39-year old lefty swinging DH/OF Ken Griffey Jr. appears to be running on fumes right now. He has played in 103 games for the Mariners this season and he is 76 for 347 (.219 avg, .723 OPS) with 38 runs scored, 15 homers and 46 RBIs. Griffey has 626 career homers and he wants to hit more of them as a Mariner next season. My advice to the Mariners is to just say no. I know it will be hard to do but Griffey doesn’t have much left.

In 2008 Jose Lopez could do no wrong as he hit .297 with 80 runs scored, 17 homers and 89 RBIs. But, he’s off to a terrible start this season and it’s hurting the offense big time. He has played in 43 games this year for the Mariners and he is 37 for 166 (.223 avg, .577 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 3 homers and 21 RBIs. The Mariners need Lopez to start hitting the baseball because he has one of the biggest upsides of the Mariners’ hitters.

Richie Sexson has been a complete bust this season for the Mariners.  He has especially been bad in the 2nd half as his power has been lost.  In 44 games since the All-Star Break, Sexson is 31 for 151 (.205 avg, .659 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 6 homers and 15 RBIs.  For the season, Sexson has now played in 121 games and he’s hitting .205 (.694 OPS) with 58 runs scored, 21 homers and 63 RBIs.

Richie Sexson has been awful so far this season.  Last year he started out poorly and then came on strong in the 2nd half.  The Mariners better hope Sexson can do that again this season and he needs to turn it around soon.  In 37 games this season, Sexson is only 21 for 130 (.162 avg, .614 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 5 homers and 20 RBIs.  Sexson has whiffed 30 times so far this season and the Mariners can put up with all of the strikeouts as long as he’s hitting.  Look for Ben Broussard to start stealing some of Sexson’s atbats if he doesn’t start to hit soon.

Richie Sexson is off to a tough start to the season for the Seattle Mariners.  He’s played in 15 games so far this season and he’s only 8 for 50 (.160 avg, .703 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 3 homers and 11 RBIs.  Sexson has been all or nothing this season as he is obviously swinging for the fences and that’s why he’s whiffed 15 times already this season.