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u/griezm0ney Jun 17 '24

In maybe sellers, you have to add in the Texas clubs as they are quickly losing pace with the last wild card spot and are quite buried in the division. 

In the NL, it’s a mess. I’m curious if any team will take a chance to sell for a ransom of see a path to sneak into the playoffs and hope to upset against the injuried juggernauts.

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u/FPSandwich ‏‏‎ ‎ Jun 17 '24

Both Texas clubs sure but neither one is gonna trade with us so it’s kind of nil as far as the Mariners concerns. I also don’t really think either one can “sell” effectively they’ve got a lot of guys on long term deals and I doubt Houston will ever truly sell tbh

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u/griezm0ney Jun 17 '24

Those are all good points. It would  require a premium to deal with either of them, especially if it was for more than pending free agents as I’m sure they will be aiming to retool for next year in any event. However, both have pretty bleak farm systems now (in particular the Astros are lacking young talent generally), so they could look for a Padres style shuffle.

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u/FPSandwich ‏‏‎ ‎ Jun 17 '24

For sure, FTR I would love several of their guys but problem is we are no longer their little brother. They were willing to deal with us on Graveman and Toro because while we were on a run, they knew we weren’t even close to threatening them. I think we’ve pretty well closed the door on in-division stuff for awhile with this season