The 2025 Mariners were a game away from the World Series. Their two-decade playoff drought and status as perennial runner-up increasingly feels like a thing of the past. They enter the 2026 season as the AL West favorite in projections at both FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus after a winter that featured multiple upgrades.
Major League Free Agent Signings
- Josh Naylor, 1B: Five years, $92.5MM
- Rob Refsnyder, OF: One year, $6.25MM
- Andrew Knizner, C: One year, $1MM
Option Decisions
- Team declined $12MM mutual option on C Mitch Garver (paid $1MM buyout)
- Team exercised $7MM club option on RHP Andres Munoz
- INF Jorge Polanco declined $8MM player option
Trades and Waiver Claims
- Acquired INF/OF Brendan Donovan from Cardinals in three-team trade also involving Rays; Mariners sent SHP Jurrangelo Cijntje, OF Tai Peete, Competitive Balance pick (Round B) to Cardinals, 3B Ben Williamson to Rays
- Acquired LHP Jose A. Ferrer from Nationals in exchange for C Harry Ford, minor league RHP Isaac Lyon
- Acquired RHP Yosver Zulueta from Reds in exchange for minor league RHP Dusty Revis
- Acquired minor league LHP Robinson Ortiz from Dodgers in exchange for minor league RHP Tyler Gough
- Acquired minor league RHP Alex Hoppe from Red Sox in exchange for minor league C Luke Heyman
- Acquired RHP Cooper Criswell from Mets for cash
- Acquired C Jhonny Pereda from Twins for cash
- Acquired LHP Josh Simpson from Marlins for cash
- Acquired RHP Cole Wilcox from Rays for cash
- Claimed RHP Ryan Loutos off waivers from Nationals
Extensions
- None yet
Notable Minor League Signings
- Mitch Garver, Dane Dunning, Connor Joe, Casey Lawrence, Randy Dobnak, Guillo Zuñiga, Patrick Wisdom, Michael Rucker, Jhonathan Diaz, Brian O’Keefe, Jakson Reetz, Will Wilson, Brennen Davis
Notable Losses
- Eugenio Suarez, Ben Williamson, Harry Ford, Caleb Ferguson, Luke Jackson, Tayler Saucedo (non-tendered), Gregory Santos (non-tendered), Trent Thornton (non-tendered), Jackson Kowar (claimed by Twins)
When fans think of the Mariners, the dominant starting rotation is often the first thing that comes to mind. The 2025 season, Seattle’s best since 2000-02, played out in somewhat uncharacteristic fashion, however. The rotation was solid but not elite. Mariners starters barely cracked the top half of baseball in terms of ERA, due in part to injuries up and down the staff. Seattle’s bullpen ranked top-10 in ERA, however, and the lineup finished tenth or better in runs scored, home runs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wRC+. Cal Raleigh, the AL MVP runner-up, played a huge role in the Mariners’ offensive eruption, but the Seattle lineup was a strong unit top to bottom.
Seattle’s deadline acquisition of Josh Naylor from the D-backs played a big part in that. Naylor hit the ground running in the Emerald City and immediately looked at home, slashing .299/.341/.490 with nine homers in 210 plate appearances. The 5’10”, 235-pound Naylor even delighted baseball fans (not just Seattle fans) by somehow going 19-for-19 in stolen base attempts despite sitting in the third percentile of big leaguers in terms of average sprint speed, per Statcast. Naylor entered the season with 25 career steals in 598 games. He played 54 games as a Mariner.
President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto made it known before season’s end that keeping Naylor was not just a priority for the Mariners but the offseason priority. Appearing on the MLB Trade Rumors podcast, Dipoto told host Darragh McDonald that Naylor was “as good as anybody that’s played in the last handful of years at hitting in this ballpark” while voicing a strong desire to keep the 28-year-old slugger.
True to his word, Dipoto wasted little time in making an aggressive push to keep his newly acquired first baseman. Naylor, who also raved late in the season about how much he loved playing in Seattle, was one of the first major free agents off the board, coming to terms on a five-year, $92.5MM deal two weeks after the World Series wrapped up.
Naylor’s deal is the largest contract the Mariners have given to a free-agent position player since Dipoto began running baseball operations for the Mariners more than a decade ago — and not just barely, but by a magnitude of nearly four times. Dipoto has been open about his desires to avoid building a roster through free agency, and his affinity for working the trade market is well known. That Naylor nearly quadrupled the $24MM guarantee paid to Mitch Garver underscores how strongly the Mariners felt about keeping him. Prior to the Naylor signing, Garver was the only free agent position player to sign a multi-year free agent deal with Seattle in ten years.
While Naylor was the priority, the Mariners remained open to re-signing veterans Jorge Polanco and Eugenio Suarez, both of whom hit in the middle of the lineup down the stretch and into the playoffs. Polanco was always deemed more likely, but the Mariners apparently balked at matching or topping the two-year, $40MM deal he received from the Mets. That $20MM average annual value was steeper than nearly any pundit or fan thought Polanco would command.
The veteran Polanco’s departure left the Mariners in a familiar position. As was the case the offseason prior, the M’s had openings at both second base and third base. Dipoto and GM Justin Hollander spent most of the 2024-25 offseason working the trade market to find an option at one or both positions before ultimately re-signing Polanco to one-year deal that turned out to be a raucous bargain.
For much of the current offseason, it looked as though things might play out similarly. The Mariners engaged with the Cardinals on Brendan Donovan early, but interest in the utilityman extraordinaire was robust. Dipoto and Hollander kept in touch with Suarez’s camp, were at least loosely involved in the market for star NPB third baseman Kazuma Okamoto, spoke to the D-backs repeatedly about Ketel Marte and inquired on the Cubs’ Nico Hoerner. There were surely other trade and free agent targets whose names didn’t become public.
Through it all, the Mariners were cited as one of the top suitors and front-runners for Donovan, who entered the offseason as a veritable lock to be traded by the rebuilding Cardinals. It may have taken longer than fans hoped, but the Mariners eventually got their man on Feb. 2, parting with top pitching prospect Jurrangelo Cijntje, outfield prospect Tai Peete, young third baseman Ben Williamson and a Round B Competitive Balance draft pick (No. 68 overall) in a three-team deal that brought Donovan their way. Seattle’s interest in the former Gold Glove winner dated back to last season, meaning the three-team swap capped off more than a yearlong pursuit of the versatile infielder/outfielder.
Donovan indeed feels like a perfect fit for the M’s. He’s a quality defender at either third base or second base, meaning the Mariners can see which of Cole Young and Colt Emerson stand out the most this spring. The hope is that Emerson is the team’s long-term third baseman — or perhaps shortstop, if J.P. Crawford departs in free agency next winter — and that Young is the second baseman of the future. Donovan’s ability to play either spot lets the Mariners take a flexible approach to their infield alignment. And if both players eventually force their way onto the roster, Donovan can split time between those two positions, the outfield corners and designated hitter.
While Seattle paid a steep price to acquire Donovan in terms of the talent they surrendered, they’re getting him for just $5.8MM this season and can control him through the 2027 campaign. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the two parties eventually talked extension. Donovan was open to a long-term deal in St. Louis even as the Cards embarked on a rebuild.
Time will tell whether he feels similarly about his new surroundings, but at the very least he doesn’t appear to be dead-set on testing free agency 18 months from now. Recent extensions for Tommy Edman and Ryan McMahon paid that pair of comparably aged infielders $70MM total; Donovan might command a bit more, but a five-year deal in that general range (beginning with next year’s final arbitration season) feels like something that could work for both sides, speculatively speaking.
Even if no extension comes to fruition, Donovan will be hitting at or near the top of a deep Mariners lineup for the next two seasons. He’s the sort of versatile, high-contact bat the Mariners coveted several years ago when trying to reshape their offensive identity after years of ranking at or near the top of the league in strikeouts. With Donovan (career 13.5% strikeout rate) and Naylor (career 16%) now helping to anchor the lineup, the M’s have a bit of a different feel than the all-or-nothing bunch to which we’d grown accustomed earlier this decade.
The Donovan trade may have been the Mariners “signature” trade of the offseason, but it wasn’t the only swap of consequence for Dipoto, Hollander & Co. One of the Mariners’ first moves post-Naylor was to address the lack of reliable left-handed relief in their bullpen, swinging a trade for Nationals southpaw Jose A. Ferrer. Many fans were shocked to see the Mariners part with top catching prospect Harry Ford to acquire a reliever, but Ford was blocked by Raleigh with no clear path to playing time in Seattle. That doesn’t mean he can be swapped out for any old bullpen arm, but what Ferrer lacks in name recognition he makes up for in extremely intriguing underlying numbers.
Ferrer’s 4.15 ERA over the past two seasons (4.48 in 2025) isn’t going to garner much attention. However, that mark came playing in front of a porous Nationals defense that rarely did the flamethrowing sinker specialist help. The 25-year-old Ferrer (26 next week) averages a blazing 97.7 mph on a sinker that’s helped him post a gargantuan 61% ground-ball rate dating back to 2024 — fifth highest in all of baseball (min. 100 innings pitched).
In 2025, Ferrer upped his strikeout rate from the prior year’s 19.4% to a nearly league-average 21.9%. His swinging-strike rate rose to a slightly above-average 11.5%. Ferrer has only walked 4.9% of his opponents the past two seasons. That blend of plus command and plus-plus ground-ball tendencies, coupled with even average bat-missing abilities (and a competent defense behind him) gives Ferrer immense breakout potential. Metrics like SIERA (2.97) and FIP (2.95) already feel he’s great, and the Mariners’ track record in coaxing breakouts from unheralded relievers (e.g. Paul Sewald, Gabe Speier, Drew Steckenrider, Justin Topa) shouldn’t be overlooked. Ferrer is controlled for four more seasons and has two minor league option years remaining. Adding him to a bullpen anchored by Andres Munoz and Matt Brash could make for a lethal trio.
Most of the remaining moves were more on the margins of the roster. Rob Refsnyder and his lifetime .281/.383/.443 line against lefties (.302/.399/.560 in 2025) gives manager Dan Wilson a big platoon bat to pair with lefty-swinging outfielder/designated hitter Dominic Canzone, who’s coming off a breakout .281/.358/.481 showing in 268 plate appearances. Canzone more than held his own against lefties, so he’ll still get some left-on-left looks, but all of his power was against righties. Only two of his 22 extra-base hits (one double, one homer) came versus southpaws.
Andrew Knizner was brought in on a moderately surprising big league deal to be the backup to Raleigh. He’s earning just $1MM, so it’s a minimal commitment if Knizner doesn’t pan out. He’s a career .211/.281/.316 hitter whose defensive marks have improved in a small sample over the past two seasons. Notably, he was one of the best catchers in Triple-A last year when it came to challenging pitches under the incoming ABS system, which could have factored into the decision. Catching depth in general was a priority though, as they also reunited with Mitch Garver on a minor league deal and picked up Jhonny Pereda from the Twins in a cash swap.
Assembling a deep collection of optionable arms also proved to be a priority this winter. The Mariners acquired a whopping six optionable young relievers via either small trades or waivers. The current big league bullpen doesn’t have much flexibility — Ferrer and Brash are the only optionable arms, and neither is being sent down anytime soon — so it’s possible something will shake loose later in camp with the Mariners moving on from an out of options arm like Casey Legumina. The Mariners added Yosver Zulueta, Josh Simpson, Cole Wilcox, Alex Hoppe and Robinson Ortiz via trade and claimed Ryan Loutos off waivers. They’ll have plenty of options to evaluate when injuries inevitably crop up among the more experienced members of the bullpen.
The starting pitching lacks that same level of depth, particularly after sixth starter Logan Evans suffered a UCL tear that’ll require season-ending surgery. The Mariners’ top quintet of Logan Gilbert, Bryan Woo, George Kirby, Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller is among the most talented in the game, but the top options behind him are now out-of-options swingman Cooper Criswell, former prospect Emerson Hancock (who’s struggled in the majors thus far) and non-roster veteran Dane Dunning. Finding an optionable rotation candidate or bringing in one more low-cost or non-roster veteran would arguably still be prudent, but even if they opt to do so, it’s not likely to be one of the top names available.
By and large, the Mariners’ heavy lifting is wrapped up. Naylor, Donovan and Ferrer are quality headline additions, but the M’s have done plenty of work to round out the margins of the roster with improved depth to position them for the rigors of a long season. They’ll head into 2026 as a popular pick to win their division at the very least, and better health from their top starters could make Seattle one of the favorites in the broader American League overall.
How would you grade the Mariners' offseason?
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B 52% (1,143)
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A 29% (639)
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C 14% (305)
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D 3% (60)
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F 2% (50)
Total votes: 2,197
It was an off-season to which all other off-seasons shall be compared.
Easiest A. Arguably the best offseason in Mariners history, at least since 2000-2001.
Keeping Naylor was priority #1. They did that. Upgrading 3B was priority #2. They did that. Retooling the bullpen was priority #3. They did that.
They did it all while also keeping Emerson, Young, Sloan, Arroyo, Farmelo, Celestin, Anderson, and Montes innthe system. They’re set to run the west for the next while.
It would’ve been A if we got Marte to replace that offense from Polanco but im not complaining getting Donovan and keeping Naylor
Marte would have cost us someone from the starting 5 plus a top prospect and that would just create more holes to have to backfill. Healthy seasons from Raley/Robles plus full years from Naylor and Canzone should make up for Polanco and then some.
Refsnyder 6.25 mill is kinda wild considering he only has 1550 pa’s in a 10 year career. Good job by his agent and for him
Kyle Tucker is making 60M a year. Bo Bichette is making about 40M a year. 6.25M for a really good platoon bat isn’t all that crazy these days.
True but those players are the exception. They were the Top 5 free agents. Look at someone like Dylan Moore who has a utility GG and a 30+ SB season getting a minor league deal. Roughly same age. Baseball is definitely what you done for me lately sport. Rob has been solid.
Rob is a great player, professional hitter, and lefty masher. Wish there had been room to keep him on Boston’s roster. Enjoy
Only thing keeping them from an A grade in my book is the Ford trade but they did have on of the better off-seasons. The Ref signing was definitely underrated and I’m kinda surprised he couldn’t secure a multi year deal.
A few things I’ve come around on after the Ford-Ferrer trade:
-Ferrer is actually a better pitcher than his surface level stats suggest and the Mariners coaching staff will turn him into one of the best relievers in baseball. Throwing left handed is also a plus, they hopefully won’t have to run Speier into the ground again.
-Ford was blocked by a dude who just barely lost the AL MVP race by two votes. Kid needed to go someplace where he can actually play.
-Ford probably isn’t as good as his hype. He hasn’t really developed enough power, and folks who make a living ranking prospects haven’t liked his defense. It’s probably kind of telling that the Mariners could “only” get a reliever for a top catching prospect.
-Luke Stevenson was their second pick in the 2025 draft, and initial scouting reports suggest he’s a better catching prospect than Ford was.
In all, the trade doesn’t impact their grade for me. Though your mileage may vary and I do see them going from Ford’s upside to some kind of Knizner/Pereda/Garver blob as a possible downgrade at backup catcher, but that doesn’t matter all that much. Cal’s an MVP candidate as long as he’s healthy.
I think this is spot on. Ferrer was targeted because they really wanted him, and guessing their internals and league consensus isnt high on him catching, call that part a hunch. If hes not catching his probable role is a sub average role player with limited positional utility. He could be more than that, and sticking at catcher would go a long way toward being a regular, but if he doesnt, his path to being a regular player is a lot more difficult.
An easy A, they got Naylor and Donovan. They’re going to be very much a favorite to win the AL West again.
Wasn’t much to do. They did what they need to do. A.
I gave them a B. They got Naylor at a great price, but overpaid for both Donovan and Ferrer. They also didn’t really replace either Polanco or Suarez in the lineup, and their rotation has virtually no depth after the top 5. In my mind, to have received an A, they needed one more legit bat and at least two AAA starters that have good MLB experience under their belts to step in if one of the main guys get hurt.
If you have a rotation of Gilbert, Woo, Kirby, Miller, Castillo, it won’t be easy to attract “starters who have good MLB experience under their belts.” And Kade Anderson is expected to be ready by June. They’ll go somewhere where they perceive a better opportunity to play in the majors in 2026.
I think Criswell and Dunning is about as good as the M’s could have done on that front, unless they were willing to trade something of value to get a MLB-quality pitcher under team control.
(I also gave them a B — I don’t think they did as much as they could have to upgrade their bullpen, and I think they paid retail+ to get Ferrar and Donovan.)
Once Spring training is about over a ton of fringe guys will be available on minor league deals.
As a lifetime fan of the Mariners I am very excited about this years team. I feel they made some great moves in resigning Naylor and the Donavan trade is great! The Harry Ford trade could bite them in long run but LH relief was a huge hole..had to do it.
For the 1st time ever it’s exciting to follow both the Seahawks and the Mariners since they’ve never been this good at the same time
Just enjoy the ride while we can.
Go Ms!!
Go Hawks!!
They didn’t even bring Griffey back. Easy D
Why do you have a second account Steinbrenner?
Everyone muted him and he can’t live without getting any attention.
I have flagged none of your comments. (Or muted you).
I didn’t mute him.
I’m actually offended that people think I’m that guy lol
Oh wow. I have never thought you were Steinbrenner.
Hey you know Moyer can still hang..
Don’t forget Bone is back also! Gotta be a C now
And Dan the Man is running the show. C+
B+ M’s got the guys they really needed but maybe overpaid a little on the trades. Would have liked another good reliever and a #5 starter (I always assume a team will lose one of their starters and that a pre-season #6 will become the #5). Not a fan of Knizner but he may not even make the team. Hope everyone stays healthy. That’s always the key.
Yeah, I think the Mariners should add a starter. Just in case. Not an expensive one, just one.
@Mekias0 – Nailed it, my thoughts 100% exactly. Someone like Soroka would have been perfect, but $7.5M was certainly more than the M’s were comfortable with. I’m sure they’ll get a very similar-type guy for much less late in Spring Training. And Knizner doesn’t do much for me also. Solid B+ as you say, with a strong A- if they get an upgrade at swingman/6th starter later.
$7.5 for Soroka and $12.5 for May is crazy.
Things are kind of deceiving. Emerson Hancock would easily be in the rotation of at least half of MLB teams. Here, he is a large step below the floor of our rotation. It’s not so much that he sucks, but rather than he doesn’t quite match up with our starting 5.
Maybe not to that level.
Don’t forget Bone! Who knows we might get Buhner buzz cut night back.
To me, it’s a solid A!
Seattle did well to fill vacancies on the position player side, and I think they did a great job finding relief depth.
But there are still two big question marks for the active roster bullpen and their starter depth is incredibly thin after losing Evans to injury and Cijntje in the trade with the ‘Cards.
The team appears to be better than they were a year ago, so all things considered, I think it’s a solid B–and I think this is the best offseason they’ve had in years.
Sloan and Anderson are going to rise quickly, that’s at least partially why they were comfortable with trading Cjintje who actually kind of struggled as a pro last year. Most of the hype there is because he can throw with both hands, not that he’s actually any good. They still have Hancock at #6 and he did fine last year, they also signed Dunning, Lawrence, and Dobnak to milb deals. Starting depth should be pretty good.
“Starting depth should be pretty good.”
Hopefully.
Where’s your starting depth? Have fun in 2nd place!
So assuming Hunter Brown, Tatsyua Imai, Cristian Javier, Mike Burrows, Spencer Arrighetti, and Lance McCullers Jr. in the 6 man rotation. We have…
Colton Gordon, AJ Blubaugh, Miguel Ullola, Kai Wei Teng, Ryan Weiss, Nate Pearson, Jason Alexander, and some more non roster guys. That’s more than 2 whole rotations.
Projections say we’re second place (or third place for those people that decide 2023 Texas is coming back (it’s not)) but it’s not game over right now. It could be in the future, but not yet.
I’d argue it’s been game over for y’all since Victor Robles made that diving catch last September.
I literally crashed out when I saw Robles come out of nowhere.
That’s the thing about projections; they don’t mean squat. Anything more than a minor injury to one or two of a team’s frontline starters and that could be that.
Sloan is 20 and threw just 11.1 innings for Everett. Anderson was just drafted and has yet to play a regular season game in professional ball.
I’m high on both of them, but neither are likely options for the first half.
Hancock is a legitimate option. But after him, none of the ready-now options are promising.
Hopefully they won’t be needed, but I’d feel a lot better if Seattle would pick up a swing man to stash in the ‘pen.
Sloan has made it to Hi-A in his pro debut. He could rise fast. Scouts have said that Anderson has the potential to take the same development path as Skenes in that he just gets a few milb games in as a tune up to the competition but he’s basically ready to go now. With good pitching prospects you don’t want to hold them back too much especially if they’re dealing as they all have a finite amount of arm bullets to throw before they break down.
At the end of the day we’re quibbling about the 7th-10th starters of a championship contending organization, though, which is a very nitpicky thing to worry about. If your team is at a point where more than one of Criswell, Dunning, and Dobnak are getting more than a couple of turns then you’re screwed no matter what and whether you ponied up for the Jose Quintana/Michael Lorenzen tier of pitching in the winter isn’t gonna matter. The only team in baseball that has the kind of depth you’re after is the Dodgers and that’s only because they just bought it all. Every year we joke that their IL is better than most teams’ active rosters and it’s true.
You shouldn’t rely on them to be your depth. Both Sloan and Anderson are likely quick risers, but I would not rely on them.
My concern isn’t what these guys will be. It’s what the Mariners have right now, which is a shortage of MLB-ready starters. No matter how optimistic we want to be about debuts, there’s a process to follow.
It isn’t my biggest concern, but it’s a concern nonetheless, and it’s one of the things I think they could/should have better addressed in the offseason, hence my personal grade of a B.
I don’t agree with anything you said in that second paragraph and I’d point out that Criswell has a very good shot at making the opening day roster.
But they may still add depth. Seattle never stops looking for help.
“Every year we joke that their IL is better than most teams’ active rosters and it’s true.”
Probably because the Dodgers are injury prone and are loosing superstars.
Naylor signing by itself justifies an A. The rest is gravy. Donovan wasn’t cheap but he fits the roster, ballpark, and competitive posture. Ford for Ferrer definitely raises an eyebrow, but Ford was on the block for at least a year and if this was his market, then so be it.
I think left handed relief is at high prices.
I give them a B+. I don’t think platoons have ever worked in Seattle. Still a bit worried that RF and DH will be a black hole again (Raley/Robles and Canzone/Refsnyder). Would’ve been A if they resolved RF as well, but I guess that’s a move for around the trade deadline. Really hoping Emerson or young take the next step this year!
Canzone broke through last year which bailed them out. At 28 with some MLB experience under his belt I think he’s legit now. Robles and Raley are good players when they aren’t fighting injuries. With clean bills of health now, they’ll be pretty good again. Refsnyder has been a very good RHH off the bench for the Red Sox in recent years. He does well in that role and there’s no reason to think he won’t continue to succeed here.
Some think we overpaid for Donovan and Ferrer but the M’s are in a window to win now. I give them an A for their offseason. Can’t wait for opening day!
Yep, I wanted to keep him in Cleveland. His fury is fun.
I give the M’s and “A” grade because they addressed so many obvious needs. From signing a much needed first baseman that everyone loves in Seattle, to getting a bat that hits lefties, to getting another left-handed late inning reliever to finally getting a lead off hitter. It was a good off season. I know that a lot of people here wanted the Mariners to do more, but they did quite a bit without trading their top prospects and now I hope they will extend some of their better players like Gilbert.
I give them a strong B. I think they should have pushed in the chips for Marte, but oh well. I think this is a franchise that does a poor job of capitalizing on their best asset. Their stadium makes pitchers look better than they are. They should be selling high and buying low on pitchers every offseason. Castillo should have been traded while he still had surplus value.
Regardless, they are the best team in the AL West and maybe the clear cut favorite in the AL. Decent job Dipoto, even if I think a shrewder GM could have done better.
Ok, so the team looks in good shape is there such a thing as having it all? Maybe a B grade is about what we can expect. Of course we can know we will see some changes come and go. That we can count on.
I call it a B. See lots of comments here mirroring my thoughts. Need pitching depth and could use a better backup catcher but not terrible. Bullpen depth is solid, would love a high floor righty but given their history the pitching lab pile may have more upside than whoever that would have been. They absolutely need better starting depth and would love to see a 5.5 man rotation given last year’s IL stints. Someone who can run out every 10-12 starts, go long from the pen or and give the rest of the pen some time off when needed. I get a solid vet probably won’t want to sign with their 5 man blocking paths to playing time, but maybe trade for someone with a solid floor who could be used on that role. Hancock or Criswell may be that guy but would still like to see another higher floor starter in the mix.
Several people have downgraded the M’s because they didn’t trade for Ketel Marte. Well of course it would have been great to get Marte. All off-season long the Dbacks have said they weren’t trading him, I don’t understand why people would knock Seattle for not getting Marte. For that matter, I’d have loved them to have gotten Skubal, but he wasn’t available either.
I don’t think the M’s had to trade Sloan/Anderson for a rental.
Donovan fits their needs better than Marte.