Mariners finalizing 5 year contract with Josh Naylor

[Lamda]

Because we need a 3B. Imagine the ask for a guy that put up 13.4 WAR the past two seasons, is only 28 yo with 3 years of control left. I would be shocked if he gets traded.

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

Durans name comes up a lot these days

Rookie of the Year finalist Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. However, both Wilyer Abreu and Jarren Duran’s Boston futures are much more precarious. In fact, the Red Sox trading one of them away seems inevitable to Jeff Passan of ESPN.

“The Red Sox almost surely will deal one of them,” Passan wrote. “There aren’t enough at-bats in the lineup for both, especially if they add another bat in free agency.

Yup - makes a ton of sense to get him but the team sadly seems to like Canzone/Robles as a platoon in RF.

[D-train]

Why Okamoto? Give me Jarren Duran pretty please. Give them some pitching. Speed kills, guys can you imagine Julio & Duran at the top. Oh my word.

Because we need a 3B. Imagine the ask for a guy that put up 13.4 WAR the past two seasons, is only 28 yo with 3 years of control left. I would be shocked if he gets traded.

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

Donovan has two years of control. I do see they need to make room for Roman Anthony but why would the choose to get rid of their best OFer. Makes no sense.

[D-train]

Because we need a 3B. Imagine the ask for a guy that put up 13.4 WAR the past two seasons, is only 28 yo with 3 years of control left. I would be shocked if he gets traded.

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

What does "how do we know he's long term" mean?

He's controlled for the next 3 years cheaply.

I really don't care what happens after that.

2 years but yeah totally agree.

[GL_Storm]

Because we need a 3B. Imagine the ask for a guy that put up 13.4 WAR the past two seasons, is only 28 yo with 3 years of control left. I would be shocked if he gets traded.

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

Donovan has two years of control. I do see they need to make room for Roman Anthony but why would the choose to get rid of their best OFer. Makes no sense.

It isn't necessarily "getting rid" of the player, but more trading high to fill another need on the roster.

[D-train]

Because we need a 3B. Imagine the ask for a guy that put up 13.4 WAR the past two seasons, is only 28 yo with 3 years of control left. I would be shocked if he gets traded.

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

Durans name comes up a lot these days

Rookie of the Year finalist Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. However, both Wilyer Abreu and Jarren Duran’s Boston futures are much more precarious. In fact, the Red Sox trading one of them away seems inevitable to Jeff Passan of ESPN.

“The Red Sox almost surely will deal one of them,” Passan wrote. “There aren’t enough at-bats in the lineup for both, especially if they add another bat in free agency.

Yep I think it is Abreu instead of Duran.

[D-train]

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

Durans name comes up a lot these days

Rookie of the Year finalist Roman Anthony isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. However, both Wilyer Abreu and Jarren Duran’s Boston futures are much more precarious. In fact, the Red Sox trading one of them away seems inevitable to Jeff Passan of ESPN.

“The Red Sox almost surely will deal one of them,” Passan wrote. “There aren’t enough at-bats in the lineup for both, especially if they add another bat in free agency.

Yup - makes a ton of sense to get him but the team sadly seems to like Canzone/Robles as a platoon in RF.

Yep Hollander made a point to single out and give Canzone high praise on the radio.

[D-train]

They have a logjam in the OF. Too many bodies no where to put them. I want Donovan too but how do we know he's long term. We need speed at the top, bottom line. We have pitching, they need pitching. Maybe throw in a middle infielder. It's not like we'd be trading for Soto here. All's you can do is inquire. You know damn well he'd be an improvement over what we have.

Donovan has two years of control. I do see they need to make room for Roman Anthony but why would the choose to get rid of their best OFer. Makes no sense.

It isn't necessarily "getting rid" of the player, but more trading high to fill another need on the roster.

Selling High would have be selling after his 8.7 WAR season in 2024. "Only" 4.7 in 2025.

[HawkandMariner88]

DT if you had the choice between trading for Donovan & signing Okamoto who you taking?

[D-train]

DT if you had the choice between trading for Donovan & signing Okamoto who you taking?

Wow, tough call. One only costs money and you keep your prospects. Oka has more power but is not a proven MLB hitter. I guess it depends if you have more faith in Young or Williamson. Why not both. We could afford both since Josh's Salary is only $10M in 2026.

[HawkandMariner88]

I just really like Duran sorry but we could really use some speed somewhere. If we could snag him that'd be an absolute steal. I guess you could theoretically platoon him with Robles possibly with Duran DHing. But yeah when it comes to both Oka & Donovan I don't see why you can't have both. Not really banking on your prospects at that point are you. What do you do with Cole at that point you don't wanna give up on them so early. These guys aren't gonna cost an arm & a leg either in terms of money or prospects. I'm waiting on the Yandy talk, you know it's coming. It just makes too much sense to not do it. When was the last time Jerry pulled off multiple trades in 1 offseason or ever. The anxiety is getting to me ugh. So many options. Then there's still the matter of the Skubal factor. Not a need but definitely a win now move. Why can't December get here already. I hate having so much down time & no action. I wanna believe Jerry's gonna surprise us somewhere with something were totally not expecting.