The Mariners Equivalent
I'm often asked, 'what's the Mariners equivalent?' of recent trades. So let's play.
The New York Yankees pulled off two significant trades from the Winter Meetings in Nashville, landing Alex Verdugo from the Boston Red Sox and Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres.
Not to suggest the Seattle Mariners should have matched or surpassed the offers for the two left-handed hitting outfielders — they shouldn’t have, both are headed for free agency after the year and the cost was exhorbitant considering the Mariners’ position and resources — but here are the Mariners equivalents to both deals.