Seattle Mariners fans annoyed as Jerry Dipoto sticks by team's roster-building model: "Something needs to be done" "Opposite of accountability"
The Seattle Mariners have not lived up to the hype this season. Entering Thursday, they sit with a 30-31 record and are in fourth place in the stacked American League West. They, along with other teams, have been real disappointments.
Things have gotten so bad that President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto doesn't believe the great Babe Ruth, at his peak, could help this team. He said this in regard to the fact that not one player is going to fix this team right now.
"We could acquire prime Babe Ruth and it's not going to help us. We're not one player away from fixing this."
Listen to the whole Jerry Dipoto intvw. He is frustrated by the "power outage," took accountability for execution/results, and defended his plan
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Seattle has the 27th-worst team batting average at .227. Ony the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers have a worse team batting average than the Mariners.
Dipoto said that he believes in the guys he has on the team, that they need to turn it around. He said that Seattle would not be a selles at the trade deadline, as he believes in his organization's roster-building model.
"So basically, we've almost turned into the Angels but instead of Trout and Ohtani, we have Julio. Something needs to be done, and I'm not sure what, but maybe start by firing the hitting coach. Lots of players not playing up to their standard," one fan tweeted.
@TheMikeSalk So basically, we’ve almost turned in to the Angels but instead of Trout and Ohtani, we have Julio. Something needs to be done, and I’m not sure what, but maybe start by firing the hitting coach. Lots of players not playing up to their standard.
"This is the complete opposite of accouuntability. He's blaming 26 guys as though he built a powerhouse and they decided to just not show up," another fan tweeted.
@TheMikeSalk This is the complete opposite of accountability. He’s blaming the 26 guys as though he built a power house and they decided to just not show up.
@TheMikeSalk "We could acquire prime [Shohei Ohtani] and it's not going to help us. We're not one player away from fixing this."
That’s what I heard from this interview. This team needs a rebuild from ownership down to manager.
@TheMikeSalk His representation of FA is so disingenuous. No one is saying you make your hay building a roster through FA. What we’ve been screaming from the start is draft, develop, trade is a great model but must also be augmented by key FA additions, which he has consistently failed to do.
It's been a frustrating season so far for the Seattle Mariners, and they have had enough. They see their model isn't working and want the team to switch gears.
@TheMikeSalk I'll see it to believe it. Dipoto usually talks a lot about needing help but does little at deadline, offensively
@TheMikeSalk The only player playing better than last year is JK. Everyone else is playing bad, that’s the reason. Seattle is hosting the all star game and don’t even have a single all star. That’s the disappointment.
@TheMikeSalk Year 5 of tbe rebuild admitting this is a fireable offense…how long are we going to wait? Kirby, Gilbert, and Cal won’t be cheap forever and the M’s haven’t exactly shown a willingness to be close to top half in payroll.
@TheMikeSalk He mentioned several times about how young the team is. What they are missing is a true leadership presence on the offensive side which they credited often last year. Upton and Santana. Maybe they didn’t hit a ton, but their presence was credited a lot. It’s missing now.
@TheMikeSalk Mlb payroll rank = 18th
Mlb win % rank = 17th
I get there are outliers (insert TB here) but unless you have some wizard GM like the Rays, you need to spend money on free agents to be competitive long term.
Fans want to see the team add some veteran leadership. Seattle's core is so young. They could use somebody that has been there before.
Seattle Mariners need to stop the strikeouts
The Seattle Mariners are not a bad team whatsoever. They need to get out of their slump and start hitting the ball like they know how.
Of the five players that lead the American League in strikeouts, Seattle has four. This is the team's biggest problem. The Mariners haven't been able to put the ball in play consistently.
Seattle will need players like Teoscar Hernandez and Eugenio Suarez to swap their strikeouts for slugging. They were looking for these two to be their power duo this season, but they've come out cold.
It may be too late if the Mariners don't turn around their offensive woes soon.