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The Hirsute Reboot: Mariners sign Dustin Ackley to minor league contract

Rebuilding year(s) offer little for fans yearning of immediate playoff implications, but can often play host to a range of exciting minor moves that deliver a hint of upside while occasionally pulling on the heartstrings. It’s important to be wary of this clear pander when a move like this occu-OH WHO ARE WE KIDDING, DUSTIN ACKLEY IS BACK.

There’s little hope of Dustin Ackley rekindling his early-career potential, but at age-30 it’s not as though he’s entirely over the hill. For as much as mechanical changes, mental roadblocks, and contradictory player development may have harmed the former No.