Losing a bidding war for a free agent always hurts. But it especially hurts when you lose to a team that doesn't even need the guy. And vis-à-vis Hyeseong Kim and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Seattle Mariners know this all too well.
Though Kim batted .407 this spring in his bid to be the Dodgers' everyday second baseman, the two-time defending World Series champions still optioned him to the minors anyway. It had something to do with strikeouts, which [looks and sees eight strikeouts in 27 at-bats], OK, fair enough.
Even so, is it fair for the Mariners to look at the Dodgers and see them wasting a perfectly good infielder?