Last week Connor examined the black hole that was the Mariners’ catching corps in 2021 and made the measured suggestion of signing Yan Gomes. I am here today to make a much less measured suggestion, but one with potentially way more upside: that the Mariners acquire C Willson Contreras from the Cubs. (Go read Connor’s piece first if you haven’t, to get a sense of what the Mariners catching corps did in 2021, then come back here for more catcher talk.)
First of all, let’s talk about why the Cubs would give up one of the top backstops in the game over the past few years, if they even would.