Michael Morse is no stranger
to the NorthWest. Beginning his professional career with the Mariners in
Seattle in 2005, Morse was already a promising player. Starting out as a short
stop and making his way to becoming a utility fielder at first base and left
field, Morse worked his way up the ladder of respect within the MLB. So it's no
shocker that he is elated to be leaving the east coast only to end up back
where he first began his climb to success...
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The move for Morse impacted the fate of two other players across the nation. The newly implemented 3-way deal also included A.J Cole from The Oakland Athletics and Seattle's John Jaso. Cole, originally playing for the Nationals, makes his way back to DC after only being traded for the notorious Gio Gonzalez's Nat debut last winter. John Jaso will be suiting up for The Athletics this year after lending the Mariners his left-handed-hitting success and ability to get on base repeatedly. In other words, he fits perfectly into the Oakland playbook.
The move for Morse impacted the fate of two other players across the nation. The newly implemented 3-way deal also included A.J Cole from The Oakland Athletics and Seattle's John Jaso. Cole, originally playing for the Nationals, makes his way back to DC after only being traded for the notorious Gio Gonzalez's Nat debut last winter. John Jaso will be suiting up for The Athletics this year after lending the Mariners his left-handed-hitting success and ability to get on base repeatedly. In other words, he fits perfectly into the Oakland playbook.
But back to our main-man
Morse. Although he was suspended for a total of 10 days near the end of his
rookie year for his use of performance enhancing drugs, Morse came back
swinging- and through multiple injuries at that! In 2006, he suffered a torn
medial meniscus, only to be plagued with a torn labrum a little over a year
later. Unfortunate for a batter with a .492 batting average in spring training.
In 2010, Morse played 98 games with the Nationals and batted .289 with a .352 on-base percentage. He also accumulated a.519 slugging percentage. With 15 home runs and 41 RBIs, fans can’t deny it’s not a bad position to be in… especially as he went on to be in the top 10 in the National League in all three categories in 2011. And who could forget his epic episode that awarded him with the 2012 Gibby Award for Oddity of the year? A bizzare twist of events when a smash hit baffled umpires and once re-ruled, commenced his pantomime home run against the Cardinals on Sept. 29 in St. Louis
Morse was recently noted for telling
the press, “I knew there were teams involved and I knew Seattle was one of
them. That was one of the teams I was hoping for. I love it out there and I
always felt like I had an unfinished business feeling in Seattle.”
One thing is certain- All
of this switching and swapping may mean three different men playing for three
different teams, but we’re all in for one year of great baseball!
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