Mariners Draft Hitters, Hope is Renewed?

Week 10 Recap

Date Home Team Score Away Team Score Result
6/3 Mariners 4 White Sox 2 W
6/4 Mariners 7 White Sox 4 W
6/5 Mariners 5 White Sox 7 L/16
6/6 Mariners 1 Yankees 6 L
6/7 Mariners 4 Yankees 1 W
6/8 Mariners 1 Yankees 3 L
6/9 Mariners 1 Yankees 2 L
  • Big news today as the Mariners have called up Mike Zunino from AAA-Tacoma. In his first full year as a professional, Zunino has hit .238/.303/.503. He has certainly showed his strong power potential but he is not a polished hitter and has struggled against advanced AAA pitching recently. This is clearly a desperate move by the front office to try and salvage something positive from this season. But rushing unprepared prospects is not the answer to the problems this team faces. The roster is still full of veteran stopgaps and hasn’t yet been stripped down like Houston or Miami so what’s the point in bringing up Zunino? If Zunino is on his way, shouldn’t we be calling up all of our other prospects to see which of them will stick? Dave Cameron at USS Mariner makes an excellent argument for why this move signals the end of the Jack Z era in Seattle.

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