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Originally Posted by 71buc
I live in Wershington and as such I am a M's fan by proxy. I hate to say it but this feels like a desperate last ditch effort by Jack Z. to save his job by putting lipstick on a pig. They need to have at least one other big bat in that line up to play 500.
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I agree that Jack Z should not have this job, as he has made plenty of mistakes, forcing out Wedge being one of them. I also agree that they need a big bat, and I think Cano is a much more serious effort than they put out last year with the two big veteran acquisitions. But this isn't putting lipstick on a pig, or adding a bat in order to play .500. The Mariners may not take advantage of it, but almost everyone recognizes that they have the young talent waiting in the wings to build a very good team in the near future, but you usually can't do that without a Cano or two. They've added the big bat. Now let's see if they can put the pitching staff together in the right way and properly get rid of a few lost causes such as Justin Smoak.