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Cade Marlowe - A 2019 draftee, lots to like, but also not MLB-ready.Jack Larsen - A non-drafted, non-prospect who has played his way up through the system the last 3 seasons, but certainly isnвЂ™t being held up as a possible major contributor at the MLB level.Zach DeLoach - A lot to like from DeLoach so far, but as a 2020 draftee he is nowhere near MLB-ready.The 2020 Mariners had no such depth and while they played well above their talent level the latter half of the season, they still fell short. You need MLB quality depth to be there if/when things go awry. Regardless, banking on your 20-year-old top OF prospect who has not played above AA to be a top-five offensive contributor on your вЂњgoing for itвЂќ roster is an extremely high-risk move. RodrГguez will certainly struggle, too, although how much and for how long is anyoneвЂ™s guess. We saw how hard Kelenic struggled during his first months in MLB. Julio RodrГguez - We all know Julio and Jarred are the two potential franchise cornerstones on which this whole rebuild basically depends on.Still very unproven and shouldnвЂ™t be relied on as a producer for any competitive team. Taylor Trammell - Struggled at MLB level, but played well in AAA the rest of 2021.Dylan Moore - Should not be getting any significant number of OF starts on a competitive team.Jake Fraley - He is bad and fragile like an old Christmas tree ornament.As updates on his knee injury got worse and worse throughout his rehab in 2021, ending with Jerry Dipoto saying that he probably wonвЂ™t be full-go at 2022 Spring Training, it just seems like the team is far, far safer not relying on or expecting much of anything from Lewis going forward and treating whatever playing time he can give as a total bonus. Kyle Lewis - Lewis is perhaps the biggest question mark on the whole roster at this point.But again, his MLB track record at the plate remains short and spotty. I honestly think heвЂ™s fine as the mostly everyday center fielder, but not everyone shares that opinion. Jarred Kelenic - He struggled mightily, but ended the season trending in the right direction at the plate and was absolutely smoking the ball when he made contact.He is, by far, the teamвЂ™s most proven and accomplished outfielder.

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Mitch Haniger - It was honestly a miracle that he played the entire season after missing nearly 2 full seasons.

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But, given what we saw in 2021, I just canвЂ™t fathom how anyone could look at our top four OF options for 2022 and say вЂњYup, weвЂ™re set. I believe this narrative started between the 20 season, and certainly could have been argued as true back then. So therefore, some takes repeated on there are not always as up-to-date or as informed as on this fine website.Д¬ase in point, IвЂ™ve noticed recently in our offseason target pieces that whenever the outfield is mentioned, the narrative of the Mariners having a вЂњlog jamвЂќ or over-abundance of outfielders within the organization is still being thrown around a lot. ItвЂ™s not all bad, to be sure, itвЂ™s certainly a bit less вЂњterminally onlineвЂќ than our main LL demographic.

ItвЂ™s a bit less like Twitter and the LL comment sections and a lot more like sports radio callers and the old Seattle Times comment sections. This means I often get subjected to a different segment of Mariners fans in the Facebook comment sections. Gotta give the people what they want and judging by the comment activity the last couple weeks, Mariners fans are more than ready for what will hopefully be the most pivotal offseason in recent Mariners history.ДЄs some of you may know, I also operate LLвЂ™s Facebook page. Took a few weeks off to let the dust settle on the postseason (die, Astros, die!) and let the olвЂ™ hot stove start to pre-heat, but now weвЂ™re back with some hot prompts, takes, and polls. Hello and welcome back to FanPost Friday.