Who's going to be called up?

Well so far in this young Seattle Mariners season there have been a lot of questions, but the biggest questions have been; When will we see our prospects get the call up? Well here's the thing the kids may be showing signs of major league readiness but you don't want to call up kids too early. For a good example of when the Mariners called up Brandon Morrow the year after he was in the minors. He did impressively well 3-4 with a 4.12 ERA in 60 games and he set the club record for rookies in holds with 18. The next year Morrow would go 3-4 with 10 saves and finished with a 3.34 ERA. In his last year with the Mariners he went 2-4 with a 4.39 ERA. Not a bad first 3 years for getting the call up huh? Well, this year the Mariners might be calling up a shortstop and a catcher. The reason I say that is because both Brendan Ryan and Robert Andino have not been producing or hitting well, Ryan is batting a pathetic .141 not great. Andino is hitting .169 since being in the lineup almost everyday. So when is Eric Wedge's patience going to run out on these two terrible hitters?

Wedge has some great shortstops to choose from in Triple A Tacoma. He has Nick Franklin and Carlos Truinfel. Franklin has played 23 games for the Rainiers and has hit .325 with 6 doubles, 3 homeruns, .518 slugging percentage, and 28 hits. Truinfel has played in 31 games while hitting .311 with 10 doubles, 3 homeruns, .500 slugging percentage, and 38 hits. These guys would be excellent call ups to replace Ryan and Andino. Now its not yet known if these guys will be brought up to replace Ryan and Andino but the other position that is of concern is the catcher position. Jesus Montero has been struggling with not only hitting (.203) but in fielding. I hate to say it but Montero is one of the worst catchers I have seen. He has yet to throw out a runner stealing a base (0-15). So unless you have a broken leg you wont be thrown out by Montero. Now Mike Zunino is the fan favorite to get the call up but he has been struggling to hit after a hot start. He is hitting .195 with 5 homeruns, and 29 RBIs along with 2 triples. Most of those stats came in the first 8 games of the season.

So I have given all of my opinions on the catcher and shortstop problems the Mariners are having. Along with myself and the other Mariners fans are waiting for Wedge to make the decision to call these players up and probably add a little more power and hitting to the lineup.