The official Mariners’ offseason trade value vs. trade likelihood matrix

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY SportsAs it stands, the Mariners 40-man roster is at a gasping 32 men. Given the speed of Jerry Dipoto in the offseason, that likely won’t last long, but in an attempt to anticipate some of these moving pieces we created our own Shea Serrano-tribute chart. There is, of course, still plenty of uncertainty about what direction the team will take, but when you’re a fan of Dipoto’s team there are two things we can hold to be certain: death and trades. This offseason, between an unlikelihood of increased spending and the stated desire to contend somewhere between 2019-2021, it seems prudent to us to focus more heavily than last offseason on the possibility of trades than simply trawling free agency. And so, that begins in earnest today.

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