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The Mariners have hung with the heavily favored Astros for 35 innings but may be swept.
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Sportrac has Andrew Benintendi with a market value of six years and $104 million: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/market-value/outfield/
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Gotta pull for the rare player from Wyoming. As a baseball fan for six years in Wyoming this poster got to cheer for native sons in lefthander Tom Browning, who tossed a perfect game, and outfielder Mike Devereaux, who once finished seventh in the AL MVP voting. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownto05.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/devermi01.shtml
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To be precise: This year's on-base percentage leaders were Aaron Judge (.425), Freddie Freeman (.407), Yordan Alvarez (.406), Paul Goldschmidt (.404), Yandy Diaz (.401) and Juan Soto (.401): https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=14,d
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The "No one" presumably includes outfielder Wil Myers, whose $20 million team option is likely to be declined by the San Diego Padres.
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Seattle starter George Kirby looked strong closing out the ninth inning of the Mariners' 10-9 come-from-behind win over Toronto last Saturday: MLB Gameday: Mariners 10, Blue Jays 9 Final Score (10/08/2022) | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Mariners vs. Blue Jays at Rogers Centre Robbie Ray? Not so much.
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Over his last two slumping seasons Joey Gallo has an on-base percentage of .323 in 279 games. Over the same period Mitch Haniger has an on-base percentage of .316 in 212 games.
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Let's not forget Michael Conforto, who joins Mitch Haniger, Joey Gallo, Joc Pederson and Cody Bellinger as former All Stars (an honor that has eluded Brandon Nimmo).
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The chances are slim but not nil. With payroll flexibility the Mariners have shown a willingness to overpay and his public comments in recent years have demonstrated that Haniger is invested in Seattle's long-range future.
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Indeed Mitch Haniger would likely take the qualifying offer.
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What is the Seattle Mariners extend Mitch Haniger a qualifying offer? The free agent compensation rules are complicated under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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Perhaps not better than Mitch Haniger, but Gold Glove winners Joey Gallo and, if non-tendered by the Dodgers, Cody Bellinger, in addition to Joc Pederson.
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Ceddanne Rafaela's stock has risen since being unprotected and untouched in last year's Rule 5 draft: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/examining-the-american-leagues-2022-40-man-crunch/ Will the 22-year-old Rafaela sustain his progression after a single breakout season? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ceddanne-rafaela/sa3005581/stats?position=3B/OF
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Andrew Benintendi and Nomar Garciaparra come to mind.
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What? No love for Arizona shortstop prospect Jordan Lawlar, who was drafted two slots behind Marcelo Mayer in the 2021 draft? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jordan-lawlar/sa3017662/stats?position=SS https://www.fangraphs.com/players/marcelo-mayer/sa3017114/stats?position=SS Lawlar spent part of the 2022 season on the local minor league team while on my fantasy roster.
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The Mariners would need to throw in Darren Bragg. In the deadline deals between the Red Sox and Mariners in 1996 and 1997, what player produced the highest WAR for his new team (by a safe margin)? Win some, lose some.
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Seattle already released native son Reese McGuire to the Red Sox (by way of the Pirate farm system, Blue Jays and White Sox). https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mcguir001ree
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No trade was proposed. Only that "Baseball Trade Values accepts a trade of two years of Alex Verdugo for two years of Tom Murphy" to demonstrate that the BTV values cannot be viewed in a vacuum.
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. Neither proposed trade is sensible.
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The Mariners aren't trading the shaky upside of 23-year-old Jarred Kelenic, their starting postseason outfielder, for a stalled 26-year-old Jarren Duran.
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The Mariners would have little interest in Jarren Duran, a poor man's Taylor Trammell, the defensively adept Seattle center fielder who is a year younger than Duran. A very poor man. In 58 games year Duran posted a negative 0.4 fWAR and 78 wRC+ while in 44 games Trammell posted a positive 0.4 fWAR and 99 wRC+. On the Seattle outfield depth chart, Duran would likely fall behind Cade Marlowe, who is on the postseason taxi squad despite never have played an MLB game. This season Marlowe, who is 10 months younger than Duran, posted a .287/.377/.487/.864 with 23 home runs, 102 RBI and 42 stolen bases between Double A and Triple A. Nevertheless Marlowe may be a Rule 5 casualty: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/examining-the-american-leagues-2022-40-man-crunch/ BTW in the trade for Luis Castillo the Mariners traded away two "Must-Add Prospects" from that FanGraphs July analysis of American League 40-man roster crunches.
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Given the pitching depth in the Seattle organization, a pitcher would be an unlikely target. Baseball Trade Values accepts a trade of two years of Alex Verdugo for two years of Tom Murphy but the Red Sox can ill-afford to deplete their outfield corps.
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Any interest in 31-year-old Seattle catcher Tom Murphy, who in 2019 posted 3.2 fWAR in only 76 games before being slowed by injuries the last three seasons? Murphy, who in 14 games this year posted 0.5 fWAR and a 168 wRC+, is projected to earn $1.7 million next season in the second-to-last year of team control.
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Perhaps the Seattle Mariners were willing to surrender two top shortstop prospects because shortstop Cole Young, their No. 21 pick in the 2022 draft, is destined to pass shortstop Marcelo Mayer, the No. 4 pick in the 2021 draft. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=young-006col https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mayer-000mar Or not.
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Yet the Seattle Mariners, who went 1-6 against the Red Sox this year, advance without a postseason loss.