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I didn't get to read the Dutton piece yet - been crazy busy lately...maybe one of you guys who's read the piece can tell me how similar my comments are:
C) MIKE ZUNINO - Would see AAA time in 2015 if not for defensive game - concerned for major regression due to bad contact.
C) JUSES SUCRE - Will lose back-up gig to Hicks by mid-season - Brendan Ryan minus walks at the plate.
C) BRANDON HICKS - Solid approach at plate and behind it - high stop-loss, minimal upside
1B) LOGAN MORRISON - Confidence, already a strength, increased in the crunch, comparable to young Lyle Overbay
1B/LF) PATRICK KIVLEHAN - Late arrival to baseball, ceiling not yet established, needs to improve strike zone control - LoMo blocks him in 2015
2B) ROBINSON CANO - Probably never going to hit 30 HR for Mariners, but who cares, really?
3B) KYLE SEAGER - Franchise hero in oh so many ways - defensive value likely a bit overstated in 2014
SS) CHRIS TAYLOR - Equals Erick Aybar
SS) BRAD MILLER - Much more dynamic than Taylor offensively, but Taylor the superior SS and the less likely to implode. If he can supersub, he can play.
UT) WILLIE BLOOMQUIST - This should be his final season, if he's smart - skills eroding despite high BABIP in 2014.
LF) DUSTIN ACKLEY - Dismal September casts a huge doubt on second half surge - watch groundball spray chart for pulled choppers in ST
CF) AUSTIN JACKSON - Swing well and truly fouled up and lifeless in 2014, but no sign of loss of reflexes, should rebound
RF) MICHAEL SAUNDERS - Breakout in 2015 likelier than ever (that is to say, was 10% likely, now 20% likely. :) ) - can he stay healthy?
OF) ENDY CHAVEZ - Had one of his hot streaks in 2014 - not buying it for 2015
OF) FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ - Last chance to make it as a bench player...will be fighting uphill from AAA
OF) STEFEN ROMERO - Missed chance to start, probably never will again in Seattle - plate skills VERY raw and unreliable
OF/1B) JI-MAN CHOI - My sleeper pick to click - would have debuted in 2014 if not for roid bust - to paraphrase scouts "The hitters friggin' hit"
3B/1B) DJ Peterson - Up with the big club by September at the very latest, see the last comment from scouts