BlastProcessing
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This twitter feed should give you a good idea of what the worst of the fanbase can throw out. Texas is a very diverse place, and most people are cool, but man, we have more than our fair share of loud idiots.
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MLB Offseason '13-'14 |OT| Where the best fans live
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This twitter feed should give you a good idea of what the worst of the fanbase can throw out. Texas is a very diverse place, and most people are cool, but man, we have more than our fair share of loud idiots.
Says the man from Boston, the most hateful city in america!
White collar hatred vs. Blue collar hatred.
Dominican Power
Member
I thought Boston was blue collar?
Not really. Some areas maybe.
I'm just generalizing the northeast attitude, New York included.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
it's really only Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
I should have used a different comparison. Point of northeastern attitude still stands though.
AL be spending. Damn.
yankees have almost outspent the entire NL. lol
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Dodgers be slipping in spending that money.
HarryDemeanor
Member
We're just biding our time to strike.
yankeeforever2
Member
So who is the most expensive free agent out there now?
Cruz and Drew.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Who needs a good second baseman when we have Puig? He can cover both second and right field.
We good!
I should point out that this projections list includes an amalgamation of all remaining free agent 2B.
Dominican Power
Member
How the hell are you a Broncos fan?
HarryDemeanor
Member
When I became a football fan in '96 both the Raiders and the Rams were already gone. My cousin is a huge Broncos fan even though most of my family members are Raiders fans. So I just went with the team my cousin was repping and here I am.
brianjones
Member
they just got that cuban 2B
I've never had a football team .. all i knew growing up was i hated the raiders and their trashy fans lol
But if he doesn't work out, your next best option is Dee Gordon.
HarryDemeanor
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Lee Chaolan
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and the Indians be snoozing.
You guys can have cruz
Because next year's free agency is so much better than this one?
sf2fanatic
Member
Did I not say 2-3? Or do you just selectively read?
Heyward and Justin Upton will both be FAs in 2 years. I hate to say it, but M's should buy both.
That doesn't change the fact that next year's free agent market is much worse than this one. I don't understand why you would start going all in next year when the free agents are worse.
Justin Upton didn't want to be traded here ... I can only imagine we'd have to pay him $240 million as well to get him to come.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yep.
FA classes will keep getting worse in general as teams have more money to resign their own guys to extensions.
It's one of the reasons why the Rays gave Loney 3 years. There are literally zero first basemen on the market next year that you would even want on your bench let alone starting.
But Seattle had already started crazy spending with Cano. You can't just do that and then stop, that's the worst plan possible. It's year 2000 Rangers stupid.
Who else were they "supposed" to sign?
Do you think the Mariners are contenders right now?
For the AL West? Sure.
Okay.
Do you believe otherwise? If so, fairly silly viewpoint.
They won 71 games last season. Whoever wins the AL West will probably have to win at least 95. I would be really surprised if the Mariners added 25 WAR this offseason so far.
I didn't say they were going to win it.
You're looking at the division like there is a clear cut winner. The division is filled with over achievers and under achievers on a regular basis.
I don't think there is a clear-cut winner. I just don't see the Mariners being one of the teams in contention. Teams rarely jump up 25 games in one season.
Last season?
I don't think the Mariners are the 2013 Red Sox.
You didn't think the 2013 Red Sox were the 2013 Red Sox.
The Red Sox got multiple good pieces in the offseason, a better manager, a healthier team, and improved pitching. The Mariners have added Cano and some spare parts. I don't see the comparison.
Happened with the Phillies when they went out and signed Thome after CBP opened. All the signing did(and its the same with Seattle's situation) was tell the fans they were willing to spend the money. His signing ended up meaning nothing because the team didn't take off until Utley and Howard came along a few years later and became the faces of the franchise along with Jimmy.
So yea, I typed that to say I agree with you. The big FA (that's meant to signal a franchise turning the corner) doesn't mean a thing unless there is a core in-place(or soon to be) around him, preferably through the farm. Its the only reason why the Phillies and Natinals took off... And I suspect the same will have to happen for Seattle if they wanna make this Cano signing matter.
...except they didn't obtain "multiple good pieces, a better manager, or improved pitching" during the offseason.
I never said there was a direct comparison, or that the Mariners are even well constructed from top to bottom. I do believe that the team is capable possibly winning that poor division or securing a wild card spot. I don't believe that is a strong possibility or the solution is throwing more money at random players just because they are available.