PT TOMORROW: AL West—SEA, TEX cupboards are bare

Seattle Mariners

What is currently a consensus MLB-worst farm system will provide little help to a club that remains in post-season contention as June approaches. The problem here is highlighted in the wake of Dee Gordon's recent DL announcement, as Dan Vogelbach takes over Gordon's roster spot to come off the bench on a team that desperately needs outfield or second base help. On the OF front, the AAA-Tacoma squad is filled with the likes of 39-year-old Jayson Werth (OF, SEA)—.186 BA through 86 AB—and journeymen like Cam Perkins (OF, SEA) and Kirk Nieuwenhuis (OF, SEA). Among these MLB-experienced names and utility guy Taylor Motter (SS/OF, SEA), only Perkins (.774 OPS through 157 AB at Tacoma; career .182 MLB hitter) is currently...

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