Darren Gossler

I lied. I'm not going to put in the effort to cross post #Mariners payroll updates here. Screw this place. If you want those updates, you can get them from Bluesky unless you manually check the sheet. That includes you writers/reporters. Goose@goose1701.com on Bluesky.

10 years ago, I stopped using Facebook entirely and haven't been back since. However I never deleted my account just in case somebody wanted to contact me and to keep squatters from taking it. Will be the same here. This is my final tweet, but the account will remain.

@A_Jude I would very much recommend you(and Shannon and Tim Booth and whomever else) change your dns to match your employer as a former of verification so you will "byadamjude@seattletimes.com" bsky.social/about/blog/pre…

Testing out the waters over here …

Basically once either Jeff Passan and/or Ken Rosenthal and then at least one of Ryan Divish/Adam Jude/Dean Kramer make the jump to Bluesky, then my need for Twitter is gone. Rest of the communities I follow are already mostly all there.

Forgot to add Drayer to this list, but don't need to as she just made the jump today!

And people wonder why this website is getting deserted.

@hersent No he's great. I more meant Sim's spot on the crew, not his actual role.

@Goose1701 Wait Aaron Goldsmith is bad ?

Sims had his moments, but was overall pretty bad. But most people couldn't recognize that because we are currently in the darkest period of broadcasting quality in the sports history. Glad he's gone, but he'll be replaced by somebody even worse somehow.

@RyanDivish @A_Jude @DKramer_ @JeffPassan @Ken_Rosenthal When you started the Extra Innings podcast and then especially when you started going on all these other podcasts, you became one. You create content with those.

@Goose1701 @A_Jude @DKramer_ @JeffPassan @Ken_Rosenthal I am not a “creator”.

Hey @RyanDivish, @A_Jude, @DKramer_, @JeffPassan, @Ken_Rosenthal. You all need to get on over to the BlueSky so the rest of us can drop Twitter.

@RyanDivish @A_Jude @DKramer_ @JeffPassan @Ken_Rosenthal Oh of course. If it reaches any kind of audience, it's gonna have content creators. I mean, you yourself are a content creator. People likely want the reporters/writers to sub Bluesky for Twitter, not add Bluesky. Though I suppose at the moment, it's a smaller audience.

@Goose1701 @A_Jude @DKramer_ @JeffPassan @Ken_Rosenthal I don't know that I can do another form of social media. Do they have "content creators" on BlueSky?

I like d'Arnaud, but for the Angels to be relevant, they need to sign Juan Soto, invent a machine to travel the multiverse, sign a second Juan Soto, and then brainwash Ohtani into thinking it's 2021 and he stil plays for the Angels.

Taking my children out for some high culture

The Chiba Lotte Marines are posting Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old right-hander regarded as one of the best pitchers in the world, paving the way for him to play Major League Baseball in 2025. Everything you need to know in news, free and unlocked at ESPN: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Cal Raleigh is adding more hardware to his trophy case, as he’s just been named the Platinum Glove Award winner for being the best defensive player in the American League. He’s the first player in Mariners history, at any position, to win the honor.

@colinokeefe I have no idea if he's good, but he was on the 2022 playoff team.

Is Daniel Sprong good? I have heard the name before, which is rare for a Kraken acquisition. Explain it to me like it’s the Mariners.

This week's #StarTrekLowerDecks might be one of my favorites of the whole series and one of the best Klingon centric episodes we've gotten since DS9. And I howled at the Experience Beij reference.

The Mariners as currently constructed are probably about an 82ish win team. Need to add around 10 wins to be a true division title contender.

The Mariners, known to be in the 2B market, are among the teams that have closely evaluated infielder Hye-seong Kim, whom the Kiwoom Heroes will post this offseason. Kim, a left-handed batter, had an .841 OPS and 30 SB at age 25 in KBO this season. @MLBNetwork @SeattleSports