Time to Prove It GMZ

Hired in 2008 to replace the incompotent Bill Bavasi, Jack z is about start start his fifth season as the Seattle Mariners General Manager. So far the team has had limited success and I think this is definitely GMZ's prove it year

Throughout his time in Seattle he has been lauded for his ability to build a strong minor league system through the draft and trades, but so far none of those prospects have turned into good major league players. Sure several of them are still young and have showed some promise, but for every Kyle Seager there is a Justin Smoak to counter him.

The General Managers other job is to decide which players to keep, which players to let go and which players to add. Although a lot of his trades and signings were heralded at the time as deft moves almost none of them have panned out. The biggest and most obvious example was the disasterous Chone Figgins deal, but other moves like the Cliff Lee trade and/or the Brandon Morrow trade have also been failures.

The best thing gMZ has going for him is him not being Bill Bavasi. If some of the young guys don't finally step up and show that all the praise for drafting them was deserved or Michael Morse and Kendrys Morales don't hit bunch of Hr, Jack Z 's job is definitely on the line.