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At what point does it make sense for the Mariners to consider moving Ackley back to CF to make room for the middle infielders coming up? Between Ackley, Seager, Franklin and Miller one of them will have to move out of the IF or be moved in a trade. If we believe reports that Miller is more likely than Franklin to stick at SS then the logical move to me is to put Ackley back in CF to make room for a Seager/Franklin at 3B/2B* combo. Also, given the increased value that prospects are getting by having MLB service time, the Mariners would probably be best served by getting all of these guys into the lineup as soon as they are ready, even if the master plan is to trade some of them for a "Stanton" down the road.
Either way, moving Ackley to CF would solve a lot of problems for this team including solving some of the corner OF problems by having Saunders and Morse in RF/LF respectively. This team could be seriously loaded as soon as this year if a couple kids take the step forward that their baseball cards suggest they can/should.
*I'm not sure if Franklin has experience at 3B but it would be worth looking at optimal positions given Seager's true position is 2B and Franklin has the arm for 3B and apparently has added the size as well