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I'd be pretty shocked ....
Should have made more clear, though, that we're speaking in terms of where Tillman was, when he was coming up through our system.  In 2009, he's made nice gains and is of course well ahead of where Cortes is, at the moment.
Cortes more-or-less replaces the commodity we had going in Tillman when he was coming up through the system.   I wouldn't give you Tillman for Cortes as we speak, no.
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As far as Tillman projecting to Opening Day starter... we Seattle fans get bullish on our minors players after they're gone.  If Tillman were *currently* a Mariner we'd be hearing cautions, caveats and no cheering in the press box.  :- )
I can only imagine what the assessments of Michael Saunders would become, if he went out in a deal for (say) Adam Dunn.