2020 Seattle Mariners

[Porter]

Lineup

Pos	R/L/S	Name	Ratings	Last Season
3B	R	Yoshihiro Asai	8-9-7-6-7, 8-7-8 Speed	.301 BA, 63 EBH, 56 SB, 35 CS, AL ROY, GG at 3B
RF	L	Bill Winkie	8-7-4-8-6, 6-8-9 Speed	.323 BA (4th in AL), .395 OBP, 35 SBs
CA	R	Steve "Phil" Mikkelson	8-8-9-10-8	.231, 13 HR, 89 RBI
2B	S	Jerome Savell	8-9-8-5-7	.286, 12 HR, 47 RBI, 26 SB in 104 games
SS	R	Son Jarrell	8-8-7-6-8	.287, 17 HR, 66 RBIs, 37 SBs, 22 CS
DH	L	James Poulin	8-7-8-9-6	.233, 19 HR, 87 RBI,
1B	R	Daryl Johnson	7-8-7-10-6	.250, .368 OBP, 6 HR, 46 RBI in 292 AB
LF	R	Michael Scipio	7-7-6-4-6, 7-10-10 Speed	.237, 13 HR, 65 RBI, 45 SBs
CF	R	Kurt Falkner	8-7-5-5-6	.282, 15 R, in 78 ABs

Bench

Role	R/L/S	Name	Ratings	Last Season
CA	R	Rowdy Rowdy Piper	8-8-6-6-7	.291, 5 HR, 64 RBIs
SS	R	Nicholas Guthridge	8-8-4-7-5	.614 OPS
OF	R	Moises Villacorta	8-7-8-2-6	.287, 7 HR, 38 RBI
IF	R	Edwin Steen	8-7-7-7-6	.277, 6 HR, 41 RBI
1B/DH	L	Ivan Drago	7-7-8-6-7	.267, 4 HR, 39 RBI

Rotation

Role	R/L	Name	Ratings	Last Season
Ace	LH	Thomas Bonney	8-10-10, 8 End	16-6, 3.40 ERA, 1.26 WHIP
# 2	LH	Frank Butler	10-7-10, 10 End	19-13, 3.02 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 3 CG, 1 SHO
# 3	RH	Rafael Freitas	8-10-7, 8 End	14-15, 4.34 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
# 4	LH	Joey Morales	9-9-9, 6 End	10-11, 4.22 ERA, 1.27 WHIP
# 5	RH	Sebastian Bludd	10-6-7, 8 End	8-11, 5.63 ERA, 1.44 WHIP

Bullpen

Role	R/L	Name	Ratings	Last Season
Middle	RH	Joshua Gambrell	10-7-7, 4 End	1-2, 4.53 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
Middle	RH	Frank Tarter	9-6-8, 5 End	5-6, 6 SV, 3.90 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
Middle	RH	Christian Contreas	10-7-7, 4 End	1-0, 3 SV, 3.51 ERA, 1.44 WHIP
Mid/Mop	LH	Melvin Voris	10-7-7, 3 End	5-7, 1 SV, 5.30 ERA, 1.55 WHIP
Setup	RH	Jasper Huck	10-6-6, 2 End, 98-100 MPH	1-4, SV, 6.72 ERA
Closer	RH	Emiliano Fruto	9-10-10, 5 End	5-4, 35 SV, 1.73 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 63 Hs in 67 IP

The rotation is much better than last years bunch. Offense still needs depth as well as the bullpen. Might be a tad off from the Wild Card and will improve on the 79 win season from the past 2 years.


Comments Welcome.

[Providence A's]

why did you trade Ibanez for less and then give up more for the older, more expensive Butler?

[Porter]

If i didnt trade Ibanez then I wouldn't have the near as much depth as i do now.

Talltree is mostly a 9 contact guy with plus speed and defense but dismal everywhere else.
Cosme Jimenez is a great player but If i was going to make any deal he had to be in it.
Macbride is a solid SP but he would be pushed out in this rotation.
the 1st is unknown but if its on recent events, its not great
and Orestes lost talent after i got him and he was a throw in.

I know its not the greatest move in the world. But the team ended up better and its not like my payroll is high. And i didn't spend 12 M on a less talented guy like Cooper.

I still think Asai and Mikkelson will be great, and Lafortune could be essentially what Talltree was if he gets one more contact point up. And Butler is a whole 1 year older than Joel.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Rotation is strong. Lineup, not so much. I don't see the average being too high, although i've seen weirder things

[Kingdom]

why did you trade Ibanez for less and then give up more for the older, more expensive Butler?

You're asking a brick wall the meaning of life.

[Porter]

Updated for FA Signings of Poulin and Villacorta.

And I still think im a better team without Ibanez with the team I had with him. So when Ibanez signs for near that amount when its his time to resign. Id rather have the depth behind Butler than have Ibanez without Asai and Mikkelson in the lineup.

[Providence A's]

Ibanez is likely to cost less with his "average" loyalty than Butler with his "minimal" loyalty. Butler is a pending FA. Ibanez is still arby controlled for this full season (for next year's contract)...he'll only be a FA after next season if he reaches the required service time.

[Porter]

Yeah your right on that aspect but Butler (and Bonney to a degree) both had better numbers last season than Ibanez out side of wins and losses. That set aside, this team as a whole would be horrible if i kept him.

[Kingdom]

Uh. How horrible would that have been, with Butler, Ibanez, Morales and Bonney? We all know you would have overpaid for some crap at 3B or 1B/DH in free agency. Can't really see how that would be worse.

[Porter]

Uh. How horrible would that have been, with Butler, Ibanez, Morales and Bonney? We all know you would have overpaid for some crap at 3B or 1B/DH in free agency. Can't really see how that would be worse.

I wouldnt have Asai or Mikkelson in the lineup. And while i got beat out on Jareno (14/2 yr). I still would have gotten Poulin (2/1 year) and Johnson (2.5/3 yr). My rotation would be very strong but my offense would have been dismal. Plus I don't think i make the move for Butler, because this team wouldve been further off from contending and wouldn't have made the deals for Morales and Butler.