Official Mariners arm-chair GM offseason thread 2018-2019

[seattlefan75]

Well what I am looking forward to is to see how some of these young guys compete and make a name of themselves hopefully someone will breakout this season and have solid numbers. We had the oldest lineup last year in all of baseball I would like to see a young guy make a name for himself.

Never know maybe JP Crawford and Domingo Santana might play well and show us something

 

[megalodon30]

i would be even more optomistic....if....somehow...the mariners could trade
k.c for josh staumont....RHP AZUZA PACIFiC....AAA..99MPH

then sign free agent pomerance L/L

I had a teacher who played football at Azusa Pacific.

 

[Cloud]

Well what I am looking forward to is to see how some of these young guys compete and make a name of themselves hopefully someone will breakout this season and have solid numbers. We had the oldest lineup last year in all of baseball I would like to see a young guy make a name for himself.

Never know maybe JP Crawford and Domingo Santana might play well and show us something

Same here... I’ll definitely follow to see the progress but it’s difficult to name any specific names since they might not be on the roster anymore tomorrow.

 

[wazzu31]

I don’t see the Mariners even remotely being bad enough to be in the running for number 1 pick. The offense really isn’t that bad on paper. The staff probably won’t be very good but they play 81 games at Safeco/T-Mobile Park. Even with a terrible staff this offense and defensive improvement to me is a 75 win team.

This is the oddest “tear down in history” Kind of like the past 15 or so years. Not good enough for a division title but really not bad enough to get the first pick unless everything falls apart like the two years they got Ackley and Zunino and this team isn’t anywhere near as bad as those two teams.

 

[ulmax]

i would be even more optomistic....if....somehow...the mariners could trade
k.c for josh staumont....RHP AZUZA PACIFiC....AAA..99MPH

then sign free agent pomerance L/L

or kikuchi would do i suppose.....that would make....gonzales the ace...for now

 

[ulmax]

seeming needs/or holes that could be filled
MLB
shortstop
closer....maybe

AAA
CLOSER
dh
COUPLE pithers more

AA
3B ..MAYBE

A HIGH
shortstop....maybe

with the addition of kilinic....McGovern will prob stsrt at high A

then they neeed another good draft

 

[ulmax]

mlb reports

white sox,houston,tampa

intersted in encarnacion...

that would prob solve a few
minor leage questions

and maybe the voggy
question at the same time

abb AAA catcher or mlb catcher
to the list i made before as well

 

[ulmax]

houston seems to be the front
runner for encarnacion

some possible trade targets
cionel perez..AA LHP
johnathon aravz...ss..maybe high a
this year
josh Rojas....LF...utility

dallas kueckel compensation pick
may be of interest..i think it is tradable

 

[ulmax]

or just send encarnacion

through miami to houston for Realmuto
lolol then houston and miami may be
happier as well...lol

but would not solve prospects
probs for mariners

 

[ulmax]

now mlb has come out with
there top 50 for 2019 mlb draft

we can see that
george kirby...elon RHP
tyler dyson.. rhp...florida
micheal toglia..ucla..1b /of
chase strumpf...ucla...2b

would be realivant choices
for #1 and # 2 choices

 

[ulmax]

a tampa trade may bring a # 35 pick overall
a houston pick would be for keuchel would be # 79 or 80
or right in there

 

[ulmax]

a trade with tampa may be better

if lucius fox ss
and a pitching prospect and
maybe curtis taylor
the # 35 pick 2019

 

[ulmax]

curtis taylor #4 round draft pick 2016
arizina D backs
from british colombia

 

[ulmax]

a white sox trade may have

some interest in
laz ravira short stop..high A
john parke LHP high A
round 21 chicago sox 2017
seby Zavala...catcher AAA
chicago white sox round 12
2015...san diego st

 

[ulmax]

zavala would be a main target
but they all would be

 

[ulmax]

and remember this is what the
mariners get for segura
a draft pick#77
crawford...Short Stop LHH
and what they get for encarnacion

 

[ulmax]

with an encarnacion trade...
the mariners would be ready
to sign

a few free agents
an mlb ss
relief at AAA..the most notable

 

[ulmax]

with an encarnacion trade...
the mariners would be ready
to sign

a few free agents
an mlb ss
relief at AAA..the most notable

and maybe kikuchi as well
after dumping the money from
encarnacion

 

[seattlefan75]

Power hitters like Nelson Cruz aren't turning homers into dollars as MLB teams find new ways to build contenders

interesting read basically breaks down that power hitters aren't as valuable today and probably guys like Edwin Encarnacion and Jay Bruce might be harder to move and get good value in return than we thought

 

[seattlefan75]

Same here... I’ll definitely follow to see the progress but it’s difficult to name any specific names since they might not be on the roster anymore tomorrow.

Well to me there are some names that I think the team is looking to trade like a jay bruce and Edwin encarnacion and maybe mike leake

As far as prospects competing in spring training and making the rotation there is of course Justus Sheffield, maybe Justin Dunn, and Erik Swanson.

As far as the lineup there isn't anyone I can see coming form our farm system. I wish Kyle Lewis had not have had those serious injuries or this might have been the year he gets called up. Evan White needs a full season at AA