Steve Alliston
@allistonsteve.bsky.social
Seattle sports enjoyer. Context-free Mariners poster. Weird memorabilia haver.
Lazaro Montes continues to impress with his ninth dinger as a Rainiers, 34th overall. Not as fun as his inside-the-parker yesterday but he had to go down to get this one and hit it a loooong way.
concerned this could encourage the hitters to relax after getting a run, but still...
In these dark times I'd like to highlight the performance of Cole "Lone Bright Spot" Young over the last month or so. His last 101 PAs his strikeout rate is less than 10%. This would be normal for a slap hitter, but he has 7 extra base hits in that time and a .160 ISO.
This really feels like the season is cooked. A lackluster series resulting in a sweep, seven games under .500 with 43 games left. The core hitters still showing only brief signs of life.
Ward shows Tampa what a real hit looks like after they dinked and dunked the bases loaded.
I'm now tracking the performance of the catching prospect the M's dealt for Jose Ferrer, by fWAR. Harry Ford: 0.4 José Ferrer + Mitch Garver: 0.3 Cal Raleigh: 0.7 This deal is looking worse every day.
With the Mariners being...the way they are I continue to look to our minor league system for hope. Michael Arroyo has managed to run an impressively-low K% of just 17.4 in his first 115 PAs in AAA. And he's run a .212 ISO as well. For a 21-year-old this is highly encouraging.
it's tough watching a team after they throw in the towel at the deadline. wait, i'm just now getting a message...
Oof, that's a rough lineup. Cal has the day off (day game after a night game) and so is Naylor in favor of righty Weston Wilson & SH Leo Rivas at 3B RF Taylor Ward R LF R. Arozarena R DH D. Canzone L CF J. Rodriguez R 2B Cole Young L 1B W. Wilson R C J. Pereda R 3B Leo Rivas S SS Colt Emerson L
Eduard Bazardo needs to be demoted to mop-up-time guy until he stops giving up dingers. Six homers in the last ten appearances. That's "is this guy a mole?" level bad. Or better yet send him to AAA and bring up the best RP in our system for a while.
Unfortunately for the Mariners today they once again have to face their kryptonite: major league pitching.
I finally figured out my oven air fryer and RIP my cholesterol level. I made wings, butterfly prawns, and tater tots for dinner. With veggie sticks, ranch and tartar sauce. Basically happy hour at home. (By "figured out" I mean I learned you don't use a tray, but a basket to allow even airflow.)
Drooling over this lineup tonight. The M's #7 hitter has a .386 OBP! The #8 hitter has a .383 OBP! 2B Cole Young L LF R. Arozarena R RF D. Canzone L CF J. Rodriguez R 1B Josh Naylor L C Cal Raleigh S 3B B. Donovan L DH Taylor Ward R SS Colt Emerson L
This is basically what has been done to this point with the M's getting Taylor Ward for pocket change. Even better, they've gotten a legit prospect (Boston Smith) in the trade with the White Sox. I wouldn't be too surprised if this is it for this trade deadline, but who knows with Dipoto.
Steve Alliston@allistonsteve.bsky.social · 3w agoI would really not want to be Jerry Dipoto right now deciding whether to buy or sell. I assume he'll split the baby with a deal to unclog the logjam in the rotation in exchange for a right-handed bat. Then add a good setup-type relief arm. And call it a day w/o giving up much in prospect talent.
As we wait to find out if the M's will do any more deals at the deadline, I'm returning to Cole Young Watch 2026 and boy is it exciting. Perhaps partly thanks to the warm weather he has been excellent over the past month. .302 / .343 / .531, 5HR, 15R, 10RBI, 13.7% K%(!!), .229 ISO(!!!)
Silly that it had to be a walk-off situation, but losing that game would've been awful morale-wise.
seems like Jerry properly identified an area of need
This Lookout Landing article calculates the M's saved $18m in the Castillo trade. With that much cash plus a flush minor league system, the sky is the limit for what Dipoto could do in the next 24 hours. Could get very exciting.
Examining the Mariners’ Return for Luis Castillo
The Mariners come out on top in their first move of deadline season
lookoutlanding.com
I would really not want to be Jerry Dipoto right now deciding whether to buy or sell. I assume he'll split the baby with a deal to unclog the logjam in the rotation in exchange for a right-handed bat. Then add a good setup-type relief arm. And call it a day w/o giving up much in prospect talent.
I haven't seen enough discussion of the fact that the M's pitching is a lot worse: 2025: K-BB% 22.7% (1st) ERA: 3.36 (3rd) FIP: 3.15 (3rd) SIERA: 3.04 (1st) 2026: K-BB% 15.6% (9th) ERA: 3.97 (13th) FIP: 3.95 (11th) SIERA: 3.85 (20th) Starters SIERA: 2025: 3.11 (1st) 2026: 4.13 (16th)
I was telling my friend here at the park I thought it was dumb to leave Ferrer in to face Lewis. Before I was done, kablamo.
making dom an everyday part of the lineup was a good call
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the dodgers clearly need to invest in a marine layer