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Having seen too many 1-2-3 innings, the Mariners brass have spent their valuable #2 pick on Dustin Ackley, regarded as the best hitter in the draft. "This was a guy we thought could be (in the majors) in a short period of time," M's GM Jack Zduriencik told MLB Network after picking.

Erik Bedard and Adrian Beltre will probably be traded by July 31. Hopefully, Jarrod Washburn will go as well. They don’t even have to trade him; they can just leave him behind the counter at a Panda Express, or pretend to throw a tennis ball and drive off when he tries to find it.

Mariners' closer J.J. Putz was traded yesterday to the New York Mets in a three-team, twelve-player arrangement which brings seven scrubby players to Seattle in return. Putz was a former All-Star with the M's and professed to be shocked at the move. But we aren't at all surprised. As the old baseball saying goes (and baseball is full of them): "the closer is the last piece of the puzzle in a championship team." With this move, GM Jack Zduriencik has quietly put all the remaining jigsaw pieces back in the box, and has begun shaking the hell out it, bringing to a close any title hopes in the 2009 season before it even started. Meanwhile, the New York media begins to salivate at the headline-writing options.

When we first heard the news that Jack Zduriencik, was selected as the new Mariner General Manager, our first feeling was sadness and frustration. We know nothing about Zduriencik, he could be a genius and lead the M's back to the playoffs. Our reaction was simply to his profile: old white guy.

The P-I and the Times are reporting, via the AP, that the Mariners have selected Brewers executive Jack Zduriencik as the club's new GM. We can only hope that his first move will be to replace Rick Rizzs with Brew Crew broadcaster Bob Uecker.