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To be fair, I was only paraphrasing Wedge.  Mentor might have been used, or a word like it.  I can't remember the exact phrasing, only the flavor the word left.  And Wedge was just responding to a leading question like "You gotta like the leadership, or knowledge, or presence, or the way he could mentor guys, or whatever that Millwood brings to the table."  Which I guess isn't really a question, but again . . . Paraphrasing.
While I'm at it . . .
Zdurencik was on KJR this evening speaking of many things.  Being the intrepid reporter that I am, I fell asleep several times.  Not because it was boring but because my gosh!  That's a long bus ride home and 4 am is too late to be going to sleep on a work night.
Still, I picked up some things here and there.  For one, I caught a bit of him raving about Hultzen.  In particular the strikeout of Peguero, which was on four fastballs.  They had the gun out and clocked Hultzen at 94, 95.  Paxton and Walker were hitting those numbers too.
He also is excited about Catricala and made it sound like the guy could be playing a big roll in the Mariners season quite soon.
As a fun aside, there was a national reporter on the show later on.  The hosts were quizzing him about Braun and testing procedures.  When their time was up, they thanked him and began to move on before he cut them off with a "Wait, I didn't even get to ask about the Mariners!  How are those young pitchers looking?"  After the hosts went on about how great they look, he replied, "You know the Mariners have had a couple of bad years lately, but I think in a couple of years we're going to have a whole lot to talk about in Seattle."  It was cool to hear a national reporter (Joe something--writes for mlb.com and sports illustrated) so aware and excited to hear about Paxton, Walker, and Hultzen.  Legitamely so.  These guys are making a buzz outside of Seattle too.  He was also high on Montero.