DIVISIONAL OUTLOOK: AL West—Sleepwalking in SEA?
May 13 2013
With their offense next-to-last in AL scoring, one of the easiest moves for the rebuilding Mariners—apart from promoting red-hot Nick Franklin to play SS— may be to finally part ways with Justin Smoak (1B, SEA) as their starting 1B. Smoak entered Monday hitting .237—near his season-high .243—and sporting a terrific 15% bb% over his first 118 AB. But an abysmal one HR and 62 PX say once again that Smoak just isn't providing the power that the Mariners expected when they acquired him almost four years ago. With Kendrys Morales (DH/1B, SEA) more than capable of taking over 1B, and plenty of DH options in tow, the end of the line looks close for Smoak, barring a tear over the remainder of May.
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