The shock of Jorge Polanco's departure to the New York Mets is still fresh in the Pacific Northwest. It was hardly a betrayal given the money the Mets offered, yet the result for the Seattle Mariners is the same either way: they now have to make a pivot that they didn't want to have to make.
Yet the Mariners seem to be moving fast, and specifically in the direction of Brendan Donovan. Adam Jude of The Seattle Times posited in the immediate aftermath of Polanco's defection on Saturday that the St. Louis Cardinals second baseman would become even more of a priority.