Add new comment

How do Y'all feel about 2013? Developmental year, or go for broke try to reach the playoffs year?
The way the Mariners have played beisbol in the second half has made me believe that playoffs are possible for this ball team. Hopeless optimism? Maybe. But Seager and Montero and Jaso and Felix and Iwakuma and Vargas and the bullpen have got me excited.
So, do we still run out Paxton and Hultzen and hope for big things, or do we sign some veteran pitchers this off season and shore up our pitching for a run? I'm in favor of signing good Vargas, good Iwakuma, and good someone else, and let the kids fight it out with Blake Beaven for that fifth spot. I'd love to see a minors guy pan out, but the Hector Noesi experiment sours with age. That guy negatived Felix!
The flip side of rebuilding, is that eventually if it works, your team should become too good for tryouts.
Are we there yet?