While the Mariners stated goal is to start their turn in the second half of 2020 and begin their title run in 2021, they won’t be waiting that long to add MLB pieces to get there. While right now all we are hearing are rumors of salary dumps, there is a strong case to be made that adding MLB talent might be cheaper now than this winter.
And we know GM Jerry Dipoto isn’t going to wait around for his prospects to develop to try and win a World Series organically. No GM in baseball would.