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If you are blowing off your +15 runs CF, that being Jarrod Dyson, to put -5 defense Mitch Haniger into CF so you can pursue J.D. Martinez ... ?  And simultaneously pursuing a -7 defense Big Bat at first?  That young, athletic thingy was a nice trip to the Bahamas, right?

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Greg Johns flatly states that Heredia and Haniger will handle CF.  That would be so that the M's can pursue a bat in the corner, and there are a lot on the FA market:  J.D. Martinez, Justin Upton, Jose Bautista, Andrew McCutchen.  Or, both Boomstick and Ohtani get into the same lineup in a Haniger scenario.

(TELL me it's not FUN to talk about Shohei Ohtani as our lefty #7 hitter!  Right before he goes out and throws 100 MPH in the 1st inning the next day)

Zoom slid his prediction for Dyson to $8.5 - $9.0 MM after the late season problems.  Personally I love Jarrod Dyson and I love having a glove specialist in the middle of the diamond, going back all the way to Little O being the glue for the Thome-Belle Indians.  Dr. D is a UZR skeptic, but he is all-in on truly magical glove specialists who play the middle.

Haniger can play CF, but he will be -runs there.  This will be interesting to watch, the CF decisions in the winter.  Makes no sense to ask the M's to add Darvish/Arrieta/Tanaka as well as Justin Upton, but here they are talking about letting Jarrod Dyson go.  You don't let a world-class CF go without SOMETHING in mind.

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The M's are snake-eyed IN on Shohei Ohtani, per Johns' article.  Zoom characterizes this as an Escape New York three-legged race where tripping gets you strafed with machine-gun fire.  Clubs gotta talk fast with DATA's player agents.  (Darvish-Arrieta-Tanaka-Agents.)  While telling Ohtani Yes Sir, No Sir, What Else Can We Get You Sir.  

• A pure DH slot after Cruz, certainly
• A short flight back to Hokkaido, here are 8 first-class tickets
• A city very similar in climate and terrain, with plenty of Japanese-speaking areas, done deal
• A rabid contingent of fans inside the park, complete with Ichiro and Daimajin fans?, no doubt
• A genteel acceptance of early hitting travails, goes without saying
• D-A-T-A .... hm well, here's where we stand ... IF we have YOU

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The M's probably on Yonder Alonso, according to John's.  For what it's worth, Alonso hit .282/.382/.483 for the M's after that first four games, with 'only' a .326 BABIP.  He wound up walking almost 70 times in a shortened season.  :: brad pitt ::  If Boomstick hits a homer, do we care whether Alonso got there by hit or walk?  :: jonah hill ::  We. do. not.

Fangraphs gives -12 runs a year for Alonso's defense; Dewan gives -6 runs.  Looks like -6 to me, FWIW.  I'd give Boomstick or Ohtani a 1B glove.  In none of these scenarios do the Mariners get more athletic, but then again the Seattle Mariners never were playing basketball.

Then again, a 23-year-old Curtis Granderson at DH, that's young and it's pretty athletic into the bargain.

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So this "athleticism" buzzword.  Is that a thing?  It says here, ummmmmmmNo.

Enjoy,

Dr D