Seattle Mariners Trade a Day: Trading Catching Depth for Lottery Tickets

Perhaps for the first time in a while, the Seattle Mariners appear to have actual catching depth. With Omar Narvaez, Tom Murphy, and Austin Nola on the roster and Carter Binns and Cal Raleigh coming up the pipeline, could they actually trade one this deadline?

Of course, when Jerry Dipoto is the General Manager, anything is possible, so the Mariners could trade a catcher off their MLB roster. Thankfully, catching depth is always in demand, so whether it’s Murphy or Narvaez being dealt, Seattle should get a decent return.

But the beauty of shopping these two, in particular, is that neither has even hit arbitration yet. Murphy has 4 years of club control after 2019, while Narvaez has 3. This…