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jr428
If Cishek returns to form, the M’s will have a 7th, 8th, and 9th inning combo that would be hard to score on. Charlie was ridiculous in bases loaded, one out situations that seemed impossible to get out of unscathed. I’m excited to see the M’s in action next year
bravoboyz
I’m sorry, Furbush as the back end? Yes, but he won’t be the primary guy in the 8th. He’s a lefty specialist. You’re thinking of Benoit.
I have a feeling Scribner will do well here and we should have a solid 7-8-9 in Scribner, Benoit and Cishek, with Furbush available when we need a lefty.
Francys01
I liked what Cishek stated about the Cardinals’s bullpen “their bullpen was amazing”. Good luck with the Mariners. It will be cool to see you as a closer again.
nookster
Confirms Dipoto is outta his mind, no other team even considered Cishek a closer. If he was that great he woulda commanded Neshek’s contract. Exact same situation.
M’s- super expensive 2B, expensive RF/DH, star 3B in his prime, bullpen blows leads all year.
gojira15
I doubt Cishek has too long of a leash. Clearly Dipoto wanted someone with 9th-inning experience, and Cishek could provide that. Dipoto may also be of the mind that the team’s best reliever is better deployed in high leverage situations in the 7th or 8th innings. Personally, I’m not a huge Dipoto fan, but it doesn’t make a ton of sense to spend big on a closer when the team is coming off such a weak season. Baseball is flush with hard-throwers that can mow down hitters.
JT19
Cishek had one down year, with many good years before that? What’s the harm in signing a guy who used to be a closer, hoping he can find his stuff again and be good again. Outside of the trade market, I don’t think there are any other free agent closers. Mariners don’t have the prospects to give up for a big name closer as well. $5 million annually isn’t a terrible number to give to a guy if he can pitch like how he did in STL, even if he doesn’t become the closer.
ayrbhoy
I agree with your description of the M’s for last year but you are obviously forgetting the bullpen’s success from the year before. Best bullpen in AL and lowest bullpen ERA in the entire year. Can’t get much worse than last year- we’ve rid ourselves of the Fernando Rodney Experience!
darthjayder1
Cishek looks like he needs to get some sleep
greatd
One thing that’s for sure is that Dipoto changed the look of the franchise quickly
rightwingrick
I think Dipoto is being underestimated (by a lot) here. He has a team he inherited with Cano”, Nelson Cruz, and Kyle Seager at its offensive core, and Felix Hernandez as a top rate starter, with two very good young guys (Walker and Paxton) coming up behind him. But what he didn’t have was any offense after the top three that could even get on base (look it up; almost worst in the majors over five years), and no healthy and consistent veteran starters, and a bullpen that blew up last year after leading the majors the year before.
He laid out his plan: get on-base guys with athleticism; fill out the rotation with some guys with solid backgrounds, and remake the bullpen. He’s done it all, and I suspect there’s more than one opposing team in the league who’s more worried about the M’s than was the case three months ago.
Mariners are a good sleeper pick for a big comeback in 2016. And Dipoto is a good sleeper pick for GM of the Year.
jopo
Carson Smith was the best reliever in that bullpen, and Cishek is on the downslide. Dipoto made some good deals, but he’ll regret trading Smith.