Seattle Mariners: The perfect fit for Kyle Seager
Kyle Seager, Seattle Mariners.
The next-to-impossible, yet boldly specific guide to how yhe Seattle Mariners could trade Kyle Seager.
Kyle Seager has taken the backseat for most of his Seattle mariners career. King Felix’s throne had already been established before he arrived. Then, as the sun was rising on young Seager’s career, Robinson Cano rolled in and cast a deep shadow over him.
The perennial MVP candidate had all the attention. By the time Furosemide began to drip down, staining Cano’s accomplisments, Nelson Cruz was in the midst of a late career revival. By then Corey Seager had already showed his World Series ring off at family dinners back in North Carolina.
With Hernandez gone, Seager is the elder statesman of a young team. He is one of only four players in the entire organization who weren’t acquired by current general manager Jerry Dipoto. A 32-year-old man on this team is almost a grandfather. That’s especially true as Seager tries to keep pace with the M’s newest star Kyle Lewis. Nonetheless, Seager has been great in 2020 and it brings up the question of whether the Mariners should trade him.
The Short Answer
Taking “should” out of the last sentence, the question of dealing Seager is almost moot. No other team would want him with his age and contract. This article could stop here, but there is more to it than the short answer.
The Long Answer
There honestly is a chance that Seager gets traded this year, but it is very complicated, and things must line up perfectly for a deal to happen.
Why Trade Him?
Despite all Seager has done for the Seattle Mariners for the last ten years, he’s at the age when talent starts to dip. Additionally, his guaranteed pay has risen to a point where it’s higher than the combined totals of the rest of the lineup on any given night.
Trading the veteran third baseman would free up money for the next couple years, while allowing the M’s youth movement to continue in full force. Seattle get a prospect with some potential in return.
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