As the trade deadline loomed, the general consensus was that Seattle Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto needed to aim big with his job potentially on the line, which likely meant giving up some key young talent in return.
As per Jim Bowden of The Athletic (subscription required), his poll of 40 MLB front office executives had M's catcher Harry Ford as the second-most likely prospect to be moved ahead of the deadline on July 31.
As it turned out, while the Mariners did successfully aim big by acquiring Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor (as well as Caleb Ferguson), they somehow managed to do the impossible and avoid giving up any of their eight top 100 prospects including Ford.