The Mariners are in need of a left-handed power hitter, which has led Larry Stone of The Seattle Times to question whether the team should make a run at Milwaukee's Prince Fielder. Seattle has players coming off the books after the 2011 season, making it more feasible that they could afford Fielder. "It's just May 1, but already the buzz is starting to build about Fielder's impending free agency, when he'll be the premier offensive player available not named Albert Pujols (and I still have a strong belief that Pujols will never leave the Cardinals' grasp, when push comes to shove and check comes to book)," Stone writes.