Update on some former Mariners

[wazzu31]

I heard a interview w/ him recently and he felt like he was thrown into the fire too fast w/out good coaching... He mentioned that mentally he wasn't really ready for the trade that sent him to Seattle and that the coaching staff didn't really talk to him about it... Sounds like he was lost when he came here and the coaching staff didn't know how to connect w/ him...

Ya, I don't doubt he kind of got screwed and didn't really have the help around him. Gets involved in the trade that caused a scandal so essentially Mark Lowe and Cliff Lee for him, then he gets to Seattle and they bat him clean up. The whole organization was a cluster at the time. Just not a good environment for a young player to be anointed as a savior. Especially when he was literally sent down earlier in the year for his struggles.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Ichiro's overall numbers are poor, but he has put together a pretty good string of 40 games:

Over that span he's hitting .283/.345/.340

He turns 44 in October.