Monday, November 27, 2023

Mariners and the Winter Meetings

The major league baseball  winter meetings 
begin next Monday.  Often this starts where 
teams begin makings moves.

Will the Mariners  sign hometown  free agent
and Cy Young Winner  Blake Snell  to a big deal
before or during  the meetings.  Snell  has been
seen around town like never before and makes
no qualms  he wants to play for the Mariners. 
The question  is  how bad do the Mariners want
him.

The Mariners may look to sign Snell  so they 
can trade one of the youn starting pitchers
most likely Miller or Woo. If the Mariners don't 
strike  now they likely  never will. The Mariners 
don't  have  really any other pitchers in the minors
to deal.Walter Ford is really the only one left.

In the last couple years the Mariners have drafted
several  shortstops in the early rounds. One of
them could be traded as well  or possibly in another 
year. The Mariners  have Harry  Ford  as well. Do
they keep him at catcher or move him elsewhere. 

Not making the playoffs  and trading Eugenio Suarez 
the Mariners  need to make some positive  moves
to make this a better team. If they don't make the
playoffs  again in 2024 another shakeup will need
to happen. They can't  miss this opportunity. It would 
be nice to sign Ohtani  as well.  Don't want to be left
standing being number two once again. 

So let's  see  whether anything will  happen this week 
or we have to wait for the next couple weeks. Major 
deals usually happen around  this time though other
deals not as significant  could happen later. Go M's. 

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