Fansided · Nov 7, 2025
Mariners signal Jorge Polanco strategy with crucial qualifying offer decision
San Diego Padres v Seattle Mariners | Steph Chambers/GettyImagesThe Seattle Mariners just keep checking boxes in these early days of the MLB offseason. All their contract options have been either picked up or declined, and now they have offered a hint as to how they value Jorge Polanco.
After Polanco unsurprisingly chose to decline his $6 million player option for 2026 on Wednesday, the next question was whether the Mariners would make him a qualifying offer. It was a tricky decision, as it meant dangling a $22.025 million salary and seeing if he would go for it or take his chances on the open market with draft compensation hanging over his head.