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The problem I have with this Mariner roster...there's no good solution to some of the line-up issues.
Calling up Saunders leaves Carp without a job...Griffey is just starting to heat up and he has to play...there's no need for him in left if Saunders is up so he plugs the DH slot.  Calling up Clement doesn't help unless he can catch, which he can't.
I think step one is choosing either Carp or Saunders and platooning them with Balentien.  Griffey is my starting DH and if he platoons with anyone it is certainly NOT Mike Sweeney, who needs to be DFA'd immediately.  Call up Chris Shelton...maybe he'll provide a spark against the lefties.  Moving Branyan to third would be a spectacularly stupid thing to do right now...Beltre is still one of our better hitters and our only credible defender on the infield, and despite protestations to the contrary, it is not a flyball rotation...only Vargas and Washburn are flyball guys.  Morrow is neutral once his command improves and Felix and Bedard are groundball pitchers.  Now if Olson takes Morrow's rotation spot once Bedard returns...then we need to worry more about the outfield than the infield. :)
My roster, as of today, would be:
C) Rob Johnson (like it or not, he's helping the pitching staff a LOT)1B) Russell Branyan2B) Jose Lopez (after his berievement period...I hope he will be OK)3B) Adrian BeltreSS) Cesar Izturis (call the Orioles and offer them some pittance...I don't honestly care what)LF) Mike CarpCF) Franklin GutierrezRF) Ichiro SuzukiDH) Ken Griffey Jr.
OF4) Wlad BalentienMIF) Oswaldo Navarro (yes, really...best defensive middle infielder in the system)BC) Jeff Clement if he can do it at all, Adam Moore otherwiseBAT) Chris SheltonGLOVE) Jerry Owens
SP1) Felix HernandezSP2) Erik Bedard / Garrett Olson til he gets backSP3) Jarrod WashburnSP4) Brandon MorrowSP5) Jason Vargas
CL) David AardsmaSUR) Mark LoweSUL) Garrett Olson / Ryan Rowland-Smith til Bedard gets backMR) Sean WhiteMR) Miguel BatistaMR) Chris Jakubauskas
This is not a team in dire need of a 7-man bullpen despite the lack of comfort Wok expresses with the concept.  This is a team in need of moveable parts and reliever swith rubber arms (*cough* Jak/Batista/Olson *cough*).