Seattle Mariners need to deal for the ACE-ing on their cake
Mitch Haniger, Seattle Mariners.
Goodbye Mitch
In my last article, I wrote that one of the options for Mitch Haniger‘s future with the M’s was a trade. Sometimes a player’s best value to his current team is what they can get in exchange for him. This where he gets dealt. Not an easy task because Haniger doesn’t have much trade value at this point. So, how are the M’s supposed to get an ace from a player who has little to no value?
There is one team out there that has already been eliminated from the 2021 MLB playoffs, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sorry, Bucs fans, that’s harsh, but it’s probably true. Pittsburgh is in a similar boat now to when Dipoto took over the Seattle Mariners.
The team is a mess with only a few bright spots. There isn’t much hope on the roster aside from up and comers such as 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes, 1B Josh Bell, OF Bryan Reynolds, SP’s Jameson Taillon, and Mitch Keller.
This is my suggestion to Dipoto, pick up the phone and call up Pirates GM Ben Cherington to inquire about Jameson Taillon.
A quick look over on Taillon:
- Regarded as having better stuff then Gerrit Cole
- Testicular cancer survivor
- Coming off his second Tommy John Surgery in August of 2019
- Career 3.67 ERA and 1.25 WHIP
- Averages 116.5 innings with 104.8 strikeouts