In each and every MLB season that he has played, Adam Dunn has more strikeouts than games played.  50% of his PA's result in one of three outcomes.....homers, walks or K's. (in 2008, in 651 PA's...he had 326 H's, W's, or K's.  668 PA's in '09...331 HWK's.  261 PA's this year...117 HWK's.  It holds throughout his career.  Amost 50% HWK's in each year).

Yet he is a very valuable bat.  If he could field at all, he would be a tremendous player.

He hits .250----Walks .130-----and mashes.

Tacoma's Mike Wilson is kind of like that.  Doesn't hit for quite the average (Dunn averaged 300ish in his one AA-AAA year..walked 120ish), doesn't K quite as much, doesn't mash quite as much, doesn't walk quite as much.  Appears to be showing some batting average improvement this year. Can he hit MLB pitching at a .240 clip?  I don't know, it's problematic....But if he could, he might be a .240-.340-.480 type of player.  25-27 homers as a full time player, maybe. That would be a valuable bat.  Can he field well, doesn't look like it...But let's see what he has.  DH him some.  Bradley looks fine in LF (and his presence is growing on me) and Saunders can cover 3 OF position, anyway.

It's all a big maybe with Wilson, I know.  But he's 27 years old.  Let's find out if he can hit MLB pitching.  If he can't....let him go.  But he would probably be no less valuable to the M's than Ryan Langerhans, who is 30 years old and can play defense and walk some, but that is it.

Move him up Z...release Langerhans.  Ackley  comes up too, Kotchman goes (His glove saves a run now and again...but now as many as his bat surrenders).  That isn't throwing in the towel...it is simply saying that we have MILB guys as good as guys on the MLB roster.  Time to give them a chance.

It is pretty clear that Kotchman and Langerhans aren't carrying this team to the playoffs...and they aren't going to be around next year.

Lets try Plan B.

Or is it C?

moe