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Excited is not a word I can use with anyone likely to be on the opening 26 man.

This was probably true for Thorpe even before TJ.

Not the dreaded forearm tightness, but still still not overy encouraging.

I feel safe stating this in the present tense.

If he were let go and had success elsewhere, perhaps there might br a few people upset by that. But every one of his detractors would be happy to be wrong if he were to figure it out and turn into a productive player, myself included.

Lets hope the scarcity of save opportunites keeps him so burried at the end of the bench we forget he's even on the roster...

The only 'Designated' that best fits Vargas is Designated For Assignment.

Decent in 2023, rather mediocre last season. He can cover all 3 OF spots, but spends most of his time in LF. I guess he's a solid depth signing, but not sure he offers much as a flip candidate either.

Albert Belle's contract was almost 30 years ago. It would be silly to hold that up as some shining example, since it was probably the last time JR paid top dollar for a premiere FA. It is the outlier, and not JR's norm. We don't know when, or if, Jerry will approve of a higher overall budget again either. History up until the past few seasons suggests he will, but with the Ishbia news, Jerry very well might want to keep payrolls low as team control changes hands. None of us know how he will operate for the next few years.

My thoughts exactly.

Bring back the diamond sock and they are perfect.

I don't believe so. He was added to the 40 man last November but has never been on the active roster. They'll burn an option but no MLB service time.

There's also Dom Canzone, who they seem intent on finding regular AB's, and Haniger's corpse taking up a roster spot. DH is fairly wide open, but I get the sense they will rotate guys through over finding a regular. I would take Robert over anyone not named Julio, but Seattle ownership is cheap and the FO seems content with what they have. I just don't see them pursuing Robert before the deadline, if at all.

Mariner’s OF is already pretty crowded. They have the prospects but I just don’t see them making a splash at this juncture.

There was mention of a Score interview a few pages back. My guess is that the story has gotten enough attention that JR wants to quash the speculation. Or he really loves destroying our hopes and dreams. Not that both can't be true.

Oh tray, don't stop never stopping.

Everything he says publicly these days feels like a leverage play.

And they’ll get way more with less control than Getz did🤦🏽‍♀️

If Rojas isn’t at 3B it’s basically a wasted roster spot. I hope Venable doesn’t try to shoehorn a bad defender in at 3B.

I was about to say. It’s also a relatively new facility. And if the Sky needed a bigger space, the UC could accommodate summer WNBA games without needing a separate stadium build.

I give him until the 3rd inning of the first regular season game before he's picking fights on air again.

Which is entirely possible. The issue isn't signing Flexen per se, it's the history of this org burning gobs of money on the fringes of the roster expecting it to make a difference. Which is something Hahn did a lot, as did Getz in his first year. Perhaps Getz is learning that he can get equal value from an NRI and doesn't have to lock up bad players with good money.

Thanks for continuing to misconstrue what I actually said. I in no way said that Fegan isn't a journalist. If you read it that way, that is 100% your bias getting in the way. I went searching for corroborating articles to Fegan's and only found blog posts, not accredited journalists writing for their respective outlets. I did not do an extensive search, and obviously I missed other articles written by DVS, Passan et al. I have done paid writing for a blog, and I sure as hell am no journalist. That is the distinction I used after my very cursory search. But if that is too difficult for you to understand, so be it. You failing to understand my post and blowing it out of proportion is not a me problem.