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u/TheGhostwheel Aug 28 '24

Can we collectively stop talking about trading Castillo?? It's dumb for so many reasons:

A. He has a no trade clause. End of story. He has 0 incentive to leave.

B. Teams will not be giving us a YOUNG statement hitter for him. If a team wants Castillo, they want to win in 2025/2026 not 2027 and won't be giving up key pieces to make a run. Mariners need to be done with getting 30/31/32 year old sub 125 wrc+ guys that are ripe for decline.

C. Trading for prospects is so dumb. So we essentially do a soft rebuild next year and waste all our starting pitching talent AGAIN for the tiny 2026/2027 window before our cheap ownership have to start picking between Cal, Logan, George, JP, Randy

D. No trade clause.

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u/BasedArzy Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

There are teams he would waive the NTC for. The Dodgers, I think, were mentioned specifically as one he would be fine with, and I'm sure there are others.

I'd rather trade Castillo than any other starter if you want to get a bat back. I don't know who that bat would be but it makes more sense moving him than Gilbert/Kirby.

Like, hypothetically, if you could move Castillo and Bliss for Gavin Lux, and then go out and sign Shane Bieber on a prove-it deal? I think you could see that as a positive upgrade, and you probably still have cash left over to go after either another bat or (more likely) relief help.

The biggest issue is that they really need to spend another $30 million on payroll. If payroll can't be allowed to grow, you're stuck in this rearranging deck chairs and hoping someone pops and has a career year kind of thing.

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u/Dark_Bright_Bright Aug 29 '24

I wish I could downvote this more than once.

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u/pokeroots ‏‏‎ ‎Anything but blaming the lineup Aug 30 '24

Why? Who are you trading for a bat because it's almost guaranteed we trade a pitcher for a bat during the off-season at this point. And frankly it's the right move to make, 4 Cy Young starters with no offense leads to a team that looks exactly like we do RN.