Morosi: What does the gathering of sailors say a plow for insult – Seattle Sport

MLB’s internal insider John Morosi has been talking to Wyman and Bob on Wednesday for the first time since Seattle Marinrs gathered last week with Infiller Jorge Polanko, and his initial comment was a pretty good encapsulation of the overall reaction to the surprising move.

“I didn’t think he would return to Seattle,” Morosi said to open his weekly conversation with the Seattle Sports Sports show.

Polanko was the key extra -season supplement of sailors essentially a year before the date before signing again, but his season in 2024 did not go as planned and it seems that his time in Seattle would end in just one season. The one-time All-Star fights lower body injuries, resulting in .213/.296.

He it Back, however, things are different this time around. The 31-year-old Polanko underwent a knee surgery in October, passed from second base to third base and is not expected to be the No. 3 striker. In addition, returning with a one -year deal with a reported salary of $ 7 million, it comes with a reduced rate compared to the $ 12 million team option, which Seattle decreased at the beginning of the extra -season.

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Morosi mentioned that sailors were not the only team to report that he was interested in Polanko and said he thought the collection was “not a bad risk”.

“I think there is a reason why there were a lot of significant teams that were in Polanko – the astros liked it, the Yankees they told me they liked it,” Morosi said. “… Do I believe Polanko can be a better player in ’25 than in ’24? I do it. In fact, I think he will be a better player this year than he was last year.

“… He is a man they obviously liked in the past and get it at a little discount because of the bad season he had. They believe in the medical foundations here that he will be a better and more durable player. At this point, it’s not really a bad risk at this point when you are considering what the price point is, what is the job of the offensive profile. “

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Polanko, who returns to the basket, has potential, but Morosi said that Seattle’s composition is already dealing with several other players of his 30s, bouncing back.

“This is a plan that includes a lot of hope and …” This plan involves a lot of hope “can describe a lot of what sailors do in 2025,” he said. “(Donovan) Solano, who is a more adult player, may have found it for another year. And maybe Polanko bounces back. There is a lot of hope – and some projection – but you also expect that (Mitch) Garver bounces back, you expect that (Mitch) Haniger bounces back.

“… The question is, is the totality of the crime good enough for everyone to wear the day and put this team in the playoffs? I think this is the main unknown. “

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The Marinians pointed out the success of the team in the last month of the 2024 season after Dan Wilson became a manager and the hall of the famous Edgar Martinez took as a temporary struck coach, since they believe they could be better in 2025. Wilson is returning and Martinez is now watching the team’s offensive plan as senior director of strategy strategy, and the team will also have a major pickup truck with Randy Arzaren for his first full season in Mariners uniform.

Morosi shared his perspective.

“Honestly … they scored the most runs in the US League after September 1st last year. We have always heard the stories that you do not base too much from your baseball analysis in September, but they scored the most runs in the American League for a month at the end when it was arozed there when more of the team was healthy and productive.

“So they mainly say that Polanko will come back and be a better version of Polanko, we believe, there was. … they changed a few pieces, but this is not a transformative change. If you were a Mariner fan in the first days of November, saying that this team needs a fundamental change to compete with Astros in the US League, if it was your conviction, you are obviously very unfulfilled at the moment. “

The interior of MLB Network Jon Morosi joins Wyman and Bob Weekly, usually at 5:00 pm every Wednesday. Listen to the conversation this week in the podcast of this link or in the player near the top of this post and the Wyman and Bob’s catch from 2-7 hours of weekdays in Seattle Sport.

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