... a placeholder for when Mike McGee takes over in 2013/2014!
I still don't particularly care for Wells in CF. My dream scenario is that Ichiro moves to center, Wells takes over in RF (where his bat profiles), and Carp mans LF. I can live with that arrangement quite nicely.
I'm dead serious about the CF talent in the minor league system making it's way up. Danny Carroll (.299/.418/.477/.896, 62 stolen bases! 88/156 BB/SO) just needs to cut down on his K's, and he would be a phenominal MLB CF, and he'll be manning the spot at AA next year.
Down in Clinton you have my boy Mike McGee (.283/.351/.426/.777, 23/40 BB/SO, picked in 15th round of the 2011 draft), who will rip the Cal League a new one in 2012 and may leap over Carroll if Danny-Boy falters.
At Everett we had Jarrett Burgess (.220/.300/.390/.690) who struggled a bit with injuries, but was solid down the stretch, and 2011 17th round draft pick Nathan Melendres (.285/.341/.406/.747, ) who was solid from the first time he stepped onto a professional baseball field.
Even down as far as Pulaski in the Appy League the Mariners have a guy playing CF who made a name for himself in 2011. Picked in the 13th round of the 2011 draft, Jamal Austin (.335/.405/.383/.789, 22/21 BB/SO, 20 stolen bases) handled the advanced rookie league very well, and if it hadn't been for other talented CFers in the system would probably have been promoted up the chain at some point last season.
Anybody hear of this James Zamarripa (.266/.329/.331/.660) kid that the Mariners drafted in the 6th round this year out of high school? If you hadn't, you probably will over the next few years. He spent his debut season down in the Arizona League and may have shown enough to make the move up to Everett in 2012.
Ya, I'm high on the CRers in the system...
Lonnie
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