SEATTLE -- With Dee Gordon moving to second base, Ben Gamel is going to get more consistent playing time in left field going forward for the Mariners. And the 26-year-old from Florida is, conveniently, heating up at just the right time.
Gamel got off to a slow start after missing most of Spring Training and the first few weeks of the season with a strained right oblique, then platooning with Guillermo Heredia in left field. But Heredia is taking over for Gordon in center field, which means Gamel will find his name penciled into left field on a regular basis now.