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Mariners can still salvage the offseason, without adding much to the payroll, if they would just do it. How can they do it? Acquiring two of four names: Randy Arozarena, Brandon Lowe, Yandy Diaz, Jonathon India.
TB wants to dump salary. It's their Modus Operandi, and with the emergence of Isaac Paredes and Josh Lowe, TB has found offensive production in cheaper places. Lowe and Diaz are signed to team-friendly contracts for the next three years but TB will shuffle them out in a heartbeat to cut payroll. And Arozarena has simply developed beyond what they are traditionally willing to pay a position player. And with dead money now attached to Wander Franco, TB will be more determined to offload payroll. What would these TB players cost us in terms of young talent? Probably not a whole lot since the main motivation for TB is lowering payroll. I think Arozarena could be had for any of our outfielders not named Julio, Josh Rojas, and either Brash or Munoz. As much as I like the strikeouts from Brash and Munoz, neither seems to possess the collective cool needed to be a closer nor a setup guy in a high-pressure situation.
Jonathon India would probably cost us one of our young pitchers plus another one of our outfielders not named Julio. I don't think Cincy would want Woo. I think they would be after one of our guys with a higher profile, like Emerson Hancock or Bryce Miller. India is coming off a couple of disappointing seasons after a great rookie season. But those two seasons can be attributed to injuries.
Arozarena and India would raise the payroll about $22 million. Doable. Arozarena and Lowe or Diaz would raise the payroll about $24 million. Doable.
Anyway, that is what they could and can afford to do. Now this is what I think they will actually do:
Trade Ty France for some scrub, erasing another $9-10 million from the payroll.
Sign another cheap scrub to replace him like Jesus Aguilar or Garrett Cooper.
TB wants to dump salary. It's their Modus Operandi, and with the emergence of Isaac Paredes and Josh Lowe, TB has found offensive production in cheaper places. Lowe and Diaz are signed to team-friendly contracts for the next three years but TB will shuffle them out in a heartbeat to cut payroll. And Arozarena has simply developed beyond what they are traditionally willing to pay a position player. And with dead money now attached to Wander Franco, TB will be more determined to offload payroll. What would these TB players cost us in terms of young talent? Probably not a whole lot since the main motivation for TB is lowering payroll. I think Arozarena could be had for any of our outfielders not named Julio, Josh Rojas, and either Brash or Munoz. As much as I like the strikeouts from Brash and Munoz, neither seems to possess the collective cool needed to be a closer nor a setup guy in a high-pressure situation.
Jonathon India would probably cost us one of our young pitchers plus another one of our outfielders not named Julio. I don't think Cincy would want Woo. I think they would be after one of our guys with a higher profile, like Emerson Hancock or Bryce Miller. India is coming off a couple of disappointing seasons after a great rookie season. But those two seasons can be attributed to injuries.
Arozarena and India would raise the payroll about $22 million. Doable. Arozarena and Lowe or Diaz would raise the payroll about $24 million. Doable.
Anyway, that is what they could and can afford to do. Now this is what I think they will actually do:
Trade Ty France for some scrub, erasing another $9-10 million from the payroll.
Sign another cheap scrub to replace him like Jesus Aguilar or Garrett Cooper.
