24-year old switch-hitting 1B Justin Smoak has shown no signs of progress for the Seattle Mariners in 2011. Smoak has played in 120 games for the Mariners so far this year and he is 98 for 416 (.236 avg, .721 OPS) with 37 runs scored, 14 homers and 52 RBIs. He has now played in 150 games in his first two years with Seattle and he is 125 for 529 (.236 avg, .715 OPS) with 48 runs scored, 19 homers and 66 RBIs. The Mariners are expecting a lot more out of Smoak in the future as he was the centerpiece of the deal with the Rangers last July for Cliff Lee.

Even 37-year old lefty swinging RF Ichiro Suzuki has not been able to avoid the team wide slump of the Mariners in 2011. He has played in 147 games for the Mariners so far this year and he is 170 of 621 (.274 avg, .648 OPS) with 74 runs scored, 5 homers, 41 RBIs and 39 stolen bases. Ichiro will have to get 30 hits in his last 14 games this year to get to 200 hits in 2011. I wouldn’t bet against him, but that’s going to be almost impossible for him to do. He has had at least 200 hits in a season in each of his first 10 years with the Mariners, and that is truly amazing! Ichiro has now played in 1,735 games in his first 11 years in the majors and he is 2,414 of 7,400 (.326 avg, .792 OPS) with 1,121 runs scored, 95 homers, 599 RBIs and 422 stolen bases.

33-year old righty swinging catcher Miguel Olivo has been a hacker at the plate in 2011, while helping out the young pitching staff. Olivo has played in 105 games for the Mariners so far this year and he is 85 for 386 (.220 avg, .633 OPS) with 43 runs scored, 16 homers, 53 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. He has only walked 19 times while whiffing 116 times this year, so he’s not very patient. That being said, he is still leading the Mariners in both homers and RBIs.

35-year old lefty swinging infielder Adam Kennedy is running out of steam. He has played in 9 games so far in August and he is 4 for 32 (.125 avg, .395 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 5 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Kennedy has now played in 96 games for the Mariners so far this year and he is 77 for 325 (.237 avg, .645 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 7 homers, 37 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. Kennedy could be just getting tired as he has played alot this year while not getting any younger.

33-year old switch-hitting 3B Chone Figgins has been officially banished to the bench by the Mariners. The Mariners have called up rookie Kyle Seager to replace him at the hot corner. Figgins has played in 71 games for the Mariners this year and he is 48 for 262 (.183 avg, .476 OPS) with 21 runs scored, 1 homer, 14 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. Figgins has now played in 232 games in his first year and a half with the Mariners and he is 204 for 864 (.236 avg, .596 OPS) with 83 runs scored, 2 homers, 49 RBIs and 51 stolen bases. What looked like a great signing two winters ago is turning into a nightmare for the Mariners.