The Mariners are currently 41-38 and in possession of the final American League Wild Card spot, putting them in position to add at the deadline. Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports that the club is looking to add an impact bat at a corner infield spot, though he adds that they could also just get the best bat available and worry about the positioning later. An extra leverage arm for the bullpen is another reported target. Kramer also reports that “ownership will green light increased spending” at this year’s deadline.
The note about the payroll is quite relevant. Throughout the offseason, reporting indicated that the club had about $15MM of spending capacity for upgrading the roster. The M’s then spent a combined $11.25MM on signing Jorge Polanco and Donovan Solano. In early May, they claimed Leody Taveras off waivers from the Rangers, taking on the roughly $3.7MM he had left to be paid out on this year’s salary. The M’s later outrighted Taveras to Triple-A.
Given that the M’s had seemingly spent their budget, it would have been fair to wonder about their ability to make deadline additions. While it’s unclear exactly how much increased spending ownership is willing to approve, any extra pocket money should help the front office pursue external additions.
As for the specific targets, they are not surprising, as the M’s have question marks at both infield corners. Ben Williamson has received the lion’s share of playing time at third base this year and has been solid with the glove, but has hit just .255/.291/.311 for a 77 wRC+. At first base, Rowdy Tellez was the regular there before his subpar bat got him bumped off the roster. He was designated for assignment last week and put on release waivers today.
Solano is now getting most of the playing time at first. He’s not having a great season overall but has been heating up after a dreadful start. He was hitting .131/.156/.148 through May 17th but has a massive .420/.463/.640 line since then. That latter line is a small sample of just 54 plate appearances and inflated by an unsustainable .474 batting average on balls in play but there’s no harm in riding the hot hand in the short term. He also slashed .294/.353/.413 for a 112 wRC+ from 2019 to 2024, so he has a track record of strong offense.
Considering that he’s 37 years old and slumped early in the year, it’s understandable that the M’s may not want to be totally reliant on him. A lot of his damage has also come against lefties in recent years, so they could consider a platoon, though he has reverse splits in this year’s small sample of work.
As for specific targets, Kramer relays that the Mariners have considered a reunion with old friend Eugenio Suárez, currently of the Diamondbacks. Suárez played for Seattle in 2022 and 2023, hitting a bunch of home runs but also striking out a lot. The M’s made a concerted effort to reimagine their offense with fewer punchouts and traded him to Arizona ahead of the 2024 season.
With the Snakes, Suárez got out to a rough start but has been one of the best hitters in baseball for about the past year. He had a .216/.302/.366 line and 87 wRC+ in the first half of 2024 but then exploded for a .307/.341/.602 showing and 153 wRC+ in the second half. Here in 2025, he already has 25 home runs, a .251/.323/.569 line and a 141 wRC+. He’s also been striking out less in the process. He struck out more than 30% of the time as a Mariner but dropped that rate to 27.5% last year and is down to 25.7% so far this year.
His defense isn’t as strong as Williamson’s but he would obviously provide a huge boost to the lineup from the third base spot. Suárez is making a notable salary of $15MM this year, which would leave about $5MM left to be paid out as of the deadline. As mentioned, it’s unknown how much wiggle room the M’s will have to take on money.
It’s possible the Diamondbacks would be willing to eat some of the money but it’s also not entirely clear if they want to make Suárez available at all. Despite a rash of injuries, they are currently 41-39 and just three games out of a playoff spot in the National League. If they fall back in the next few weeks, the possibility of a Suárez trade should increase.
There’s also an argument for Arizona to trade Suárez even in a win-now move. They have lost several arms to injury and could flip him for help on the pitching staff, with Jordan Lawlar then taking over at third. However, there is risk in that path. Lawlar is a top prospect and keeps hitting in the minors but hasn’t yet taken advantage of his major league chances.
Kramer also mentions Arizona first baseman Josh Naylor, noting that he had been linked to the M’s prior to being traded from Cleveland to Arizona in the offseason. Naylor, like Suárez, is an impending free agent. He is making $10.9MM this year while slashing .307/.363/.479 for a 132 wRC+.
Kramer also mentions some other players as possible fits, including Jarren Duran of the Red Sox as well as Ryan O’Hearn, Cedric Mullins and Félix Bautista of the Orioles, though those appear to be more speculative suggestions. He also throws out Isiah Kiner-Falefa of the Pirates and Jesús Sánchez of the Marlins as other possibilities.
Duran and Mullins are outfielders but, as mentioned, the Mariners might just grab the best bat they can and figure out the defense later. Luke Raley is currently spending most of his time in the outfield corners but could perhaps spend more time at first base if the M’s added an outfielder.
O’Hearn and Mullins are both impending free agents on a struggling Baltimore club, so they seem likely to be moved. O’Hearn is having a terrific year, with a .301/.384/.485 line and 149 wRC+. His $8MM salary is not nothing but it’s barely half of what Suárez is making. Mullins was hot to start the year but has gone cold lately. He had a .278/.412/.515 line and 168 wRC+ at the end of April but has since put up a line of .167/.201/.348 for a wRC+ of 50. He is making $8.725MM this year.
Duran is still controllable for three years after this one but the Sox have a crowded long-term outfield mix that also includes Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela, Roman Anthony, Masataka Yoshida and Jhostynxon Garcia. Perhaps the Sox would consider making Duran available as a way to preemptively clear out that logjam while simultaneously adding talent somewhere else. They are currently 40-42 and 2.5 games back of a Wild Card spot.
As for the bullpen, all contenders generally look for upgrades at the deadline. Bautista should be highly attractive if the O’s are willing to make him available but it’s unclear if they would. Unlike Mullins and O’Hearn, he can be retained for two more seasons beyond this one. But given the general volatility of relievers, Baltimore might think about cashing him in during a down year for the club overall.
After missing the 2024 due to Tommy John surgery recovery, Bautista’s control has been a problem, with a 15% walk rate. But he’s still been effective overall, with a 2.60 earned run average and 33.6% strikeout rate. It’s possible he is reining in his command as the season goes along as he has dropped that walk rate to 9.4% in June.
Kiner-Falefa is a glove-first utility guy, hitting .273/.319/.346 this year for the Bucs, which translates to a wRC+ of 85. He is making $7.5MM this season but the Blue Jays are on the hook for part of that as part of the trade that sent him to Pittsburgh at last year’s deadline. Sánchez has generally been a league average hitter for the Marlins. He is in his sixth big league season and has a .240/.309/.425 line and 99 wRC+. He is making $4.5MM this year and can be controlled for two more seasons via arbitration.
There are many possibilities for Seattle, which should make for a very interesting deadline. President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto has a reputation as being one of the most trade-happy executives in the sport and the Mariners have one of the best farm systems. Reportedly, they wanted to deal prospects for big leaguers during the offseason but found few clubs willing to make that kind of pact since so many teams came into the year hoping to contend. As the season goes along and some clubs fall back in the standings, they might be more willing to take some of those prospects off the Mariners’ hands.
Photo courtesy of Joe Nicholson, Imagn Images.
Where was this willingness to bump payroll for a corner infield bat when Pete Alonso was on the market all winter -_-
Huge difference between one-third of a season’s salary and the full paycheck.
And that’s not a defense of ownership, it’s just an explanation of why we might see something mid-season rather than in the offseason.
The willingness was in the hands of Pete Alonso, he’s not going to play for a team he doesn’t want to play for. He had the agency to freely choose and everybodys grandma knew he was going to be a met.
Pete was never coming here. He’s a home run hitter. Old school power 1B. Why would he take his services to TMobile park?
City Field isn’t exactly hitter-friendly, either, but park factors don’t matter too much with that kind of power.
That said, of course he wasn’t going to Seattle.
Cal Raleigh seems to be managing.
Everybody knew that Alonso wanted to stay with the Mets and nothing short of a drastic overpay would have made it even a remote possibility of him signing elsewhere
I believe the length of the contract was the issue. Alonso’s camp likely wanted a longer guaranteed deal if he had to come play at the toughest park in all of baseball to hit.
Meow – An even bigger question, whatever happened to Bump Wills?
Mark Vientos
Brett Baty
Or maybe Jared Kelenic – could be acquired pretty cheaply, I believe.
Can’t imagine Vientos would even be available, let alone cheaply. The other two aren’t improvements.
Vientos would cost you one of your young controllable starters.
Vientos is playing poorly. He wouldn’t cost all that much.
That’s cute. Vientos wouldnt even come close to netting one of the Mariners controllable starters. The Mariners can get a way better bat for one of their controllable arms than a guy that’s had one OK season. They could get a bat with a track record.
We did the Jared thing..no thanks.
M’s will have a better chance of winning a world series than Jared Kelenic coming back.
0% chance the Mets trade Vientos. 0%.
How about Kelenic and Acuna for Gilbert?
How about not…lol. well Acuna would be good.
They would never trade Acuna for Gilbert. It would take way more.
It was a joke back to him sincechexwas offering Acuna and Kelenic.
Well, I wasn’t replying to you so… see how it says I said it would take more than Gilbert to get Acuna? Obviously, I’m responding to the person that suggested that trade. I don’t know what got lost on you. I don’t know how you see that as a response to you.
I’m using the phone app it’s not always clear. No worries…love the name also!
M’s ownership spending more just means they’ve green lit paying Dipoto’s cell phone bill for July.
IKF seems like the most “Mariners” type of pickup.
I disagree. Bringing Rowdy Tellez back would be the most Mariners type of move.
Hahahaha!
In 2022, they traded for the best pitcher available (Castillo), and in 2024 they traded for arguably the best bat available (Arozarena).
So unless Tellez is the best bat available, that’s not actually a Mariners thing.
Those are both solid moves. I forgot about Arozarena already. Who do you think they target?
They say they are willing to spend a little more but I don’t see anyone affordable that would make a difference this season, They probably should plan for 2026 when they could have …
RF Lazaro Montez
C2 Harry Ford
2B Michael Arroyo
RP Brandyn Garcia
RP Logan Evans
1B Avia Arquette
Garver. and Solano are probably gone.
Duran isn’t going anywhere, knock it off.
It would make no sense to trade their best player just to open up playing time for a rookie., but apparently that type of thing makes sense to the Red Sox.
That best player was a man-baby and unwilling to help the team because they hurt his feelings. In the long run that is addition by subtraction
The Red Sox didn’t trade their best player. Both Bregman and Rafaela are still on the team.
Many said the same about Devers. This front office is clueless.
I doubt the Red Sox want to pay Duran once his contract is up, he gives me a lot of Jacoby ellsbury vibes
I think Rafaela or abreu are likelier to go instead of Duran, a lot of people forgot how he had 8 war last year
No one is forgetting Duran’s 2024 season. We’re just smart enough to realize there’s little chance he has a season that provides even 75% of that WAR again. Half way through this season already and he’s got an almost zero chance of getting to that point right now.
Check out Rico Petrocelli in 1969.
10.0 bWAR.
Duran had an outlier season for sure.
bass – Yeah that wouldn’t make sense.
Rafaela’s value is at an all-time high right now, he’s the one that should be traded. He’s already started his descent.
What this really means is that they’re likely looking for a third baseman, unless they’re willing to play Solano or Polanco at third.
It makes little sense to squeeze out Raley, Canzone or Solano of PAs, which is what they’d be doing if they acquired another first baseman.
But I would hope they get a couple of relievers in addition to a bat. That might be the bigger need.
Polanco briefly played third in April. He bounced nearly every throw, sometimes twice, and once three times. Saying his arm was pathetic would be an understatement
I am aware of the Polanco experiment. We have yet to see Solano at third since spring. The point is that Seattle needs a first baseman really doesn’t make sense.
Somehow, the word ‘arguing’ was omitted from that last sentence.
Red Sox trade Bregman and resign him in the offseason.
Bregman isn’t opting out of 40 mil a year.
Without a doubt Bregman is opting out. He’s going to get the contract he wanted last season. Boston will do it.
Why would anyone give him a long term contract a year older and more injuries? He would be an idiot to opt out of 40 mil a season.
It’s also $30M per season in NPV after accounting for deferrals. If he comes back resuming his production pace, it’s an easy opt-out.
I love how people think deferred money isn’t real money. The players ask for this to lower their income tax bill dramatically. Expecting to miss 2+ months at a minimum and continue to put up a career pace numbers is ludicrous. He may sign an extension with the Red Sox but opting out of his contract after having a serious injury wouldn’t be wise. He is looking at a four year deal max.
It’s still $30 million per season in net present value. For the simple minded, he didn’t make $40 million he is making $30 million.
Right. If you can collect that salary later, once you’ve moved to a low tax state or country, some of that lost growth from the deferral is earned back.
Have there been any case studies done? I’m curious. E.g. Ohtani moving back to Japan after he’s done playing to collect deferrals.
He won’t have to pay US and Japanese taxes when he gets paid. He will no longer be a U.S. resident or employed in the U.S. He is probably saving half his salary in taxes.
The players pay taxes where the money was earned, IE where the games were played while they were earning the money, regardless of where they live or when it is paid unless it is paid 10 + years after he retires. If its 10+ years after retirement it becomes retirement pay and is taxed where the player lives.
Income taxes in Japan are higher than anywhere in the US.
But he won’t have to pay both.
That’s not true. You can pay taxes in the state you work and live. Once someone moves out of a state and no longer lives there the state you left has no jurisdiction over you. People don’t pay taxes on retirement to the state they left. They are also avoiding the jock tax paid to local and state agencies.
Wrong as usual. He will pay taxes on that income regardless of where he lives. He will pay more if its paid to him in Japan than in the California.
Income taxes in Japan are higher than the combined Federal and California income taxes.
Mets, everyone, MLB players included, pay state and local income taxes where you EARN the money. You pay Federal income taxes on top of that.
You are definitely wrong as usual. He definitely will be paid in Japan when he retires. He will no longer be subject to U.S. or state taxes as long as he doesn’t stay in the U.S. the Dodgers ownership group is definitely a world wide enterprise and has employees all over the world. The U.S. and California will no longer have any legal jurisdiction over him and the money will definitely not be paid from the U.S. currently as a Japanese resident he pays U.S. and Japanese taxes as both countries have a legal way to collect. He didn’t go to them with his contract because he was being kind.
Do you think if you work in California for thirty years and earn a retirement income that. California taxes you for the rest of your life when you retire in Florida? Do you think California keeps track of everyone’s contracts and come after you ten years later because you got paid for something you did ten years ago?
Per California Law:
“California-source income: Even after moving, you will still be taxed by California on income from sources within the state, such as wages earned for work physically performed in California, rental income from California property, or income from a California business.”
What is wrong with you? Income tax in Japan is higher than Federal and any US state combined?
Moron boy, EVERYONE pays taxes where the income is earned. It cannot be considered retirement income unless it is paid out more than 10 years after being earned. How many times were you dropped on your head as a child?
Sounds like they could have been a taker for Devers if Breslow had made the call. I’m sure the return would have been better.
The M’s would never take on that contract. When the M’s say they are allowing an increase in payroll, it usually means scrounging up a few more coins from the lounge’s sofa.
Rhys Hoskins could be available. Eugenio Suarez might be as well
Both of those guys would be nice
Brewers are in the playoff picture. Although they have traded before while in the hunt, I don’t see them repeating their mistake.
The Brewers have Jake Bauers and Andrew Vaughn to cover for Hoskins if a decent offer is made
So they trade the much less productive Bauers or worthless Vaughn.
Whoever they get it will be a young controlled infielder which will cost them Harry Ford.
Ford has gotten worse and I doubt he would challenge Raleigh for playing time
Fords AAA numbers say otherwise.
Silly, you do realize he plays in the PCL right? His numbers are nothing to write home about. Its not like he is hitting like Luis Campusano or something.
Why would he want to sell his cash cow? The casual fans won’t stay away; he brings in profit hand over fist. In other words, he runs the team like most business owners; to make as much money as possible. He is NOT like the 1/3 of franchise owners who are willing to sacrifice net revenue for wins.
Harry Ford is having the best season of his career so far.
How has he gotten worse?
Ford might be called up today due to Garver’s injury last night.
He’s a 22 year old catcher. His AAA numbers are impressive for what he is, but we shouldn’t expect he’s much of an upgrade over Garver at this point.
Solano is hot, but that BABIP is scary unsustainable. Gotta go, especially if they’re willing to spend/eat money – he’ll, some team might be fooled enough to pay a portion for the rest of the season. Raley is not a good 1B but is an excellent corner OF, so rotate him him with Canzone against RHP until one of them cools off. Against lefties, Canzone is 2-5 and Raley is 1-15, which is where IKF could be helpful (also to spell Williamson). Locklear and Taylor are doing well and languishing at Tacoma. But the team needs experienced,good offense and a reliever (LH?) that they can count on pre-Muñoz). Spend, Jerry, spend!
I would love to have Bautista as our setup guy so that we can stop having to put people like Casey legumina in the 8th inning and play musical chairs with Casey Lawrence
What we’re probably going to do is bring back good vibes only and overpay for Geno just for him to have a 700 ops again
700 ops sounds kinda nice compared to what we’ve had! It wont take any serious prospect capital to get Geno
There’s going to be a lot of bidders for him so I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a #10 prospect
10 innings of Yimi Garcia costed Jonatan clase for example
While not a fan of the trade proposal, I’ve heard floated Harry Ford for Duran.
Ford and what other 3 prospects? Duran had an 8 WAR last season, is on pace for 3 WAR this season, and has 3 seasons of team control after 2025. .
Last season is shaping up to be an outlier tanking his trade value this year. Should have traded him for a haul during the offseason.
What part of 3 WAR do you not understand?
Not sure Boston wants Ford with Narvaez as their starter unless they planned to flip him.
Just now getting interested in spending? Wish they were during the offseason…
Harry Ford certainly is a valuable trade chip. I had expected the M’s to be having him play some other positions in an effort to get him up and the fact that they really haven’t seems to say he’s trade bait.
Every team needs 2 catchers, might as well roll with 2 good ones and rotate through the C/DH/1B trifecta, too.
He struggled in the OF last year, and learning to Catch is hard. As impressive as he is so far, he’s still a young prospect. Focusing back there is fine, until it’s actually the great problem we can dream of.
I’d expect some spring work on the grass if he’s still around next season.
Many games are still left before the trade deadline, so don’t be surprised if the M’s become sellers instead. Astros dynasty is alive and well.
M’s will have a better chance of winning a world series than Jared Kelenic coming back.
You can have Rengifo.
Maybe they shouldn’t have traded Eugenio Suarez for nothing!
Trading Eugenio and Teoscar hurt.
(And not signing Teoscar)
Trade Eugenio to save money. Approve more money at the trade deadline. Trade to get Eugenio back. Sounds like a well oiled machine, the ownership and front office is…lol. Sell the team Stanton.
Be glad you didn’t trade for Mountcastle!🤣🤣🤣
Just an abstract observation, but Eugene is a HOFer if he hits 500 ding dongs… right?
Nope… unless there is another H. Baines level Veterans Committee fiasco.
He’s barely halfway to consideration based on career WAR (currently at ~25-30 and most HOF 3rd basemen have~65 )
If we generously give him another 15 WAR for his career, he’ll still be well short of the 50 WAR often used as the lowest bar for HOF consideration.
Best case scenario is he pulls off another seven 3 WAR seasons and gets to 500HR and 50 WAR marks.
His total WAR total would be very low for a HOFer and his best seasons would rank very low as well..
Suarez’s best seasons come in around 4 WAR, (borderline All-star level).
How many hitters this century besides H. Baines have made it with a best season below 5 WAR?
maybe zero?
K. Seager is a good career comparison for E. Suarez.
K.Seager:
1 AS team, 12th and 20th finishes in MVP.
1 gold glove
Career OPS+: 112
37 career WAR (top 50 among 3b)
Seasons above 5 WAR: 3
best season: 6.9 WAR
E. Suarez:
1 AS team, 15th and 18th in MVP voting
Career OPS+: 112
25-30 WAR currently (top 100 among 3b)
seasons above 5 WAR: 0
best season: 4.2 WAR
Seager won’t be on the ballot till 2027 but I doubt he gets more than a handful of votes and will fall off the ballot after 1 year. (need 5% of vote to stay on)
What does i take to stay on the ballot?
Lets look at a recent 3b on the ballot
D. Wright
7 AS teams
2 Gold Gloves
Career OPS+: 133
49 career WAR (top 25 among 3b)
Seasons above 5 WAR: 4
Best season WAR: 8.1
MVP finishes: 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 19th,24th
So a MUCH stronger resumé than E.Suarez.
HOF vote percentage:
2024: 6%
2025: 8%
So if D. Wright barely made it past 5% on the first year, Seager and Suarez will almost certainly be one and done.
If Suarez gets to 500 HR he might make it to year 2 or 3 on the ballot, but that’s probably a best case scenario. His best years were simply not MVP contender/HOF quality. So unless he has 5-6 years better than ANY year he has ever had yet, he will not have much of a HOF case, even with 500 HR.
Here’s another player that was closing in on 500 HR and had a similar career.
Paul Konerko
28 career WAR
439 HR
6 AS teams
MVP votes: 5th, 6th, 13th, 16th, 22nd
HOF vote: 2%
off ballot after 1 year
even Fred McGriff with this resumé:
493 HR
52 WAR (top ~30 for 1b)
6 top 10 MVP finishes
failed to get in while on the ballot and had to wait for the Vet committee.
Love the write-up, bear! For what it’s worth- I don’t think Gene hits 500 dingers.
I guess the Mariners just can’t be satisfied with Miles Mastrobuoni. 🤣🤣🤣
I still think we need to get a LHSPer. I still think White Sox is the place to go. Schultz is either a no go or too expensive. They do not need Ford so we bring in another team that needs a C. Who needs one because Ford is blocked by Cal and doesn’t want to move. To be fair we should move him and fill holes. We also put Castillo in that mix if need be. We will need to trade him anyway.
We get one of the lefties. We send Ford to team 3 who sends the players back to the WS for said lefty. If we need to add a player so be it. Just needs to get done. It also needs to be done ASAP to get him used to Cal and big boy pitching. Hanging out with the other 4 SPers and Cal should be good for him.
I am not sure if the Diamondbacks need a SPer but Castillo for Suarez and Naylor with another piece if need be. Naylor goes to 1st Polanco to 2nd some AS scrub at SS and Suarez to 3rd might be as good as it gets. We could substitute names from others mentioned depending on what Jerry can work out.
The guys that keep saying to get rid of Jerry are just talking out their backend because they are hurt there. The owner Arte screwed up the team and they blamed Jerry. Now our owners put handcuffs on Jerry and they blame the lack of players we can afford on Jerry.
Why don’t you blame the marine layer on him too? Might as well say Jerry is DB Cooper or knows who he was. Jerry made a lot of trades some good some bad. He didn’t make enough bad ones to handcuff the team long term. Look what he has done to the minors for us. Most everyone of you out there would like our minor league players. Add in Julio Cal and our 4 pitchers. That is a group anyone would be proud to say they drafted. Jerry is doing fine here thank you very much. After all these years it sounds like sour grapes and whining.
What does Laura from Kirkland have to do with this? She’s the only marine layer I know…
You could try to pit Castillo in that deal, but he has a no-trade and he’d have to approve it.
Keep Eugenio and they’d be defending AL West champs…
Had they kept Eugenio Seattle would be defending their AL West title now…
Stupid teams trade Duran. They seem to have been making some smarter moves of late. I don’t see this one happening. You don’t replace his combination of speed and power easily. Rafaela is more expendable as a glove first top defender who has a little offensive upside.
From what DiPoto inherited to where we are now is night and day. He’s earned the right to see things through and hopefully ownership will up the payroll for some legit bats.
We’ve been hoping for decades. Hope fades over time.
Careful, take away the fan rose-colored lenses and you’ll see that the team has improved slightly, but neither DiPoto or the previous GM won the division, even with DiPoto’s 2 more seasons. Really the only difference that I notice is that team’s end of the year win/loss records has been reversed. 75-87 in 2012, 71-91 in 2013, Compared to the the last 2 years of DiPoto 88-74 in 2023, 85-77 in 2024.. DiPoto’s teams have won slightly more games and a 2nd or 3rd place finish instead of 4th. When people look back at this time period of the Mariners in 50 years all they are going to see is “Consistent Mediocrity.” DiPoto’s only saving grace are 2 WILD CARD round playoff wins, before getting swept in the Divisional round immediately after.
They’re talking about a couple of bats, good luck with that. One bat is not going to make a difference when they have been losing double digit games to often.think about it, when has the the hitting been good? How about alright?. Nope they better double down on pitching something Dipoto knows about.
I’ve seen this episode before. #truetotheblue
Stanton has never admitted to being a cheapskate and claims all the time that he will provide what we need. I’ll believe it when I see it.
After barely even trying to bargain bin shop last offseason when everyone who can breathe was screaming about how many holes this lineup had to fill, the line we got from Dipoto at the end was, “Well, we didn’t spend because the lineup as-is didn’t really have many holes to start with and we just didn’t need to”.
You can believe this headline if you want, but I call BS.
Nolan Arenado and Ryan Helsley are available.
Well, every year we hear ownership is willing to bump up payroll and it turns out to be the money it would cost to buy a Big Mac! Until I see the actually DO it in a SIGNIFICANT way, I won’t believe it!
I HOPE it’s true, but then there was also a time in my life I HOPED Santa and the Easter Bunny were real too!
Added Castillo in 2022 & Arozarena in 2024. They do add pricey objects at the deadline.
Got Ray too he then got hurt and traded away when on IL. How much better would we be if we kept Ray. I couldn’t gripe about a LHPer and the wins would be higher. We might have traded Miller for a bat or infielder. They have spent some money but also made some trades to lower payroll. I don’t believe Stanton either that is why I like one of the White Sox LHPER. They are cheap.