AL West: Los Angeles Angels world again?

SEATTLE MARINERS (61-101, 4th)
MANAGER: Don Wakamatsu (1st season)
PAYROLL: $95 million
X-FACTOR: CF Franklin Gutierrez has tremendous tools and is still just 26 as he starts out with his third organization.
BEST CASE: The return of Ken Griffey Jr. energizes the clubhouse and turns things around. Felix Hernandez builds on his WBC star turn and finally wins more than 14 games. New GM Jack Zduriencek spends the year picking up pieces for the future.
WORST CASE: No one emerges from the bullpen and they miss the traded J.J. Putz far more than they thought they would. Signing Griffey proves a nostalgia-driven mistake. Another year of the great Ichiro's career is wasted in the Pacific Northwest.
LINEUP
RF Ichiro Suzuki
2B Jose Lopez
DH Ken Griffey Jr
3B Adrian Beltre
1B Russ Branyan
CF Franklin Gutierrez
C Kenji Johjima
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
LF Endy Chavez
ROTATION
RHP Felix Hernandez
LHP Erik Bedard
RHP Carlos Silva
LHP Jarrod Washburn
RHP Ryan Rowland Smith
BULLPEN
CL Brandon Morrow
RHP Mark Lowe
RHP Miguel Batista

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