Pre-Closing Time: Ackley arriving soonish, Pujols starts at third, everyone else injured

05/16/11 During a Monday morning chat on Seattle's KJR-AM 950 (awesome intro music, fellas), Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik indicated that prospect Dustin Ackley would arrive in the majors "sooner [rather] than later." Of course we don't know exactly what he meant by sooner , but given the context, you have to assume that he meant it was a matter of days or weeks. Most of you were assuming as ...

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Seattle Mariners: 5 Ineffective Draft Picks in 2011

06/12/11 The title of this slideshow indicates that it is critical of the Mariners' 2011 draft, but the Tom McNamara, his scouts and Jack Zduriencik did a pretty nice job overall. They addressed most of the team's needs adequately, but some were overdone and some didn't receive enough attention. The final tally is seven OF, three 1B, two 2B, one 3B, three SS, seven C, 22 RHP and six LHP. The two biggest ...

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Not enough for Mariners ownership to "Trust in Jack'' while relying on the "The Bill Bavasi Fallback" to avoid ...

07/19/11 Now that the Mariners have collapsed in 2011, there will be a lot of temptation for people to lay blame at the feet of Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik.

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