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Hello and welcome back to FanPost Friday! It’s technically still winter, but we’ve got spring on the mind with all this practice and exhibition baseball in the air. I am ready for it not to be so dang cold and grey in Seattle, I don’t know about y’all. I’m sure it’ll warm up by like July 5th, right? At least the increased amount of daylight has been nice lately
Anyways, I appreciate everyone who weighed in last week with their way-too-soon Spring Training hot takes. Let’s take a look at some highlights before we hit the polls.
Devoted LL Mod Squad member btownfritz has some worrisome takes on the Mariners pitching staff:
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If the season goes very pear-shaped, blame Fritz! (just kidding, do not blame Fritz)
Moving on, a palate-cleanser from jim_blodgett:
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Mmmm, tastes like optimism!
Known teal-hater Reacher11 checks in:
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Fun fact: the grassy knoll was actually teal (Northwest Green).
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All right, enough shenanigans. St. Patrick’s Day is next week after all. It’s time for some Mariners & WBC grab-bag polls!
Poll
Who is going to win the World Baseball Classic?
This poll is closed
-
15%
USA
(62 votes) -
49%
Dominican Republic
(202 votes) -
0%
Canada
(0 votes) -
0%
Mexico
(0 votes) -
0%
Puerto Rico
(2 votes) -
0%
China
(0 votes) -
0%
Cuba
(0 votes) -
15%
Chinese Taipei
(62 votes) -
1%
Netherlands
(5 votes) -
0%
Italy
(0 votes) -
0%
Panama
(1 vote) -
12%
Japan
(49 votes) -
0%
Korea
(0 votes) -
0%
Australia
(1 vote) -
2%
Czech Republic
(10 votes) -
0%
Colombia
(0 votes) -
0%
Great Britain
(1 vote) -
1%
Venezuela
(8 votes) -
0%
Israel
(4 votes) -
0%
Nicaragua
(0 votes)
Poll
How many home runs will Julio Rodríguez hit in the 2023 WBC?
This poll is closed
-
16%
5 or more
(53 votes) -
22%
4
(72 votes) -
29%
3
(95 votes) -
23%
2
(76 votes) -
5%
1
(17 votes) -
3%
Zero :(
(10 votes)
Poll
Will Justus Sheffield make a start for the 2023 Mariners?
This poll is closed
-
15%
Yes
(54 votes) -
50%
No
(172 votes) -
34%
Don’t put that evil out in the world
(117 votes)
Poll
Will Tommy La Stella have any regular season at-bats with the 2023 Mariners?
This poll is closed
-
58%
Yes
(193 votes) -
25%
No
(84 votes) -
15%
Abstain
(52 votes)
Poll
What level of baseball does Harry Ford end the 2023 season in?
This poll is closed
-
31%
Triple A
(106 votes) -
52%
Double A
(178 votes) -
4%
High A
(14 votes) -
0%
Low A
(1 vote) -
11%
(whispers) gets a couple starts at the end of the season with the Mariners
(40 votes)
Poll
Do you like the pitch clock so far?
This poll is closed
-
29%
Huge fan
(100 votes) -
51%
Not quite sure yet, but shorter games are good
(176 votes) -
9%
No
(32 votes) -
9%
It’s an affront to the pastime in general
(31 votes)
That’s all for this week, folks! Be sure to read Zach Mason’s post and take his much more rigorous predictions survey. Have a great weekend!
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