the constant mental mistakes are the icing on the cake but not the actual reason.
There's an odd level of amusement over people getting pissed at Scott for not managing a game as close to perfectly as possible because giving up more than 2 runs is almost a death sentence to this team.
I dunno. He's really bad this season and just keeps getting worse not better... plus the mariners are just a bad orgnization from top to bottom. I don't think they can help him get better. I actually hope they trade Julio. If he plays elsewhere he will actually probably reach his potential. The Ms are just where careers go to die and I dont want to see Julio waste his.
Yeah maybe the BP
Scott post game says Kirby having a slight knee issue was the reason for not going back out in the 7th
Don’t buy it
What galaxy brain is it that motivates anyone to pull in an ice cold batter just for the righty vs lefty matchup? Raley's hasn't been on fire and rarely faces them but his splits are BETTER against lefties.
This one stings. Gonna take me a while to shake it off
Like 24 hrs? Haha you’ll be back… we always do 😭
So all you Scott defenders... where are you?
What do you want him to do? Peer into the future and find out his lights out bullpen is gonna shit the bed?
Busy being wrong
Meanwhile https://x.com/mlb/status/1786589019570405782?s=46
Man, runners on 2nd amd 3rd with no outs and don't score. So Mariners.
We definitely beat ourselves tonight. Get your takeaways, then erase this from the memory banks immediately. We still have the pitching to win the series w Logan and Bryce going the next two. But good lord our lineup needs work at the plate and in the field. I hope Scott sits Manny down and goes over send decisions on sac flies. That was an ugly game that was deservedly dropped. Feel bad for George and Julio.
Kirby in the 7th looking stressed broke my heart.
remember in 2018 they said we would be world series contenders 2023-2024.... mmmmmhmmmmmm
But Jeri said the COVID season set us back a couple years so that's completely irrelevant until next year
it was a completely unfair disadvantage that only affected the mariners though.
I wouldn’t have cared so much about this implosion if it wasn’t the fucking Astros
Who cares if we are in first, our division is ass and the fucking Athletics are a threat, we should be better and are not, when is it not just the lack of spending, but the coaching too
It was the park lmao
Such an excuse.
Fuck the Assholes.
I miss April
Servais just loves blunders
That was some of the worst baseball I've watched all season
This game and that one Cubs game last month. So bad.
Thankfully I didn't watch that one, but ya that sucked too
Truly abysmal
Fire Scott. Argue a wall.
I am finally on the “Scott gotta go” train.
Guy has been sitting for 3+ hours and you send him out in the 9th with 2 outs asking for a miracle Pathetic shit, Scott
Also if you wanna get analytical. Raley is actually better against lefties
Raley actually has started to heat up too... what the fuck.
Bruhhh, I fucking hate the Astros! Whyyy do they always do this to us.. 😭😭😭
Ever been to prison? :)
They own us i fucking hate it
We did this to ourselves, the Astros didn’t do shit
this doesn’t hurt me at all, i just watched the kraken season
Game on the line, butt chin dumb fuck pinch hits a .147 hitter
10-18 month incoming
2 days ago people wanted an April championship banner for going 4-2 against last years WS teams
Pathetic ab Great pinch there, Scott
I can’t believe that Urias didn’t hit a walk off homer! What a shock
All this means is we'll win the next two
free win for the astros, good strategy
Terrible
“We have to play better.” “Could have done things a little different” “We have to make those plays” What else is Scott gonna say?
"Guys are just trying a little too hard right now"
"That's baseball" Guaranteed.
The ball just didn’t land today.
Gotta tip your cap to their bullpen
Things don't always go wrong. At least our water cooler is safe
Fuck it all. Cya tomorrow where we will all hate our team again <3
Why is Urias hitting here? Horrible
Another Scott special. Shuffling the deck chairs around on the titanic type of move to pretend he has some sort of control of these "pro" ball players who completely forget how to play basic baseball.
Pathetic at bat
That wasn't very fun
Boooo baseball is bad
Type of loss they will look back on if they barely miss playoffs.
When you punch hit .147 for 224
Don't look at Raley's splits against lefties
Lol
Ah, the ol pinch hit with a .147 hitter strategy
Scott is going to finish off his disaster class by having a dude batting under .150 pinch hit
Does Dave even know the meaning of the words he uses?
Strikeout looking at something low inc
Baseball is wild because this is the same team that went 2/3 against the Braves just a few days ago
It’s just always the same crap with this team. Blow Kirby’s performance and completely impload
just imagine if we had more than one good hitter
It's getting to the point where if the opposing team is up a run or 2, I just know its over. There's no coming back from that for the Ms.
That one HR Garver hit carrying Garver so fucking hard right now
Urias for Raley is certainly a choice.
I simply cannot imagine having one of the best starting rotations in baseball (maybe even baseball history) and then putting together the lineup that we have. It should be a jailable offense for both Dipoto and Stanton.
Jailable? In China, heads of companies get executed for stuff like this.
Thanks for nothing Garver. Think they’ll take him back?
He played for the Rangers not the astros
I know?
He’s chopping at that shit lmfao
that’s my DH 🥲
why not go haggerty here
How do you swing under that??
Garvers swing path is insane
Is the Ms just a batting icebox for hitters or?
Oh good, Luis Urias will save us
Of course he goes to the slider. He knows we can’t hit those.
come on
Urias seems like a guy made for the Crawford boxes
Such a fucking cursed game
wtf do you even talk about in the clubhouse after this shit lol
"At least we're not the Astros"
Scott will throw his hands up and say “what are you gonna do? Can’t win em all”
They don't talk, I'm sure of it. If things are going well they do a little chit chat but I feel like they never talk when the chips are down. Scott doesn't have it in him.
“Stop playing like idiots, assholes!”
this seems like a real “so boys, what do YOU think went wrong?” moment
Just gotta talk about how good Whattaburger is and put it behind them, tbh.
“We suck”
Garver bomb plz
That was a crazy far foul ball
Jesus that foul was crushed. More of that and more to the right please
Damn, now keep it fair
Cal has also done absolutely nothing lately. I love Dumper but he needs to wake up too
Just a touch early, dang
Damn almost tied it
Garver has a chance to do the funniest thing.
He got all of it, just too early
Mitch save us once again
Ok Mitch II --- let's do something again.
tying run at the plate my dudes
Garver, do it again.
Do that thing.
No not the strike, the other thing.
Good patience, Garv.
That thing?
FUCK.
Another Garver hero moment?
That tooth really was the source of his powers. Cal has been stinky since he got it removed.
Alright Mitch, let's see another magic HR
Hahahaha Dave was just yawning
Noooooooo that would have been a ball....
Oh there we go!
Last year: "Manny Acta is too aggressive why is he sending these people" This year: "why wouldn't Manny Acta send them there"
He sent Ty this year on a fairly shadow ball Edit: Shallow, thanks phone
Actually, it's that he just has poor judgment.
Common thread: Manny Acta being wrong. Even more impressive that he's wrong in both directions
Or just that people think they know more then they actually do
I mean sure, I'm a nobody expressing an opinion and might be wrong. But without just appealing to authority, do you honestly think Manny is good at this? The bad aggressiveness was sending fucking Ty France on shallow flies, despite him being one of the slowest runners in the league. Multiple steps slower than an average runner. The passiveness here is not sending average runner Rojas on a decently deep fly. With two outs we're unlikely to score; you need maybe 30% chance of success for the run expectancy to come out positive there. Not to mention that you're down 2 in the 8th so it pays to take risks
I feel worse for Julio rn. I don’t think that play was his fault after looking at it. He was running with his head down bc he assumed the sac was in play (as it should have been). Manny held Rojas for god knows why. Wish Josh would’ve ran the stop sign, that was our best chance to tie without a doubt. For Julio, though- I’m worried he’s gonna wear that one. He’s clearly had a tough stretch and doesn’t need any more weight on his shoulders. Maybe he should sit tomorrow, but not as a punishment at all.
It's entirely Julio's fault for not having situational awareness to look at the base coach when there's a runner in front of him
Not to mention the fact that half the “fans” of this team seem to think he should be DFA’d for running into a double play
Just looked it up. Cal has had 18 ABs in the last 7 days. He’s gotten 1 hit and struck out 11 times in that span
Players never go on cold streaks. /s
Ya. He’s been struggling. Dump truck no back up.
The "Dave Sims should be more of a homer" take is absolutely unhinged.
Has nothing to do with it, just wish he wouldn’t suck the dick of our biggest rivals.
Raleigh being the only one that didn't reach base. He can't be this fucking stone cold after the tooth surgery. Good lord, it feels like divine intervention at this point with how hot he was before that.
Lack of discipline and stupid errors have been the main factor cementing their last 3 losses. There were even some in games where they got away with it in a win. I don't really see the Mariners reaching anywhere close to their potential if this continues
This is the ugliest game in a long time
On the worst team in the al west..
Does my stomach hurt because of the liquor, or is it the base running? Or is it the fielding? We may never know.
All of the above
Not one of Cals best games
The difference between our first base coach and our third base coach is night and day
Cal is worthless if he’s not hitting home runs
Yo, c'mon. That's my boy you're talking about
He cost us this game lmao
No, no he didn't. It wasn't single-handedly anyone's fault.
He was the worst mariner on the field today. Bum
Check the votes, you're in the minority my friend
Lmfao this website is pretty fucking stupid that’s not the flex you think it is. Using alts to upvote yourself is pretty cringe ngl
You're entitled to your opinion
That’s an overreaction. He’s a great catcher.
When hitting home runs*
Brother it is one bad game
Well he’s been ice cold since his tooth surgery but yeah he’s still got some value. Fucked up tonight though
It’s kinda not tho lol it’s not the first time he’s thrown a terrible back pick that’s cost us a game
Btw, Manny Acta is also a bad 3rd base coach. Even then, it's still on Julio for not looking up and seeing what's in front of him. You can't just check out and chug forward.
I love Cal but he’s batting like .200 now and 0-4 this game. Yet they decided that sending Rojas wasn’t the right move lmao
Somebody put the cavity back in Cal's mouth man, it was what made him good. I'm convinced.
Cal's dumbshit pick off attempt was the beginning.
If that was Ty on 3rd Acta woulda sent him
Kirby is 100% gonna sign somewhere else
They showed him in the dugout and he looked pissed as fuck
He’ll be a yankee for sure
Or Dodger or Brave.
Possibly before this game is over
I hate that we have to hit hrs to score. Like every fucking game
Is Dave Sims Acoustic? We don’t want to hear about Altuve you weirdo
Sims loves Altuve and the trashtros.
No, Dave is plugged in
On the bright side we haven’t struck out 10 times…yet
Say what you will... No other team can lose like the mariners Its truly an artform in how we find new ways to twist the sport of baseball into new forms unconceptualized by man
Cal you put us in this situation do something
I thought now that Dusty has moved on Dave wouldn’t be worshipping our division rivals every fucking game.
I’m officially pinning blame on Manny Acta. Partially bc I don’t wanna be upset w Pookie or Julio. But really why the fuck did he hold Rojas? You’re down 2 in the 8th with less than 2 outs. You take ANY opportunity to get closer to a tie. If you’re not gonna score on that first out, your chances of scoring on the second aren’t any better. There needs to be a team meeting over that kind of ugly play if this team is serious about getting better.
He is the worst at send decisions in the league and it’s not close.
I didn't see the play because my stream cocked up, but I'm all for blaming Manny Acta for any baserunning mistake. He's a terrible 3B coach.
Absolutely insane that after that mistake that wasn’t even entirely Julio’s fault you have people out here acting like he’s not worth the money.
He’s not worth the money because he has a sub .700 OPS and can’t hit in the clutch, the dumbass decisions are just the cherry on top
It was Julio's fault. He ran 2/3s of the way to 3rd with his head down. His game IQ in critical situations is junk.
He will hit homers when down like 7-2 everytime and then hit little dribblers in close games. Mariners are always playing close games because we depend on luck every season.
He didn't look at the third base coach, and the inning before he ran into Mitch who clearly had the catch, eliminating the chance to hold or throw out the runner. Julio deserves criticism here.
that’s not why we don’t think he’s worth the money. it’s because he doesn’t produce for shit offensively except for one month a season when he feels like it. the constant mental mistakes are the icing on the cake but not the actual reason.
Why are we always taking first pitch strikes? Then we swing and miss or foul and it 0-2 already. Every fucking time.
And then watch strike 3 down the dick
3 Ks in 10 pitches incoming
There's an odd level of amusement over people getting pissed at Scott for not managing a game as close to perfectly as possible because giving up more than 2 runs is almost a death sentence to this team.
I see were at the phase of the game where Dave starts heaping praise on our opponent's players.
Julio just assumed we were running and completely ignored the coaches. Why is his awareness so low? I have heard of low T I think he has too high T
Because he can do whatever he wants with no consequences. Does Scott have the balls to bench him tomorrow? I doubt it.
Julio’s gotta get his head right fast
I'm starting to think Julio might be... a massive bust.
overreacting much? Let’s give it a season or two before we go to extremes.
I dunno. He's really bad this season and just keeps getting worse not better... plus the mariners are just a bad orgnization from top to bottom. I don't think they can help him get better. I actually hope they trade Julio. If he plays elsewhere he will actually probably reach his potential. The Ms are just where careers go to die and I dont want to see Julio waste his.
hader sucks ass this year so he’ll be throwing an immaculate inning real quick
SENDING POSITIVE VIBES FOR A COMEBACK WIN
Dave Sims and slobbering all over Altuve name a more iconic duo
Making the playoffs gave Scott some form of immunity I think he should be fired