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So how do we isolate one element vs another :- )
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1.  Will readily admit that you MAY be right; Gutierrez may be a great center fielder.  It does not look like it to me, but this isn't a scientific subject that we have "solved."
2.  Tend to agree that in Safeco Field, you don't want to combine a weak OF with a rotation of Jarrod Washburns.  (But a rotation of Lees, Bedards, Felices and Pinedas would be different.)
The last good Mariner teams, 2001-03, had Ichiro and Cammy (as well as offenses that scored more than 500 runs).  Silentpadna and I have been selling quality OF for Safeco for a long time.
3.  This entire question is one in which a GM's judgment applies.  Maybe Zduriencik agrees with you that Gutierrez in Safeco is a must.  After all, Jack traded for him.
4.  Bet you that Jack Zduriencik likes Michael Saunders for CF.  :- )  Jack has watched that hombre play.