Will Mike Zunino Ever Be As Good As Dan Wilson?

In line with our release of the Mariners greatest catcher of all-time, Dan Wilson, it seems appropriate to try and find the M’s next great man behind the plate. Over the last handful of years, the hope has been that Mike Zunino will be the next Dan Wilson, but will he?

Out of the 27 Mariners that have come and gone through Seattle since Wilson hung up his cleats in 2005, only one of them has hit 20 home runs in a single season, and only two have smacked at least 20 doubles in a lone year.

One of the players to knock at least 20 two-baggers was Kenji Johjima who did it twice in 2006 and 2007, but the other guy who did it happens to be the player to also blast 20 long bombs, and that was, Mike…