Dustin Ackley Promoted

by Matthew on Jul 14, 2010 10:06 AM PDT in Seattle Mariners Transactions

To Tacoma. Did you think I meant Seattle? That was hasty of you. Haste makes waste!

A couple other people got bumped up as well, likely because of the Cliff Lee haul arriving.

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Time to go to Tacoma

…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell

by Marinerfanjake on Jul 14, 2010 10:10 AM PDT reply actions

Paredes and Varvaro.

I am intrigued by both of those pitchers.

by Kenneth Arthur on Jul 14, 2010 10:11 AM PDT reply actions

Annoying that none of the announcement included the names

WHITE MAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND SECOND OVERALL DRAFT PICK DUSTIN ACKLEY PROMOTED TO THE TRIPLE-A TACOMA RAINIERS OF THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE with two others.

by lemonverbena on Jul 14, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

*announcements

by lemonverbena on Jul 14, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

To be fair

the number of people interested in minor league relievers is pretty small, while Ackley is a big fucking deal.

De Gutibus non disputandum est

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 14, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Go Dustin!

by Teej on Jul 14, 2010 10:12 AM PDT reply actions

Does this mean that Chris Woodward loses at bats because I am not okay with that.

by abender20 on Jul 14, 2010 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

SOMEONE THINK OF BILLY TRABER! WHY WON'T ANYONE THINK OF BILLY TRABER?

This is a day of mourning, people!

by marc w on Jul 14, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions

More seriously, I think this is probably bad news for Jack Hannahan

and worse news for Jeff Dominguez, though Dominguez is already pretty familiar with the Tacoma/Jackson, TN. shuttle these days.

by marc w on Jul 14, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Damn that's rough.

The Tacoma / Seattle shuttle is simple, but the task of going from AA to AAA back to AA is a cross country flight. No thanks.

by seattlesundevil on Jul 14, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

SMACKLEY!

by Robert on Jul 14, 2010 10:17 AM PDT reply actions

Dustin Ackley may be better looking than Cliff Lee.

by wetzelcoal on Jul 14, 2010 10:17 AM PDT reply actions

Finally, a Tacoma roster worth going out and actually watching.

I hope they’re not rushing Ackley, though.

by russak on Jul 14, 2010 10:28 AM PDT reply actions

They aren't.

Since May 1, Ackley’s hit .304/.426/.439 with a 42:27 walk to k rate. It isn’t a high-power batting line, but remember, this is Ackley’s first pro ball season, and he also moved to 2B.

by Matthew on Jul 14, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs