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  1. Given their pitching woes, the Seattle Mariners are unlikely to trade Bryan Woo ... period.
  2. How realistic is it that the pitching-poor Seattle Mariners would trade 25-year-old right-hander Bryan Woo, who this season has a 3.09 ERA in five starts with four years of team control after this season? With George Kirby on the IL and Logan Gilbert leaving Friday's start with forearm tightness, the Mariners are in no position to trade a starter. Seattle currently ranks 12th in the league with an ERA+ of 94 and second in the AL with an OPS+ of 118. Instead of trade targets, who would be trade candidates if the Red Sox are out of contention at the trade deadline?
  3. Seattle might find that batting profile, particularly the K rate, attractive but the contract is an obstacle for the frugal Mariners, especially with Yoshida's injury.
  4. The Mariners were never likely to trade from their starting rotation given their lack of pitching depth and the pedestrian ERA+ of 106 posted by the staff last year.
  5. Even before dropping Mitch Haniger, the Mariners lacked enough negative-value contracts to make a Masataka Yoshida trade feasible. Nevertheless the Red Sox and Mariners should be contenders.
  6. The Red Sox left only four runners on base while the Mariners left 12 on base. In that respect the game was not as close as the final score suggests. Seattle posted its first series win at Fenway Park since 2014.
  7. The Seattle Mariners, who are second in the league with an OPS+ of 118 and 13th in the league with an ERA+ of 93, need pitching more than hitting: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2025.shtml
  8. As of Thursday morning FanGraphs gave the Red Sox a 59.1 percent of advancing to the postseason and a 4.9 percent chance of winning the World Series: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds ... while Baseball Reference gave the Sox a 20.1 percent chance of advancing to the postseason and a 0.7 percent chance of winning the World Series: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-playoff-odds.shtml Which points up the difficulties of early-season projections.
  9. We're dealing with small samples, but the Seattle Mariners are now second in the league with an OPS+ of 117 and 12th in the league with an ERA+ of 96: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2025.shtml The Red Sox are fourth in OPS+ at 109 and eighth in ERA+ at 107.
  10. This will be Bryce Miller's first start at Fenway Park but the Red Sox have roughed up the righthander in two games at Seattle: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-mariners/2023/08/01/717167/final/box https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-mariners/2024/03/31/745279/final/box Brayan Bello is 3-0 with a 3.63 ERA in four career starts against the Seattle Mariners.
  11. As of Tuesday morning, FanGraphs gave the Red Sox and Seattle Mariners 58.5 percent and 68.8 percent chances of advancing to the postseason: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds As of Tuesday morning, Baseball Reference gave the Sox and Mariners 16.6 percent and 88.5 percent chances of advancing to the postseason: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-playoff-odds.shtml
  12. Through 22 games the Mariners have averaged 3.62 runs per game at home and 5.67 runs per game on the road. Seattle ranks fifth in the American League, 13th overall, in runs scored per game despite playing 13 of its first 22 games at T-Mobile Park: https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/runs-per-game The Mariners have posted an OPS+ of 115, third in the league, and an ERA+ of 99, 11th in the AL: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2025.shtml
  13. With the Patriots' Day win, the Red Sox moved into a virtual tie with their next opponent, the Seattle Mariners, who lead the Sox only by percentage points: https://www.mlb.com/standings/league
  14. At this precise moment, FanGraphs gives the Red Sox a 59.0 percent chance of advancing to the postseason: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds ... while Baseball Reference gives the Sox a 16.6 percent chance of advancing to the postseason: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-playoff-odds.shtml Projections are tough.😉
  15. Rafael Devers (-$15.5 millon) and Masataka Yoshida (-$42.5 million) have a combined negative trade value of a negative $58 million, according to Baseball Trade Values. BTV assigns Matt Shaw a trade value of $39.2 million.
  16. In the small sample to date, this season the Red Sox have posted an OPS+ 100 (ninth in the league) and an ERA+ of 102 (eighth in AL): https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2025.shtml
  17. The Athletic's poll of baseball executives ranked the Red Sox front office 18th in MLB: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6273808/2025/04/16/mlb-top-10-front-offices-executive-vote/ Subscription required.
  18. But some untradeable players. Baseball Trade Values assigns Trevor Story and Masataka Yoshida a combined negative value of $109.1 millon while negative trade values are assigned to six other Red Sox players, including Rafael Devers at a negative $15.5 million.
  19. During the offseason, the Red Sox reportedly would not trade Triston Casas for Seattle righthander Luis Castillo, who has an ERA of 2.12 and an ERA+ of 170 in three starts this year. Casas may still turn it around.
  20. The Red Sox are obligated to pay Trevor Story through 2027 (and Masataka Yoshida through 2027 and Rafael Devers through 2033). A combined 15 years at substantial salaries. The Sox assumed significant risks. Baseball Trade Values assigns the trio a combined value of a negative $120 million.
  21. In the past 10 days Baseball Trade Values has downgraded Masataka Yoshida's trade value to a negative $38.6 million: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trades?q=yoshida&page=1 Writing from Tokyo: Would the Orix Buffaloes take back Yoshida?
  22. Why didn't the Rangers bring in a left-hander to face Wilyer Abreu with the game on the line? Perhaps because Hoby Milner, the only lefthanded option in the Texas bullpen, was less effective last year against lefthanded hitters than against righthanded hitters.
  23. After trailing the Mariners in each of the past three seasons by a combined 27 games, the Red Sox may well be closing the gap. Or not.😉
  24. Columnist Keith Law at The Athletic picks the Red Sox to win the AL East with the league's best record: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6228542/2025/03/26/mlb-predictions-2025-season/ Law has the Red Sox topping the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series before losing to the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. Subscription required.
  25. Columnist Eno Sarris at The Athletic makes the bold prediction that the Red Sox will advance to the 2025 World Series: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6191684/2025/03/25/sarris-ten-bold-predictions-2025-mlb-season/ Subscription required.
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