Julio Rodriguez May Have Just Saved The Mariners 

Mariners Rotation is insane. As a Yankees fan, I’m jealous. I hope they get the hitting they need so they can make a run.

If you actually look at Chapman’s overall numbers over the course of the last 3 years, they have been on a very steady decline, especially offensively. Still a plus defender, but not elite anymore. He’s always had a high k %, and that has been projecting in the wrong direction as well. You’d essentially be signing another Suarez, which the M’s traded away for a reason. Absolutely vote NO for Chapman. 👎

As a Seattle Mariners fan in California I Hope they find a way back to the playoffs

I'm gonna miss Garver, but I hope he has a good season in Seatle

this video just got me excited for mariners baseball

No i think what's saves the mariners is that insane rotation and deep bullpen. Castillo, Kirby Gilbert as your top 3?? Damn 🔥🔥🔥 then miller and woo only going to get better as well with time and experience

Hard no on Chapman. Rojas and Urias will outperform Chapman as a platoon. The only way Seattle improves its team before the season starts is via trade.

Your opinion of Chapman is based on his historical play from 2-3 seasons ago. He's not as good now and his bat is a similar liability as Suarez or Teo was last year. I like the younger platoon of Rojas and Urias heading into season There's a better chance of one of the younger players hitting better than an aging Chapman.

Dont forget how loaded their bullpen is

If the Mariners can stay healthy they can win the west.

Extra days of rest benefit great pitching team more than great hitting teams, hitting is a much more streaky than pitching is. Also, Julio is absolutely a leader

We are built for the postseason. The problem is, we are not built to get there. Our massive strikeout problems last season masked the fact that we are behind nearly everyone else in athleticism as we are/were not in a position to take advantage of the new rules. And then our second best basestealer got traded to the Rays. I don't know why we aren't getting more athletic and taking a page out of the 2015 Royals playbook. Between our staff and our park, paired with athletes who have speed, baserunning skills, and small ball skills, we could win it all. But that's not where we are.

Matt Chapman is no longer one of the best defensive third basemen. 5 DRS last year and he’s over 30. Playing him $20M a year or more is so laughable.

I'm not mad that they are pumping the brakes on Scott Boras' clients. There's no need to overpay.

Lonely Mariners fan from Mississippi 😂 let's go boys I'm so excited for this year!

The main reason Seattle is hesitant to sign more big-name FAs is because the local TV channel, ROOT Sports, moved from the basic to an upgraded package. They expect less revenue and aren't willing to spend more money as an ownership group.

matt chapman can’t hit

The Mariners kept up with the Astros and Rangers last year and imo did more to make their roster better than they did

Chapman doesn’t make sense, if they were to sign him they could have kept Suárez. There really isn’t a difference between the 2 except Suárez might be slightly cheaper. Rojas will most likely be their 3rd baseman.

SNELL NO! Same with Chapman. The Mariners have a better lineup than last year when they “owned” Houston but choked the season away in September. Great pitching, a little luck, and a few clutch hits in October can win a World Series. Go Mariners!

Julio is awesome man, I love where his head is at despite him still being so young at only 23. The mariners couldn't have asked for a better superstar/face of their franchise.

No need to overpay for a Boras guy when you got Locklear nearly pro ready. A healthy minor league season and i love him inserted into this lineup

The Mariners only finished 2 games back in the A.L. West to tie for the lead and won 9 of 13 games against the Astros last year and this roster seems so much stronger also got Luke Raley who hit 280 w😮 //19 😅HRs last year and 😮Uriah to play 3rd

Solid video overall. I'd love to see the Mariners get their resurgence (still not hopeful it will be this year tho), BUT from an objective baseball fan's perspective, the beginning minute saying the Braves pitching was not a strength going into the postseason is patently ridiculous. "What did they not have?" Well, they had a forced bye week that statistically has favored teams without the bye. Diamondbacks had great pitching?? Haha, they allowed 761 runs to the Braves 716. When looking at rotation performance (ERA+ and bWAR) those teams had: Strider (115/3.4), Fried (174/2.7), Morton (122/3.1), Elder (116/2.9) ...VS... Gallen (125/4.3), Kelly (132/3.8, Pfaat (76/-0.4), Mantiply (95/0.1) its not even close. Diamondbacks got lucky on a hot streak as they struggled to dispatch the Phillies and a MUCH better team in the Rangers put them back in their place easily. Maybe stay focused on "purely" baseball and not some overstated edgy openings that aren't true and people will believe what you have to say in the second half of your video ;-)

He said this because he understands that our Ownership will not spend any money to get a big bat to protect him so he knows they need pitching.

Dbacks had far from a "Great Rotation" the drop off after Kelly is actually incredible. Brandon Pfaadt had a 6era in the reg season and was the gm1 starter in the WC and the Game 7 starter in the NLCS along with other starts between those. That just goes to show how thin that Rotation was. But it clicked at the right time for him and the Dbacks and that's all it takes in the MLB Playoffs to make a deep run

Great rotation but that is also assuming two guys progress. He may change his mind if teams start pitching around him and he starts chasing.

I'm pleasantly surprised by their moves this offseason, especially after the 54% debacle. However, anybody that thinks they've done enough to surpass the Astros or Rangers are delusional.

This has aged poorly. The main problem with the team is Julio. He looks lost at the plate

Yeah good video! I love their rotation but going to need a lot more bat help to compete with those Texas teams

Braves rotation better than dbacks

Bro, I promise you that Jerry Dipoto is not checking in with 23 year old Julio on moves before he makes them. clickbait.

Barber will have a decline in stats going from Texas to Seattle. Just like Teoscar from Toronto to Seattle. That field and air is difficult

Nothing matters if Julio doesn't perform better in the clutch this season

snell is asking for way to much rn for anyone to sign him, no one is going to make a deal until he brings it down

RSN deals and Robbie Ray hang over are the reasons why Snell isn't signed. However, Hancock isn't ready so Snell makes sense

Don’t want Chapman at all

chapman would be a terrible signing.

IF we have the money i rather sign snell on a term that wont hinder us extending our young core of players.. no on chapman the risk is to great

Absolutely no on Chapman. That's an expensive version of Suarez, who we just traded away. He's a good player, not a great player. His bat has ALWAYS been inconsistent, and last year was no exception. Take away his April, and he was borderline awful. His defense has always been great, but is now slowly regressing. I prefer the platoon of Rojas and Urias to giving too much money to Chapman.

Mariners cant afford those 2, asking price are way too high.

Julio needs protection in the lineup, and more plate discipline because pitching can only get you so far.

Have you looked at the numbers the last season or two?? Matt Chapman is completely overrated. He’s not even a top 10 defender at third anymore. He’s not worth the $20M per that he wants. The Mariners are fine with Uriah and Rojas there.

Sign chapman, then what happens with urias and rojas? Utl.. positions? Then what happens with moore/Haggerty? OF subs? Then what about Canzone/marlowe? Not to mention bliss/clase/Trammell. And what about the $8.1m owed to urias and Rojas? Remember the phrase in Seinfeld when Jerry says "Newman*&#". Well, managers and players in '24 will be "Mariners*&$#". About the M's SP.

If M’s should pick up yuisel Puig

Is he injured? He hasn't started the first couple of spring training games so I was just wondering if there's something up with him?

What did this video have to do with Julio?

Aged like milk 😂😂

I could be wrong, but I don’t think Woo is very good

baseball seasons dont matter once they end. theres nothing important about previous seasons any player have had

Really he saved the Mariners? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Not interested in Chapman

Dont buy from fanatics

I think Chapman would be a great signing, I think Rojas will do fine though if they don't

No one can save the Mariners.

Get both Chapman and Snell and all of baseball will take notice. Pitching and defense. And, if we make the playoffs, we’ll be the favorites whether the odds makers agree or not.

Yeah, but Skinflint Stanton and Jerreh Duhpooter will trade them all off for a bag of magic beans in order to improve profitability, and they'll run JRod into the ground just like they did Felix, Kyle and Ichiro, and talk shit about them behind their backs all the while.