Merks,
Morse played everywhere in Tacoma and in his first go around in Seattle he was evenprimarily a SS. After that he played 3B, COF and 1B.
He wasn't very good anywhere, although I thought him decent in the OF and at 1B.
I also thought that with more 3B time he could have been adequate there.
It seemed to me that the knocks on Morse were that he had no "natural" position and that he was tall and big but didn't seem to be a power guy. His skill set, getting on base, didn't seem to match his body type. The poweer came, though, didn't it.
We moved him way too early, considering that he was up 4 seasons in a row and hit decently or better in the first three, all cups of tea.
Consider that in '09 we opened with Morse in Tacoma and Bad Wlad patrolling LF in Safeco. Egads, man. the horror, the horror! Endy Chavez was our next LF'er. And then we trade Morse (hitting .312-.370-.481 and beginning to show some AAA power for the first time) to Washington for Ryan Langerhans who had hit .167 and .234 in the two previous years.
This was disasterous GM'ing and talent evaluation. Not only did we over project Wlad, Chavez AND Langerhans, but we hugely underpredicted Morse. 0 'fer 4!
I think you could make this an 0 'fer 5 if you include the M's front office confidence in Saunders as a factor in this move.
This was a Star Trek moment: "Beam me up Scotty, no intelligent life here."
Moe
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