As the Dustin Ackley era continues to sputter in Seattle, a change of scenery may be in order

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SteveInShelton said:

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Tequilla said:

If you go by WAR as your source, Zunino is a replacement level player at this point.

I see a lot of good things to him ... but his bad elements are SO BAD that it takes away a lot of the good things that he does.

His strikeout issue was a massive red flag at every level coming up. At least by Double A they should have told him you get promoted to the next level when you keep your strikeouts below 20%. Since they didn't, he never learned to protect the plate offensively. He's a defensive wizard but he's so far below what he could have been offensively it's sad.

But why is Jackie Z a bad GM?

At least he actually made it to the majors, Hultzen isn't even close and he was supposed to be the "safest" pick of that entire draft.

Don't even get me started. I BRB JO'd over Rendon more times than Swaye at a nudist biker chick convention. I couldn't believe he fell to us, and couldn't believe we passed on him. For Hultzen of all fucking people.

The M's drafted in the top 3 in the two most star studded top 10s in the past dozen years and got Jeff Clement and Danny Hultzen. Add in passing on Lincecum for Brandon Morrow and you don't even need to make it to the Bedard trade to explain why the Mariners have sucked for so long.

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