The Seattle Mariners have one of the best farm systems in baseball. While that is all well and good, the only thing that matters is how good the players in the system will be at the big league level, and how quickly they’ll reach their plateau. Which brings us to a question: if these players do hit their projected level, what could that team look like?
Well, instead of trying to paint a picture using numbers and a projection analysis, maybe we should simplify things. So instead, let’s lay out a potential starting lineup for Opening Day 3 years from now but use current MLB players as stand-ins to represent where Seattle could be at that time.