There are just certain positions that some teams struggle to fill. It’s already been mentioned about the Mariners struggles to find a competent starting catcher since the retirement of Dan Wilson. There have been countless stories written in past years about the difficulty in finding a good left fielder, particularly when the Mariners were experiencing their highest levels of success as a team.
But in looking at the Mariners’ shortstops over the years, that hasn’t been a source of great production or consistency since the days of Alex Rodriguez. Here’s the list of shortstops with 150 plate appearances or more since 2000 from Baseball Reference.