Mariners acquire Jorge Polanco from the Twins!!!!!

[Juliooooo]

Hate losing G2, I think he’s going to be a good one. I also worry about a 30 year old 2B in Tmobile park. 14 HR in 80 games is nice, and he’s better than the last 2 they got. He’s an upgrade from Rojas, but I would have preferred they get a better 3B.

I don’t hate it as much as the Castillo trade though, and don’t think G2 has quite the same star potential as Marte (because of position and speed mostly, he would be so much more exciting for next year than Urias at 3B). Hope it works out.

Going to have to pick a new favorite prospect. It will likely be between Colt Emerson and Arroyo. I’ll decide after the first month or so of minor leagues

[Sexymarinersfan]

So about a wash with ADS and Topa.

Now we have an abundance of 2B instead of SP. Seems less than ideal, but I'll take Polanco over Rojas.

Yeah this pushes Sam off the roster and Rojas to UT and or platoon with Urias....Upgrade.

That is if Urias can actually hit. Don't just give him the job.

[Sexymarinersfan]

Tough to lose Topa and GG but I like the trade.

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That ~.800 OPS looks a lot better than the .700 guys we have laying around.

I remember big sexy wanted Polanco a year or two ago.

Dipoto's always just a little late to the party.

SS-Crawford
CF-JRod
2B-Polanco
C-Raleigh
DH-Garver
LF-Raley
1B-France
3B-Rojas
RF-Haniger

Looks pretty complete

[Sexymarinersfan]

Sorry to see G2 hit the road, but I think he was going to fall down prospect lists at higher levels. I'm not sure there's much difference between him and Spencer Packard, for instance, other than age. And trading Topa makes sense, though it creates a hole in the bullpen. But Topa's a 32 year old arb eligible late bloomer and you're getting back an everyday player. And the other guys don't matter. This opens a spot on the 40 as well, which makes me wonder if there's another move coming. Maybe trade for a reliever?

Definitely, need to bolster the bullpen. Plenty of time to acquire more arms.

[Donn Beach]

Why would you have Rojas starting 3rd base over Urias?

[ice99]

Tough to lose Topa and GG but I like the trade.

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That ~.800 OPS looks a lot better than the .700 guys we have laying around.

I remember big sexy wanted Polanco a year or two ago.

Dipoto's always just a little late to the party.

He was a player that I wanted 2 years ago too.

[Sexymarinersfan]

Welp. I've proposed a lot of trades for Polanco over the past while.

Maybe Harmony will reference our conversations about that (he didn't want him)

I suppose he'll be playing 2B and they'll move Rojas to 3B to platoon with Urias. Big mistake if you ask me if that's what they do. Fingers crossed there's more trades to secure 3rd.

There isn't going to be any more trades. They were going with Urias at 3B from the second they traded for him. They didn't trade Campbell to pay $5M for a bench guy. Rojas put up almost 1 WAR in just 134 PAs. He can platoon with Urias if need be.

What was his WAR hitting for a 70 wRC+ at 3B for the DBacks last year?

I just don't like wet noodles taking up power spots.

The trade hasn't stopped them from potentially trading one of Miller or Woo...

Is the Cease deal still on the table? Are we still interested in something like that?

[bhofferb]

Welp. I've proposed a lot of trades for Polanco over the past while.

Maybe Harmony will reference our conversations about that (he didn't want him)

I sere's more trades to secure 3rd.

There isn't going to be any more trades. They were going with Urias at 3B from the second they traded for him. They didn't trade Campbell to pay $5M for a bench guy. Rojas put up almost 1 WAR in just 134 PAs. He can platoon with Urias if need be.

Rojas, Urias, and Polanco give us redundancy in the infield, which we've not had since I don't know when.

Feels like we are in a much better spot counting on either Rojas or Urias instead of having to count on Rojas AND Urias...

[Donn Beach]

Not really if you're talking about 3rd base

[Sexymarinersfan]

Why would you have Rojas starting 3rd base over Urias?

I think it'll be a platoon. I haven't seen Urias, so I don't know what kind of hitter he is. I hope he's as good or better than Rojas. I'll reserve judgement until I can get my eyes on him.