The strikeout totals/rate for Mariners' hitters was pretty abysmal. They've got to be more discerning at the plate next year. I don't know how much that falls at SS's feet. It's got to be fixed.
The problem first and foremost is a lack of bringing in a few more quality bats in the FA market last off season. If they fail to do this again, then ownership is not serious about winning at the highest level.
It was good to hear Cal bring this lack of FA bats being brought in. It needed to be said from someone besides a reporter or blogger. Good on him.
Fans should be pissed off with ownership and the front office. I read an angry fan's letter in the Times this morning: "When you roll out a lineup of Suarez, France, Haggerty, and Moore, and think you are a playoff team, you are delusional."