(Who) Will the Mariners be trying to trade at the deadline?

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images We’re fewer than 72 hours away from Fauxpening Day (©Kate Preusser) which means, in the bizarro world of 2020, MLB’s trade deadline is a month and change away. August 31st is the universal deadline for clubs to finalize trades this year, which is itself less than a month from the theoretical beginning of the playoffs. In a normal season, Jerry Dipoto’s transactional quota would already be engaged, but convincing clubs to buy into barely a month of performance is just one of the hurdles to clear for any sort of deals this season. The Mariners would be sellers in a normal deadline, but they’ve already dealt their most talented components in the past year and a half. The remnants of their roster are young players they want to build around, limited veterans, and one-year signees. Among that group, however, the next five weeks will be critical, as a few could set themselves up for a deal to a contender, assuming contenders are inclined to make upgrades for this abbreviated campaign of course.

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