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Jack Wilson, by the way, is bopping along at -14 runs per season UZR.
Replacing Jack Wilson and Adam Kennedy with Ackley costs the M's ZERO defense -- it probably GAINS them defense -- and they know that.
The hip cyber-debate is over how much defense Ackley would cost them. It's a shibboleth. Ackley is young, quick, instinctive and the M's infield would be better with the cat-quick Ackley than with Jack Wilson or an aging Adam Kennedy.
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But, as G noted, in three weeks, Dustin Ackley's defense will suddenly be "better than people think."
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