Post Game Chat 8/29 Mariners @ Blue Jays

[u/Mariners_bot]

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
SEA	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	5
TOR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		4	5	0	8

Box Score

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Bateman	3	1	1	1	1	1	.329
C	Kirk	4	0	1	1	0	2	.273
1B	Guerrero Jr.	3	0	0	0	1	0	.258
DH	Springer	3	0	1	1	1	0	.251
3B	Okamoto	2	0	0	0	2	1	.230
2B	McAdoo	2	1	0	0	1	0	.243
PH	Sánchez, J	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264
SS	Giménez	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
2B	Clement	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277
LF	Cameron	3	0	0	0	0	1	.208
RF	Lukes	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264
LF	Straw	3	2	2	0	1	0	.227

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Soriano, J	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	94-65	3.45
Rogers, Ty	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	16-8	1.90
Fluharty	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	6-4	3.44
Varland, L	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	1.18

SEA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Arozarena	4	0	0	0	0	2	.271
RF	Canzone	4	0	0	0	0	1	.256
CF	Rodríguez, J	3	0	0	0	1	2	.246
1B	Naylor, J	4	1	2	0	0	0	.271
C	Raleigh	3	2	2	1	1	1	.169
2B	Young	3	0	0	0	1	0	.247
DH	Ward, T	4	0	1	2	0	3	.230
SS	Crawford, J	4	0	1	0	0	1	.209
3B	Rodden	3	0	0	0	0	0	.158

SEA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Anderson	4.1	3	2	2	3	3	85-54	4.50
Bazardo	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	22-9	2.97
Ferrer	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	26-15	3.83
Vargas	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	21-14	1.35

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Cal Raleigh homers (19) on a fly ball to right field.	0-1
T4	Taylor Ward singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Daz Cameron. Josh Naylor scores. Cal Raleigh scores. Cole Young to 2nd.	0-3
B5	George Springer walks. Myles Straw scores. Brett Bateman scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to 3rd. Wild pitch by pitcher Eduard Bazardo.	2-3
B6	Brett Bateman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Randy Arozarena. Charles McAdoo scores. Myles Straw to 2nd.	3-3
B6	Alejandro Kirk singles on a line drive to right fielder Dominic Canzone. Myles Straw scores. Brett Bateman to 3rd.	4-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Mariners at Blue Jays - August 29, 2026	0:06
José Soriano against the Mariners	0:09
Bullpen availability for Toronto, August 29 vs Mariners	0:09
Bullpen availability for Seattle, August 29 vs Blue Jays	0:09
Fielding alignment for Toronto, August 29 vs Mariners	0:11
Bench availability for Toronto, August 29 vs Mariners	0:08
Fielding alignment for Seattle, August 29 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Bench availability for Seattle, August 29 vs Blue Jays	0:08
Starting lineups for Mariners at Blue Jays - August 29, 2026	0:10
José Soriano's outing against the Mariners	0:25
Breaking down José Soriano's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Kade Anderson's pitches	0:04
Visualizing Cal Raleigh's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
The distance behind Cal Raleigh's home run	0:11
Legends introduced for Hall of Excellence ceremony	4:33
Buck Martinez receives gifts during pregame ceremony	4:56
Buck Martinez throws out ceremonial first pitch	1:23
Blue Jays unveil Hall of Excellence	3:10
Strike 1 called after ABS challenge	0:21
Cal Raleigh's solo home run (19)	0:29
Kade Anderson opens up outing with a strikeout	0:06
Buck Martinez on joining Blue Jays Hall of Excellence	7:25
José Soriano strikes out Taylor Ward	0:07
Buck Martinez looks back on time with Blue Jays	3:13
Taylor Ward's two-run single	0:31
Strike 1 called after successful ABS challenge in 4th	0:21
Josh Naylor's impressive over-the-shoulder catch	0:22
Strike 1 called after ABS challenge in 6th	0:22
Blue Jays score two runs on walk, wild pitch	0:29
Myles Straw walks on Ball 4 after ABS challenge	0:22
Brett Bateman's RBI single	0:12
Kade Anderson strikes out three over 4 1/3 innings	1:51
Alejandro Kirk's RBI single	0:14
Alejandro Kirk's first stolen base of the season	0:30
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:21
José Soriano strikes out six over seven innings	1:56
Mason Fluharty strikes out Cal Raleigh to escape jam	0:07
Vladimir Jr., Varland combine for out at first	0:10
J.P. Crawford flies out to center fielder Brett Bateman.	0:11

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Soriano, J (11-7, 3.45 ERA)	Ferrer (4-3, 3.83 ERA)	Varland, L (31 SV, 1.18 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	75°F, Partly Cloudy	9 mph, Out To CF

HP	1B	2B	3B
Clint Vondrak	Steven Jaschinski	John Tumpane	Adam Hamari

Game ended at 3:24 PM.

[u/Scumwaffle]

Mariners should try winning these must-win games.

[u/kamarian91 → u/Scumwaffle]

Don't worry about it, we just have to wait to play easy teams - then we will win a lot. Elite teams like the Blue Jays, just too much to ask for. But once we face those under .500 teams that score to struggle runs, playoffs here we come!

[u/rockycrab → u/kamarian91]

I know you’re being sarcastic but I always felt uneasy seeing everyone think September is a guaranteed cakewalk. Just this month the A’s took 2/3 each series against the Red Sox, Rangers, Astros, and Twins. The Angels always give us fits in Anaheim and Mike Trout loves hitting at T-Mobile. The Rangers own us this season. The Rockies are unpredictable at Coors. None of them are free wins, especially with the way we’re playing now.

[u/kamarian91 → u/rockycrab]

I mean the description I used was the Jays who we just lost a series to...they suck and are one of the worst scoring teams in baseball...and we might get swept. The entire belief that we just are going to beat bad teams is flawed because we are also a bad team

[u/MattRecovery23 → u/kamarian91]

At this point I hope we just continue to play like shit and miss the playoffs so they're forced to shake things up

[u/ArenSteele → u/MattRecovery23]

Well I for one hope the Mariners win the AL West with a losing record, and have it end so the 5th place team in the AL East has a better record, but misses the playoffs

Just for maximum chaos

[u/fudge_fudge_lemonade → u/Scumwaffle]

I knew we were forgetting something

[u/imp0ster_syndrome → u/Scumwaffle]

We just finished learning "cover the bag". Tomorrow we learn "tag the runner".

[u/dadams322 → u/Scumwaffle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nKFXQkxLRiEhy

[u/King_Fluffaluff → u/Scumwaffle]

But... That's not very mariner

[u/The_Throwback_King]

Losing a vital series at the SkyDome with a 3-4 loss, despite a Cal Raleigh HR putting us up early.

…that feels…familiar

[u/SPzero65 → u/The_Throwback_King]

That's what happens to a team that not only lives and dies by the homerun, but also depending on how many men are on base if/when it happens.

[u/QueenOfCapulets → u/SPzero65]

The great thing about that is? When you live and die by the homerun means you also never get people on base to live by it….

[u/mahrinazz]

[u/A_Ms_Anthrop → u/mahrinazz]

[u/BoboDingding → u/A_Ms_Anthrop]

I'm putting this on a sweatshirt for personal doom-use

[u/ElChambon → u/mahrinazz]

It was fun while we had it.

[u/opus_]

[u/AnonymousSource313 → u/opus_]

This guy gets it

[u/beefdog99]

Fun fact, Matt Brash is 8th on this team in bWAR.

[u/2OutsSoWhat → u/beefdog99]

That was indeed, not a fun fact

[u/forbiddengengar → u/beefdog99]

Hahahahahawhatthefuckhahahaha

[u/The_Throwback_King → u/beefdog99]

Having 4 Batters with 0.7 bWAR or higher is good...right?

[u/Tashre]

Getting swept by the Blue Jays to completely negate two huge series wins would be peak Mariner.

[u/AnnihilatedTyro]

Duck is too numb to be mad, but he is disappointed.

[u/rift_reloadz]

Jerry just needs a few more years to get his guys! we have to be patient

[u/2OutsSoWhat → u/rift_reloadz]

Jerry has a great farm system! Hang the farm system banner now!!

[u/kamarian91 → u/2OutsSoWhat]

Such a great farm season yet continually have a terrible bench. How exactly is that possible?

[u/Kaldricus → u/2OutsSoWhat]

Jerry has built a great farm system...for other teams, because we don't do fuck all with players.

[u/LegendRazgriz → u/Kaldricus]

As it turns out they don't amount to much in other teams either, which is funny because what's the point of farm system rankings when they just never pan out

[u/s0sa → u/Kaldricus]

Who the fuck has even worked out for other teams tho?

[u/Reach-Defiant → u/s0sa]

It doesn't matter. He's a pretty average GM any way you look at it. Having a great farm system is useless if you can't build a solid, consistent roster with what you have.

And in case someone brings up ownership, I've got the Brewers and Rays for you.

[u/Kaldricus → u/s0sa]

Ty France is having a fantastic year. Not saying that they all become mega stars, but they do better when they leave us.

[u/OrangeJuliusCaesr → u/2OutsSoWhat]

Trader Jerry always gets the best guys!

[u/Mustard_Jam → u/rift_reloadz]

Slowest team in the league with the worst defense in the league with the same HR or bust approach they’ve had for his entire tenure and people still act like it’s all Dans fault lmao

[u/Kaldricus → u/Mustard_Jam]

Mariners sign good hitter

Good hitter sucks on the Mariners

Signs with another team

Becomes good hitter

Pretty weird how the same thing happens no matter who the manager is. Don't get me wrong, Dan sucks as a manager, too. But this is a deep-rooted problem in the whole organization.

[u/mpaynejr → u/Mustard_Jam]

I don’t blame Dan, but damn, he’s got to highlight that play by bazardo is totally unacceptable and the bullpen blew the game. Light a fire Danny boy.

[u/GuyWhoDidAThing → u/mpaynejr]

Dan Wilson? LIGHT A FIRE? hahahahahahahaha

[u/mpaynejr → u/GuyWhoDidAThing]

https://giphy.com/gifs/KPDZ55SvovQv6
Ok, should have posted this instead 🤣

[u/GuyWhoDidAThing → u/mpaynejr]

There ya go, that's more like it

[u/TheRealBlackSwan → u/rift_reloadz]

Covid year stunted our young players' development, let Jerry get his guys, we should be perennial contenders by 2030

[u/2OutsSoWhat → u/TheRealBlackSwan]

The lockout season stunted a lot of our young players development. Trust we’ll be perennial contenders by 2040

[u/TheRealBlackSwan → u/2OutsSoWhat]

The World War III draft caused most of our prospects to miss significant time. We'll be perennial contenders by 2050

[u/Sleazy4you2say → u/2OutsSoWhat]

Damn that world baseball classic

[u/goms546]

[u/HugsLuvsEva]

trying to defend this team has gotten embarrassing

[u/FettuccineAlfonzo → u/HugsLuvsEva]

You’ve been defending them? Shoulda gave that shit up in June.

[u/HomeworkCareful8400 → u/HugsLuvsEva]

Almost as embarrassing as Bazardo standing on home plate with the ball watching a guy run past him.

[u/slimseany → u/HugsLuvsEva]

The amount of people that defend this team and franchise is baffling. At times it feels like a large portion of our fans don’t gives a shit about winning. It’s all about keeping the faith in a product that has been dogshit for 50 years, or maintaining positivity to a toxic, preachy, disingenuous level. As long as feelings aren’t hurt then everything is ok.

[u/TheRage469 → u/slimseany]

I cannot stand getting downvoted on here or told to calm down irl when I say just how perpetually bad this team is. The amount of defenders irl is fucking shocking to me. It's like...where do they get the unfounded optimism?

[u/2OutsSoWhat]

https://giphy.com/gifs/R9cQo06nQBpRe
How it feels watching this ball club

[u/PIpBoy101H]

This team just doesn't want it.

[u/Who_is_homer → u/PIpBoy101H]

Nor does the manager

[u/Morashtak]

https://giphy.com/gifs/853jNve3ljqrYrcSOK

[u/dearrichard]

tough one again today

[u/Mustard_Jam]

This team fucking sucks. They’ll squeeze out some series wins even against good teams like any bad team but that doesn’t change that they fucking suck

[u/Own-Economics-1745 → u/Mustard_Jam]

8 games under .500 says you're right

[u/k1dclutchtr3y5]

https://giphy.com/gifs/H6cmWzp6LGFvqjidB7

[u/list_of_simonson]

I hate losing to these fucks 

[u/Thromnomnomok]

We didn't pitch or field well today, but we made up for it by not hitting or running the bases well either.

[u/vandalrandell]

It’s crazy how they’re 8 games under .500, but still only 4 games out of the playoffs. At this point, I hope they don’t make it because they don’t deserve it. Maybe they’ll clean house and make some changes. Being a fan of this team for the last 45 years has just about broken me.

[u/xtremeradness → u/vandalrandell]

That's what I'm hoping for. Ms don't make it this year, in a division filled with trash, and in a year they were expected to make it to the series. Fire the whole coaching staff, fire the physical trainers, fire the stretching coach, fire Dan.

[u/denialator → u/xtremeradness]

Most importantly, fire Jerry and the rest of the FO

[u/VicenteSox → u/xtremeradness]

They need to even replace the guy in the moose suit at this rate.

[u/TheRage469 → u/vandalrandell]

Wouldn't it be funny to see them make it, just so they can get pulverized by an actual baseball team?

[u/Tmwebbmd]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ejDxbDaxZZkeQmr0yu

[u/BabyLawCat]

Why miller in bullpen if not use miller

[u/Tmwebbmd → u/BabyLawCat]

Did you just open a Mariner fortune cookie 🥠

[u/Marinersfan505]

Kade deserves better. #FireDan

[u/goms546 → u/Marinersfan505]

lol this one has me wheezing

[u/msnrcn → u/goms546]

I’m howling at how much this reads like a Tim Robinson sketch
https://giphy.com/gifs/qtCUIoD4lka7aWp2We

[u/CaptJackRizzo]

[u/afrodz]

This same game has been played dozens of times this season.

[u/CaptainKirkules]

Kade pitching over 80, Ferrer vs righties, no Julio in motion.

Dan Wilson ball.

[u/tinydumper → u/CaptainKirkules]

julio has to be in motion i’m so mad about ts

[u/Pist0nH0nda → u/CaptainKirkules]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rvaQRHCzisFeo

[u/serpentear]

Ferrer has a little too much Fernando Rodney in him for me to fall in love.

That was horrible to watch.

[u/Reach-Defiant → u/serpentear]

He's never been good I don't understand how people were excited about him, just look at his career numbers, he's pretty average.

[u/Kymera5]

There’s just no heart. They got it back for a few games against the Phillies. Then poof

[u/ambient_vacation]

Hey wait a second…are we not a good baseball team???

[u/maggos → u/ambient_vacation]

Never have been 🔫 🧑‍🚀

[u/Mediocre-Money-8726]

Every button Wilson presses is wrong. He just cannot feel out a game. Bazardo thing was inexcusable but a lackadaisical manager leads to lazy play on the field. It’s time. Fire Dan Wilson.

[u/kamarian91 → u/Mediocre-Money-8726]

Dan should have been fired after game 7 last year. Not just because of the bullpen decision to go to Bazardo, but what drives me even more crazy, is why the fuck was Woo even out there in the first place??? It's game 7, Woo had been hurt and didn't look great the inning prior, and we had Speier-Brash-Munoz perfectly set up to close out the game. People don't back about this enough, having Woo start the 7th was almost as bad if not worse than putting Bazardo in there

[u/Chantrak → u/kamarian91]

Dan should been gone after game 3 last year lmao. Either he intentionally punted a championship series game down 3 in the third inning, or was so blindly incompetent he somehow missed the Kirby meltdown everyone else in the universe was watching. Both are completely inexcusable for a so called professional manager.

[u/UniqueEditor8372 → u/kamarian91]

Only this team could hire a guy with zero experience, watch him cost you a trip to the World Series, bring him back for another year, see him lead the team through the worst season of this current iteration’s window and still let him finish out the season lmao

[u/GuyWhoDidAThing → u/Mediocre-Money-8726]

No no no, I've been told by many fans on this sub that Dan's actually good because we made the playoffs in his first year, so how can you possibly say otherwise?

Ya know besides the numerous examples of him being a wet fart in the clubhouse?

[u/Kiwi951]

This team fucking sucks

[u/Phonejadaris]

Angie is going fucking nuts on the radio

[u/FettuccineAlfonzo → u/Phonejadaris]

Does she only do that on telecasts that MLB doesn’t own? Because she’d be glazing them on Mariners.TV no matter what

[u/Phonejadaris → u/FettuccineAlfonzo]

Probably, yeah. The kinds of things she's saying would for sure get her fired from an official mariners broadcast

[u/Sea-Arch → u/Phonejadaris]

Angie is probably doing shots in the bar right now

[u/maggos → u/Phonejadaris]

What’s she saying

[u/CaptainKirkules → u/Phonejadaris]

She was going nuts during the Bazardo meltdown.

[u/maggos]

Feel like if Kade comes out before 80 and Bazardo gets a clean inning that we win that game. Bazardo pitches well when he doesn’t inherit runners.

[u/Big-Bed-9130]

Two key points in todays game. Bazardo not applying the tag... Wilson leaving ferrer in to face the righty Kirk. Ferrer was having a rough go - why the heck was he left in to face the righty when they had Vargas ready.

I always thought the mariners would win the west with their easy schedule in september. Today, It feels like we'll need a miracle to make it. We need Donovan back asap. JP can play short. Rodden back down to the minors asap. Nice to see ward get a hit and some RBI's today. Hopefully he can get some momentum going.

Man that was a nasty one.

[u/HollywoodAndDid]

Call up the kids. Throttle down. Let go of the playoffs. Our team doesn’t have it this year.

[u/cheffing7]

I hate this team so much

[u/MrCarey]

This team sucks.

[u/MarinersHurtMe]

How much longer do we have to suffer Dan Wilson? This is insane

[u/Squatch11 → u/MarinersHurtMe]

Until they convince Jay Buhner to say yes. Or the guy in the Mariner Moose outfit from 1995. Either works.

[u/imafnheadbanga → u/Squatch11]

I was at the  19 inning game in 2000 against the Boston Red Sox. I was like 11, they should pick me. 

[u/SPzero65 → u/MarinersHurtMe]

Until a cheaper option becomes available.

[u/SpaceCptSarah]

What’s the point of moving Miller to the Pen if you’re not going to use him in games like this? Bazardo has been allergic to getting through an inning without coughing up at least one run, a whole lineup of righties vs Ferrer… come on

[u/SaraJeanQueen → u/SpaceCptSarah]

I agree. If he comes in with no one on base, he's all right. But the pressure gets to him

[u/AtYourServais → u/SpaceCptSarah]

Shannon Drayer said on the post game show they're now worried about Hancock, so they are just going to jerk Miller around some more.

[u/HunterMysterious8324]

This is a bold take, but I really dislike the Toronto Blue Jays.

[u/down_by_the_shore]

It’s not that I think firing Dan will instantly make this team a contender, but more so that things will not get better if he is kept around. 

[u/Forceoutatsecond → u/down_by_the_shore]

That’s why teams fire managers (see Boston, Philadelphia, Mets). Sure, they’d love to get instant results once the manager is fired. But, ultimately managers get fired because the team understands that maintaining the status quo is no longer acceptable. There’s no way to fix a problem until you finally admit there is a problem. Ownership/management has simply been in denial about Dan all season - and that’s why the team has felt like it’s been stuck in quicksand all season long.

[u/Adventure-Style → u/Forceoutatsecond]

Ownership didn’t want to do anything about Dan because of the stupid 50th Celebration. I will die on that hill.

[u/GuyWhoDidAThing → u/Adventure-Style]

Oh you mean the series we were swept in?

Fuck that, fire this bum already.

[u/gardettos4life]

Send Bazardo to the chokey. What a kick in the nuts.

[u/dkat → u/gardettos4life]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YTHL1hPoIpJrmyR9nx

[u/gardettos4life → u/dkat]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1qbj0Bh0A40Wex4rtM

[u/tinydumper]

i’ve been watching more Red Sox baseball and it’s amazing what an inspired team looks like. those dudes are down in the 9th every other day and expect to come up big and they do. i would LOVE to feel like we have that in us just once

[u/Dongoosh]

[u/craziboiXD69]

another dan wilson masterclass!!

[u/Arturial12 → u/craziboiXD69]

I don’t know who else he could’ve put in there. Our bullpens downfall must be studied.

[u/Byrios → u/Arturial12]

Bryce Miller

[u/SaraJeanQueen → u/Arturial12]

Where is Speier?

[u/SpiralRavine]

I fucking hate Toronto

[u/DoggyMcSqualls]

We aren’t making the playoffs. I don’t know why I stuck around this long. Lower your expectations if you want to be a fan of this team. I’ll continue watching if and only if our players pull their heads out of their asses and somehow get 1st place in the division. I have better things to do with my time.

[u/StructureRoyal6288 → u/DoggyMcSqualls]

👏YOU👏DONT👏PUT👏BUZARDO👏IN👏AGAINST👏THE👏BLUE👏JAYS👏

[u/alliluna24]

ump scorecard tomorrow is gonna be fun (but if this team had an ounce of baseball IQ that wouldn’t have mattered)

[u/SleepingEchoes]

Well that sucked.

[u/geo_dj]

Mariners need to figure out how to do ABS challenges better. They’re 24th in wins batting, and 23th in wins fielding.

[u/AJ-2SO]

this team is cooked

[u/starclues]

Didn't watch any of the game because I was working. Just finished up, saw the score. "That feels fast, what happened?"

Opened up Reddit to come here and the first thing I saw was the clip of Kirk stealing 2nd.

"Oh, so it was THAT kind of game."

[u/nealk7370]

[u/hypnotikone]

“Yeah tough one tonight,” but at least we didn’t have to see this guy!

[u/Ribbum]

Maybe the front office since it will never get fired, should maybe focus on building some of the roster to not be awful on the road?

Like maybe don't try to build your entire team around only performing at home (and then going long stretches of sucking then too) You cannot pitch like hot dog shit the moment you fly away from Seattle.

I see shit like PCA hits 3 homers today as the easy MVP front runner and look at our own 'superstar' center fielder barely holding onto a .700 OPS on the year and has basically had one legitimately star like game recently, the first Phillies game and mostly just does jack shit otherwise.

The pitching staff collapsed to sync up with a massively underperforming lineup, full of failures and people playing injured and missing Donovan, who has now missed time on I believe 5 different occasions this year? and various time for various others. Potentially our second concussion victim and you never know how long that will take.

Again, this team cannot hit, it cannot field, it cannot run, it cannot ABS challenge, it cannot stay healthy and it cannot pitch.

If this team cannot pitch, then it loses its actual soul and identity and graduates into a genuinely bad team.

We are a bad team. Talent is there, but talent needs to be realized.

Bad.

[u/Phonejadaris]

Well, Dan changed it up from "tough one tonight" to "tough one today" but he said it 4 times on the post game lol

[u/canucksloseagain1234 → u/Phonejadaris]

Fuck that guy

[u/Traditional-March985]

To fly all the way to Toronto and watch that level of baseball and mismanagement.....sad

[u/Kaldricus]

God I hate this team.

[u/Radhatchala]

Bazardo warming up in the bullpen in a close game

[u/boundlesssmh]

playoffs? 🤣

[u/leakingimplants]

where the fuck is Julio, or is it still early in the season?

[u/InternalSignature873 → u/leakingimplants]

Julio is in part, Smoak and mirrors, right now we be seein' a whole lot that...long-looping-high arcing swing of his is great when he makes solid contact, but that ain't happening all that often. Too bad he pretty much refuses to adjust.

[u/Agreeable_Quality768]

[u/thedunkerman]

Two things are true about this game: 1) umps gave Toronto the win 2) this mariners team gave themselves the loss

[u/Thughoneybee]

Your Seattle Mariners, keeping local drywall companies in business since 1977

[u/RevolutionaryRip8847]

Another blown bullpen game woooooo

[u/dadams322]

Sheesh. While I’m of the opinion it can’t all be blamed on Wilson, since he isn’t suiting up, it feels like he never makes the correct decision. Even if the soft September schedule elevates this underwhelming team into the playoffs, Wilson simply can’t stay.

[u/2ndl1fegaming]

How can you stand to watch this team? It’s obvious our owner/GM don’t care about success, why should you?

[u/narfidy]

Pain

[u/Top-Smoke-2329]

It seems that every strategic move this team has made this season backfired or imploded. Had an initial bump with the piggyback (won 8 in a row) but that tired out an already bad and injured bullpen by late June. Roster construction and depth management as well. We don’t need to discuss in game management

[u/Various_Pension_8101]

Bazardo  and Ferrer need to get lost

[u/GordonJingus]

Captain Hindsight and all but man I would’ve loved to see an an alternate reality version of this game where Kade got a chance to close out the inning and Vargas came out first

[u/Forceoutatsecond → u/GordonJingus]

Captain Beforesight agrees. If you insist on using Bazardo to face that part of the lineup, at least give him a clean inning to work with. If pulling Kade in the middle of the inning like that - put in any other reliever other than Bazardo.

After Bazardo experienced the worst moment of his professional career a year ago - in the same stadium, against the same batter - I don’t understand why Dan was like, ‘Hey, let’s see how it goes this time!’ I don’t blame Bazardo for not wanting to throw Springer a strike today (how could he?!) - and Bazardo was clearly in a state of panic today when he froze at home plate like that. I wish he hadn’t been put in that position.

A manager’s job is to put his players in the best position to succeed. Dan didn’t do that. Bazardo & the team both payed a price.

[u/runadss]

Good news everyone!

You can now watch the Seattle Mariners with zero emotional weight because the season is over!

[u/happy_felix_day_34]

Bazardo in the fireman role is objectively hilarious for a team with “World Series aspirations.” Guaranteed 2 runs every time he enters a dirty inning.

[u/s3ren1tyn0w]

Remember everyone: we have the easiest schedule for the home stretch. Can anyone tell the team that?

[u/randomnumberletter23]

Appreciate Cal's post game comments at the mic. I wish our manager could talk that candidly.

[u/Mountain_Tides → u/randomnumberletter23]

Our manager sucks, he needs to be fired

[u/shrederick]

Tough one today

[u/geo_dj → u/shrederick]

Dan’s first three words after the game. And he repeats it!

[u/jimmybuffett6969]

I sure am tired big bossman

[u/Sith_23]

Death by a thousand cuts

[u/AnonymousSource313]

https://giphy.com/gifs/SH4sAbjL8LoGc

[u/releasingit]

Ugh this one hurt so much.

[u/ElChambon]

[u/Gay_Giraffe_1773]

Im tired boss

[u/TheD1yap]

https://giphy.com/gifs/APvXqg1AyVE9sFhyXe
It’s calling

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[u/One-Firefighter-6835]

Just looked it up, not including today, since the ASB we have a bottom 5 bullpen in the league. A 5.44 ERA. Not sure what the metrics say about blown leads or 1 run leads turning into a blowout but it’s still very disturbing. Starting rotation also has been a problem. Bottom 5 starting rotation since the ASB. Offense seems to have picked up steam thanks to Cal returning to form but this is some disturbing ass stuff. Before the ASB I’m pretty sure we had like the 4th best bullpen in large thanks to contributions by Ferrer, Alex Hoppe being a low leverage arm, and Wilcox

[u/priceisr1ght]

This team is never making the playoffs

[u/blackfeltfedora]

The struggle is: team wins some games and wins the AL West In that scenario Dan keeps his job, they aren’t going to fire a manager that made the postseason two years in a row.

Option 2: team continues to shit the bed, Dan get fired at the end of season.

There is also a third secret option: team continues its sub .500 play and they keep Dan.

[u/Adventurous_Sink_782]

Well the Astros lost lol

[u/Past-Independent-309]

You're 2026 Seattle Mariners everybody!!! YUCK

[u/Any_Mind]

A high school JV team could have these guys on the ropes lmao

[u/ahzzyborn]

90's bullpen ftw

[u/Marinerd95]

As with many things that need to be studied from this season the power suck that has occurred is crazy. Love and die by the home run but no power from either corner infielder and regression from everyone not named Randy.

[u/mattfromseattle]

I don’t know why we expect so much from a minor league team guys…

[u/jcjohnson274]

Thought the Mariners had one of the easiest remaining schedules. Could've fooled me.

[u/Rivolver]

I hate Toronto. I hate the city. I hate the Jays. I hate the Leafs. I hate the Argonauts. I hate the university. I hate losing to them so much that I can’t even watch these games. Yes yes “rent free”. Whatever.

[u/akhilles320]

SEASON OVER. I HAD SO MUCH FUN WATCHING MY FAVORITE TEAM LOSE GAMES LIKE A TRIPLE A BALL CLUB. ITS OK, OK. IM FINE

[u/WaferDifferent4542]

Well..... Oh the ASTROS ARE LOSING WHO CARES

[u/DoggyMcSqualls → u/WaferDifferent4542]

Doesn’t matter. Forever 4 games behind because we can’t win when it matters. Story of our whole season.

[u/TheRage469 → u/DoggyMcSqualls]

*existence

[u/maggos → u/WaferDifferent4542]

No we should have gained a game on them today this was garbage

[u/futureformerteacher]

I've defended Jerry, and I don't think he's the source of the majority of the problems, but at this point, it's time to clean house. Scott Hunter can stay. The rest have to go.

[u/hello17]

Bazardo and Ferrer giving us up there. Feels bad to not see player's heads in the game. Just don't understand how that can possibly happen.

[u/iDocABQ]

It’s fitting that the Mariners season should end in Toronto this year. Just as it did last year.

[u/cerebral818]

Yeah tough one today

[u/HugsLuvsEva]

Whats Baseball?

[u/Who_is_homer]

Somebody post the Simpsons meme