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Seattle Sports Insider never understood how Tom Wilhelmsen could be relieving in the first place.  Now that Baker has called for the switch back, the concept of his return to the rotation is bound to regain traction.

Actually, our go-to man Geoffy clearly explains why Wilhelmsen was moved back to the pen in 2011:  (1) the Mariners were desperate for bullpen help and (2) Wilhelmsen's results in the rotation were questionable at the time.

Larry Stone reports that Wilhelmsen is going back to Tacoma and that it isn't known whether it is to get stretched out as an SP.

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Theory and Practice, Dept.

In terms of the ol' "Starter's Rhythm" camera angle, you would think it was a NO-BRAINER to put him in the rotation.

• Extreme starter's BODY
• Extreme starter's MOTION
• Throws a huge 12-6 curve
• Seems to be wild his first 10 pitches
• Extreme starter's RHYTHM (is not a max-effort type)

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Kendrys' Basic Template:  Coin-Op HIT Machine

The stock pattern here is not difficult and it's not controversial.  Inside Pitch told us going in that we were getting "fat Ichiro."  Morales has a "plus-plus" HIT tool and either (1) average, or (2) plus PWR - we don't know which.