Click for the answer...How you see all of the Mariners shortstops sorting themselves out? Mike Morse is doing surprisingly well in Seattle, Yuniesky Betancourt is holding his own at Triple-A Tacoma, Adam Jones is hitting well at Double-A San Antonio, Asdrubal Cabrera is doing well at high Class A Inland Empire and Matt Tuisaosopo is having a decent year at low Class A Wisconsin. Jones, Cabrera and Tuiasosopo are all teenagers. Can Betancourt hit enough to play regularly in the majors, and do the others field well enough?
Philip Meneely
Philadelphia
Interesting. I think he under-estimates Cabrera's potential as a hitter. Personally, I'd go:
1. Adam Jones
2. Asdrubal Cabrera
3. Matt Tuiasosopo (although all signs point to him going to RF)
4. Yuniesky Betancourt
5. Mike Morse
6. Oswaldo Navarro
I like Betancourt, and he could win numerous gold gloves at short, but I don't see how a guy who projects to hit .280/.320/.420 guy can hold down the position with guys like Jones and Cabrera in the system. I guess it is a good problem to have though, just in case Jones and Cabrera don't develop as hoped we know what we'll be getting in Betancourt.