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that we start seeing a better payoff this year from the youth movement. I think the presence of some certified veteran bats to help carry the load will help a lot. My preference would have been to obtain a veteran core piece in the middle of the order and then add a Morse or a Morales. That seems like it was Jack's preference as well, he just wasn't able for whatever reason to get it done. But in the end he has done what many including myself were crying out for heading into the 2012 season. In fact, he went a buck-and-a-half farther by signing Ibanez and Bay.
Wedges comments yesterday make it clear that "he who produces plays." That's as it should be. With Ichiro gone the days of entitlement without the production to back it up are history.
If either Morales or Morse turn into one-and-done Mariners, Montero will be able to play a lot of first base because we can expect Zunino to hit the big time for sure in 2014, probably at the ASB or September of 2013.