This Aug. 11, 2013 photo shows Seattle Mariners' Dustin Ackley in the dugout during a post-game interview in Seattle. The Mariners are hoping Ackley is back to the hitter he was coming out of college and early in his Seattle career, and less like the uncertain, often fiddling hitter he was during the 2012 and early part of the 2013 season. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Seattle Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon (23), left, talks to Robinson Cano (22) during spring training baseball practice, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)