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By some miracle, despite being just a hair above .500, the Mariners have maintained a tenuous grip on first place in the American League West. If you were a casual observer, you could be forgiven for thinking this Mariners team is actually pretty good, but beneath the surface, the Mariners are muddled in mediocrity. As is tradition across all sports, these types of team performances tend to draw the ire of even the most casual of Mariners fans. The calls for roster changes are certainly being made, and none are louder than those surrounding Rob Refsnyder. Now, Refsnyder was explicitly brought in to hit lefties, and, uh, well, he’s not doing it. As a result, many have begun to question his place on the roster with the hot bat of Dominic Canzone and the imminent return of Randy Arozarena. A part of that could be bad luck, a part of that could be nagging injury, a part of that could just be being a fringe utility player on the wrong end of 35. Regardless of the reason, the Mariners are still left to make a decision. Nick Vitalis discussed the Mariners’ options earlier this week; for the sake of this piece, I’ll keep it simple: Does Reyfsnyder have a place on this team for the remainder of the season? Let us know what you think through the poll and comments below.
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With the All-Star game quickly approaching, I wanted to get an idea of how other people voted in this thing. Frankly, most of the time I forget to vote for the All-Star game. Most of the time I can’t even be bothered to watch these days because the All-Star Game is on some new slop streaming service that I’m not gonna pay for. I have MLB TV I should be able to watch whatever game I want. But whatever, that’s a conversation for another time. Now we did want to know who you wanted to see at the All-Star game, and the results came back as a surprise to me:
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It seems Cole “Cole Young” Young has captured the hearts of Mariners fans everywhere. I did not expect his to eclipse Julio at all. Seems like Young’s rise as aface-of-the-franchisee type player for the Mariners is just getting started.
I also wanted to know how other people vote. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of when fan bases stuff the ballot boxes and we get all of one team in the infield or something like that. It dilutes the overall purpose and experience of the game. I have no interest in seeing Brandon Belt take at-bats in the All-Star Game. I want to see the stars; that’s what the starting spots should be for! Most of you seem to agree with me:
Now don’t get me wrong, I always vote for all Mariners at least once, but I definitely mix in a few ballots of who I actually think deserves to go…unless they’re a Yankee or Astro.
