Tag: Mariners
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Yacht Rock Volume 1.1: A dhingy of perspective on the fantasy relevance of recent Mariner catchers
Michael ZuninoAll our hopes and dreams becameAn OBP killer
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Stop the Charade, We’re 80-Grade!
While Trident Deck has no authority to hand out scouting grades to baseball players for actual baseball skills, and you probably don’t either, we DO have the authority (self-given) to assign grades for pretty much everything else we want. So while there may be discussion about whether or not a certain player is 80-grade on…
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Your Signature Call
Aaron Goldsmith side-steps you in the hallway. He’s almost bouncing, as he quickly moves away from you and down the corridor. He looks back to you and half-shouts “thanks again for doing this, boss! Be back in a minute.” Your hands *were* clammy, a few seconds ago. Now they’re flat-out slippery, and shaking. You try…
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Your Predictions for 2020
Whatever this season is going to be, it is going to be weird. Any pre-season predictions should reflect that. I asked the Trident Deck twitter followers to give their best weird, goofy, or alarming predictions and they did not disappoint. Here’s a list of all the things you said would happen this season, Sailor. Hope…
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Mariners Sign Brian Shaw
In a shortened season where anything can happen, the Mariners are taking what some see as a risk in a move to *literally* strengthen their bullpen. According the reports, the team will be signing strongman Brian Shaw. The details of the deal are not yet known, but here’s what we know about Shaw: His nickname…
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Mallex Smith, Wilderness Man
“There’s no such thing as no man’s land to me…” Mallex sings his favorite song from a Dr. Pepper 10 commercial as he stretches the corners of his tent in the Floridian wilderness. “A man just needs a place where he can be…wild and free…” Mallex’s voice echoes through the Everglades as he hammers the…
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Commissioner Trident Presents: A New DH Rule
A guest post by PNV The Designated Hitter Rule. Baseball’s most talked about, most dissected issue, was seemingly solved this year. Universal DH for the COVID-19 season. Most writers seem to believe this is the end of pitchers hitting, and we will never go back. Time marches forward, and all that. However, maybe we should…
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Mariners Coaches to Pitching Staff: Go Easy On ‘Em
According to sources close to Trident Deck, before the Mariners began playing intra-squad practice games the pitching staff had a meeting in which the coaches told them to “go easy on ‘em,” referring to the young hitters they’d be going up against. “Look, they’re kids, ok? Taijuan, they don’t need you buzzing their tower and…
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League Audit: Things Are Going Really Well
When attempting to play a baseball season in the midst of a global pandemic, there are obviously many variables and ways for things to go poorly. To mitigate this as much as possible it’s important to have very thorough planning, standardized procedures throughout the league and one hundred percent adherence to established policies. So it’s…
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Pilots and Steelheads Tie; Mariners Lose
The Mariners played their first intra-squad game of Summer Training on Friday afternoon, complete with team names that are slightly better than Mariners A and Mariners B. We have a lineup! Intrasquad action kicks off at 2:30 p.m. on @710ESPNSeattle and our YouTube channel. ▶️ https://t.co/Jo2CSUuzpP pic.twitter.com/eSvZorJMl7 — Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 10, 2020 In…
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