Ackley Coming Up
Per Shannon Drayer on Twitter. Not sure why M’s would wait until they have a day off to promote him, but there you go – expect him to start at second base on Friday night. Luis Rodriguez was optioned to Tacoma to make room on the roster.
While I don’t think Ackley is going to come up and challenge for the batting title right away, I do think it’s reasonable to conclude that he is, right now, a better hitter than everyone on the roster except for Justin Smoak and Ichiro. I’m sure we’ll see him at the bottom of the order to begin with, but he has the skills to make a smooth transition to the big leagues, and adding him to this line-up can only help.
I’d expect something like .270/.350/.400 out of Ackley over the rest of the year, and while that might not sound like much, in this day and age, it’s a pretty nifty line out of a middle infielder. And given what else the Mariners are running out there right now, that makes him look like Barry Bonds.
Welcome to Seattle, Dustin. Stay awhile.
ACK-ATTACK!! I’m obviously excited for this move.
The only thing that sucks about this, is that I’m from NY thus I have to wait until 10 PM to watch his debut.
The only thing that sucks about this, is that I’m from NY
thus I have to wait until 10 PM to watch his debut.There, fixed that for you.
Hey, I don’t like it any more than you. I’ll be the first one to say it, New York sucks!
No nicknames played off of other nicknames! That’s like calling Michael Pineda “Prince Pineda”. Needs to be individualistic. I still like Ack Attack… it’s too simple not to happen, even though I usually also don’t like nicknames that are a wordplay on the guy’s name.