With Opening Day approaching fast, now is the perfect time to answer some fan questions in another edition of the Mariners Inbox.
How is this year's speed experiment different from the Chone Figgins experiment from a few years ago?
-- David F., Knoxville, Tenn.
Figgins actually stole 42 bases his first season in Seattle in 2010, tying Ichiro Suzuki for the team lead. So speed wasn't an issue that year. The problem was the lineup was supposed to provide a good on-base percentage, but Figgins and others fell far short of their career norms and the team wound up going 61-101.