Daniel Vogelbach's bat sends the message that sailors need to catch him at bat

At the end of last season, the Seattle Mariners were keen to see what Daniel Vogelbach could do at the Major League level in 2019.

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They let six-time star player Nelson Cruz leave for Minnesota on the loose, leaving the way open to the designated forward. The team was prepared for the permanent arrival of Vogelbach in Seattle, knowing that he would no longer be in a minor league in 2019.

"We need to figure out where he is," said general manager Jerry Dipoto about Vogelbach in an interview with Danny, Dave and Moore of ESPN's 710 ESPN last September. "That it's a first-time, first-time take-off of DH in the act, it will be one of those, because we think it's a asset."

But while the team's off-season was hectic, the 26-year-old aspiring slugger striker suddenly seemed hard to find. Through super-productions with the Mets and Indians, the Mariners found themselves with two former All-Stars, Jay Bruce and Edwin Encarnación, whom they had apparently hoped to reverse before the start of the season. Instead, we had to add veterans to a stalemate in Seattle's first base and to the DH situation that already included Vogelbach and Ryon Healy.

Vogelbach had played only 14 matches on the plate after 10 games since the start of the Mariners' season, the majority on two starts announced while Encarnación, 36, was hurt by hand.

This minor injury to Encarnación was the open door for Vogelbach. And with these two starts and a nod on Bruce in Sunday's formation, he led the way.

On Tuesday, Vogelbach played 2-on-3 with a victorious victory in the eighth inning against the Angels. He had two other successes Friday in Chicago, including another solo circuit. And on Sunday, Vogelbach made his debut in the MLB with his first multi-player game, adding a brace to clear his goals to lead six points in his career while doing three against four with a walk. Everything comes together and you get a ridiculous score of 1.997 OPS with a .467 average, four homers, five points scored and eight RBIs in six games.

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"At the end of the day, my team will not be happy with me," said the Mariners manager after Sunday's 12-5 win over the White Sox. "You can not play them all, but as long as they produce like that, it's a good problem to have."

If Vogelbach's torrid start at the plate could give Servais some extra options, he must also make Dipoto rather happy. After all, Vogelbach was the first forward-thinking acquisition the Dipoto made for the Mariners, making it the Cubs as the centerpiece of a package for left-handed pitcher Mike Montgomery in the middle of the 2016 season.

After generally disappointing appearances here and there over the past three seasons with the Mariners, it was feared that Vogelbach would lead to nothing more than the Triple-A, where he had no trouble managing minor shots. Dipoto remains confident in Vogelbach's abilities, as he made clear last month in another interview with Danny, Dave and Moore.

"Last year, we just did not have the guts to give him the Major League level to know where he was. This year we will do it, "said Dipoto. "… he did everything to convince the minor leagues. It has nearly destroyed the PCL (Triple-A) in the last two seasons or more. There is no reason why this does not work in the big leagues. "

It could be argued that Vogelbach should have seen more opportunities last season with the Ms, especially after an incredible spring training. But with Cruz and the options left to Vogelbach, the Mariners chose to stay with Healy, more defensive at first base. However, no one can deny that Vogelbach did everything in his power during the first two weeks of the season, during which he was supposed to be regularly present at the first one of the best DH of the last decade and former home run derby champion.

Vogelbach has traveled the last block en route to the championship, but the question now is what Seattle will do with Encarnación and / or Bruce. Will Dipoto speed up the transfer of one of them to a team looking for help at DH or first goal? Do they become a left-right squad until the season gets closer to the trading deadline?

Whatever the case may be, the priority for Seattle should be to see how long Vogelbach can continue producing instead of presenting Encarnación and Bruce to potential contenders.

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