The Seattle Mariners quickly took care of their first business of the offseason when they signed Josh Naylor to a five-year contract.
That allowed them to immediately move on to the next task, which appears to be getting Jorge Polanco back.
The versatile, switch-hitting infielder is a free agent, too.
MLB.com's Daniel Kramer wrote this weekend that Polanco could be seeking a deal in the two-year, $24 million territory.
The Mariners have been in contact with him.
“Polo is a great guy, and we have been in touch with him and his people,” Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto told reporters.
It could take a little while, though.
“I don't imagine that it's going to move as fast as it moved with Josh.... To get to free agency, it's rewarding,” Dipoto said. “To go out and see, to be loved, it's not a bad thing when you get a chance to see what's behind the other door.”
Polanco hit 26 home runs during the regular season for the Mariners. He also had one stretch in the late summer where it seemed like he couldn't stop hitting doubles.
If he liked Seattle, it appears the Mariners definitely want him back.
“The guys who come here, the comfort that they feel, the environment that they're in, I do believe that,” Dipoto said. “I don't want to speak for Jorge, but I think his experiences were similar to Josh.”
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