Should Mariners Sign Blake Snell

Blake Snell  has been interested in  

playing for his home team. Do the

Mariners sign him or  let another

team like Angels  sign him.

Though he won the Cy Young  Award 

in the NL last season  he averaged 

under six innings per outing. He walked 

just over three batter per game. If he

cut down on walks a little  bit he could

go six innings.

The  minor flaws he has the Mariners  

coaching staff could help. The Mariners 

have no left  handed pitching in the

rotation  after trading Marco Gonzales 

and Robbie  Ray.  

The Mariners  could put either Miller

or Woo into the bullpen. Since Woo

may look at going less innings he 

could be the choice. He can start 

if the Mariners want to give Miller 

a break to. Not at the beginning of

the season  the Mariners could go

with a six man rotation briefly 

depending on a long homestand

or road trip. If they play two three 

game series the second teams would

not see a repeat pitcher. 

Not sure how much Snell is asking

for and how many years.  Snell is

31 years old and has pitched in the

majors for eight years. So pitching 

five years doesn't  seem to be out

of the question.  The Mariners got 

a sweet deal for Castillo however

Snell likely  want more. Logan Gilbert

and George  Kirby  will need to be

signed to a large contract so the

Mariners could be creative in signing

Snell.  If Snell  is  expecting five years

the Mariners could sign him paying 

him at a certain amount whether high

or low and pay him over more of period

of time. The Dodgers signed  Ohtani

to ten year contract however paying

him over 20 years. His case he is 

being paid  more in the last ten years.

The Mariners  could do that as well 

paying more after five years or go the

other way. Paying him higher now

and lower later would help on paying

Gilbert and Kirby.  

The Mariners  will  have  to  pay Cal

Raleigh  about the same time as Gilbert 

if the ownership  doesn't  screw things

up like this off-season and he wants

to stick around. The Mariners do sign

Snell  they could later to trade either

Miller or Woo and then there is Emerson 

Hancock who are not sure how he will

develop. They won't  have to pay youngsters

like Harry Ford for some time either. You

have to figure he and the other first round

picks after him received  nice signing

bonuses. The Mariners  have international 

players who may arrive as well in several 

seasons  and we could see another Julio 

Rodriguez. 

So you want the Mariners  sign Blake Snell 

who wants to be here or skip him for another 

team to grab  him. That is the question. 

Go M's!