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The Mariners have to plauy for upside. Wells' upside is to do what Willingham is doing...but in CF, not in LF...and with a glove on his hand, not a cesta.
Willingham can't play left in SAafeco...he'd be a -15 in Safeco because our LF is huge...even huger than Oakland's the way the ball plays, requiring your guys to cover more ground because more plays are potentially makeable and Wells could be a +10 in CENTER field...let alone the +5 he'd be in left. So if you get Willingham...the guy you're blocking is not Casper Wellls...he should slide over to center and Trayvon goes back to AAA to become awesome trade bait. The guy you're blocking...is MIKE CARP. And that is a gigantic NADA for me. Beacuse for Mike Carp to have any value ot me...he has to be my left fielder...if he's a DH, he's a cheap +30-+40 runs but he prevents you from getting Prince Fielder or Joey Votto unless you want to trade Smoak...which I don't.
So...no...I think I'll pass.