Comment: Hoping for the best, but the Mariners optics out of season give us a case to Deja vu – Fox 13 Seattle

I will be the first to admit that the results are much more important than optics. But when a season has not started, all we have is optics and perception. That is why Déjà Vu seems to be such a common topic with our baseball team in his hometown.

As the extra -season ends, with spring workouts starting in just 11 days, when steels and agents report, Mariners have a strikingly similar list of last season. And when your most noticeable addition is Jorge Polanko, a person who refused to return an option for $ 12 million, just to sign it in what feels like 11 hours, what should fans think?

Honestly, this is another extra -season, who supported the prevailing thoughts of property and front office: this property refuses to spend money to build a bonafid contender and the front office can try really hard, but there is nothing to show about his efforts.

In mid -December, General Manager Justin Hollander told Mlb.com, quote: “We must add to our field; We work hard to do it. We will be glad to add some kind of first basic impact, along with Luke Raley … Then the rest of the field is flexible enough that we can add a second, we could add in third place, we could [add] in different ways. ”

I still do not see this person from the first base blow, unless you really think he is 37 years old in Donovan Solano. And the second and third base puzzles seem to be Polanko and Dylan Moore.

Nothing against any of them personally, but how do you expect fans to react?

And this is the rubbing. I do not find that it is satisfying in any way or form that it is constantly discussing M’s in negative light. I am all about this star rotation of a picing and farm system that Keith Low of Athletic ranked best in the whole baseball last week. But it is even * more * than the reason why this team should take advantage of this window of opportunities by redistributing, if they have to make the sprays they need to try and win all this.

At this point, we saw the dissatisfaction with almost every podcast of Marinors. Even national writers and former Marinors players such as Mike Cameron and Omar Vizkel rocked their collective heads in this extra season.

And I appreciate the podcast of the sea layer that emphasizes this quote by Jerry Dipo this week since the beginning of the recovery in 2019 Players of this generation can be available in a free agency. “

Where was this “incredible” cost? Why are their salaries still in the middle of the road? When such forecasts have not been achieved and the goals have not been achieved, you cannot blame the media for negativity or a fanbase for loss of faith.

Which brings us back to here and now: sailors could very well shock the world and fight for the title. But in terms of optics and perception, they have done absolutely nothing in the off -season to inspire confidence in their chances.