ORLANDO, Fla. – The Mariners’ farm system has been considered one of the deepest in Major League Baseball with several players in their system featured in various Top 100 lists. But how they rank within the organization can shift and change.
The idea of bringing together all of the general managers and managers for the 20 countries participating in the upcoming World Baseball Classic for a media availability at the MLB Winter Meetings was logical, if not completely worthwhile.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Seattle Mariners executives arrived here at the MLB Winter Meeting on Sunday evening carrying a healthy dose of certainty and confidence in their roster composition and in their place in the American League West.
If you saw the broad strokes of the Mariners’ trade of young catcher Harry Ford and your immediate thought on the return was “Huh? That’s it?” — well, that’s a justifiable reaction.
The Mariners made it clear from the start of the offseason – they wanted to add an experienced left-handed reliever to join Gabe Speier in their bullpen.
SEATTLE – Trade rumors circling Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, the Seattle U Hall of Famer and two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, could escalate over the next few days at the MLB Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida.