Seattle Mariners: Injuries and ineffectiveness – What Jerry Dipoto needs to do
Taylor Trammell
While Taylor Trammell has a ton to gain from the Fraley injury, mostly some breathing room, his start to the season is absolutely atrocious. He is 1-for-13 and has struck out nine times. While Trammell has walked four times so far, it’s those nine strikeouts that make him look so bad and outmatched in the early going. He has a great attitude, but even the best attitudes would have to be put in check by being overwhelmed by major league pitching.
The Fraley injury does give him some job security, even when Lewis returns. It does make it more obvious that Kelenic is an easy replacement decision on April 16th. His positive attitude only gets him so far in the meritocracy that is Major League Baseball.
Mitch Haniger and Ty France continue to shine offensively, while the rest of the team is off to a brutal offensive start. Seattle needs a spark and in a hurry. One player who can do that is Trammell. If he can turn it around quickly, it will go a long way to making the team successful.
As of now, getting Kyle Lewis back from injury and calling up Jarred Kelenic might be the only answers at this point as only Haniger and France are batting over .200 (from those that qualify).
Joe Swenson is a lifelong Seattle Sports Fan, president, writer, director, producer of Broken Arts Entertainment, co-host of the sports podcast In The Clutch.