Favorite Mariners Player (Past/Present)

[Bay_Areas_Finest]

Who is it for you guys?

Currently, mine is, without a doubt, Franklin Gutierrez. I love the guy. Gives 100% out there and he's really turning himself into a damn good player. He's a thrill to watch in CF with his awesome play and I'm beyond happy we traded for him.

So glad we locked him up with that new contract.

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Past (and sorta present), I gotta go Ken Griffey Jr. Hell, he's the reason I became a Mariners fan in the first place. One of the greatest players to ever play on a baseball diamond. He's a hero to Seattle fans.

[TTown]

Get out of my head.

Agreed on both counts. I'm 25, so I grew up with Junior roaming CF in the Kingdome. I played the position from Little League through high school because of him, and since I spent so many years playing it I've always had a soft spot for the position. And Guti is the man.

Edgar is a close second. Felix is quickly climbing the charts... it's been really fun watching him develop from all-world potential to annual Cy Young contender.

Honestly, though, I think 8 or 9 of my top 10 Mariners would come from the golden age of the franchise (1995-2001).

[Ex-hippie]

Favorites of all time: Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Alvin Davis, Leon Roberts, Ken Griffey Jr., Harold Reynolds, Ichiro Suzuki, Julio Cruz, Jamie Moyer, Ruppert Jones, Bill Caudill.

Favorites currently: Ichiro, Felix Hernandez, Franklin Gutierrez, Milton Bradley, Erik Bedard.

Least favorite of all time: Bobby Ayala, Heath Slocumb, Yuniesky Betancourt, Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Mitchell, Carlos Silva, Miguel Batista.

Least favorite currently: none really; maybe Rob Johnson, Sean White or Mike Sweeney, not that they're bad guys, but they're usurping other people's opportunities.

[bennith13]

Besides the obvious ones in Jr and Edgar I always loved Tino Martinez. I really wish they would have kept him after 95.

[pr0wler]

Gotta go with Griffey also. I have an autographed picture of me and him at the Kingdome when I was 10 years old.

Wish we had Podsednik also, no idea why we traded him away for basically nothing. He's tearing it up again this year.