Mariners prospects

There are a few Mariners prospects that I'm pretty high on and I just want to shine a little spotlight on them.
Michael Morse:
Ok, so he's not technically a prospect. He did get 230 at bats in the majors 2 years ago, but how'd he do? 280/350/370 sounds pretty good for me. Sure his slugging is a little low, but lots of guys take a while for slugging to get up because they're just trying to get good contact at the major league level. Last year, he posted numbers of 370/400/490 but in only 43 at bats. The knocks against him are that he doesn't put up amazing numbers in the majors and that he played subpar shortstop, which is why he was moved to 1b/3b/LF. I don't recall A-Rod being a great shortstop early on, but he worked hard and won 2 gold gloves. His minor league numbers are 250/300/400 in 200 AAA at bats, so not very good. And two years before 250/320/410 in Triple A in 180 at bats. I'm not going to lie, those aren't very good numbers, but reasons could be that he was upset that he about as well as he could and got demoted anyways and because he spent a lot of effort learning his new defensive positions. Another thing to look at is that the trend of Morse's numbers get better as the competition gets harder. I'm not usually one to believe that someone "steps up to the challenge", but in this case, Morse could be one of those guys who gets excited and more focused on a bigger stage. Am I saying Morse will be the next A-Rod? No. But 275/350/410 is a hell of a lot better than Carl Everett, and it's probably the same as Jose Vidro who's getting paid 5 million more than Morse.
Matt Tuiasosopo:
Everyone gives him a bad rap, but he's only 20! He hit .306 in 60 games for High A California. Sure his BB:K ratio was 14:58, and he only had 1 hr and 14 doubles, but he's probably working on mechanics and hitting the ball opposite field. His struggles with defense are probably weighing in on him too. A guy that big will get his power. First you get your average up, then your walks, than your power. Bavasi stupidly promoted him to early to AA San Antonio where he only had a .185 average in 60 games. If a guy is still trying to do well in High A, he's a top flight prospect, and he's really young, why not keep him there? Agressive promoting has been a bad move by management this year, and this could set Tuiasosopo back a year, but its in his blood to suceed at sports.
Yung Chi Chen
The 2b for San Antonio from Taiwan. He hit .295/.365/.443, which are all great numbers. These are especially good for a 2b. Do we need a 2b hitter? Not really, I think Lopez has that position for a while, but I think he'll get better, and if Lopez ever gets injured, we can give Chen a few at bats and then trade him when his value's high. I'm not exactly sure what his average is in Winter League Ball, or Taiwan ball, but I hear he's tearing it up.
Ryan Feierabend
Nice polished lefty who might as well be our 5th starter now according to some. He had a 7.42 K/9 in AA San Antonio last year, and posted a .667 BAA. He could use this year to polish his game a bit by trying to induce more groundballs and giving up less walks, because he had 16 hr 55 BBs and only 6 GDP in 160 innings. Anyways, this guy is a huge positive for the Mariners right now, and I can't wait to see him up in 2007 or 2008.