One needs to explore why the 2002 Mariners didn't have the kind of outfield D that the 2001 Mariners did (and the 2003 team too). Cameron seems to have had an "off year" in 2002...if there is a legitimate physical explanation for why he slumped in 2002 and came back uber-strong in 2003, I haven't heard or seen it. In 2003, the synergy got super-stacked by the addition of a legit third center fielder (Randy Winn) and that team produce some outfield statistics that are "top 10 all time outfields" good if I'm to believe my own research.
So the key to predictability with the Mariner outfield defense is...will we continue to run super-synergized three-CF alignments out there and will Gutierrez have an "off year"? Those seem to be the lynchpins.
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