With Jorge Polanco no longer an option at second base, the Seattle Mariners might have to make Ketel Marte their top choice to join J.P. Crawford in the middle of the infield in Seattle.
There's good news on the Marte trade front, as Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic revealed a list of five teams the three-time All-Star can block trades to. The Mariners are not on the list, which consists of the Athletics, Pirates, Cardinals, Giants, and Yankees.
Mariners get promising update on Ketel Marte's market after Jorge Polanco stunner
Of course, the Athletics, Pirates, and Cardinals were probably never going to be interested in Marte in the first place.