When Jarred Kelenic was acquired by the Mariners from the Mets on Dec. 3, 2018, the halcyon vision began to come into focus immediately:
One day in the not-so-distant future, Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez — then just 17 years old yet so obviously a major talent in formation — would team up to give the Mariners the sort of star power in the outfield that teams dream about.
That was the vision, anyway — a bountiful future in Seattle built around two young would-be superstars; the reality has been much shakier.
