The Seattle Mariners have been rather quiet this offseason, to the detriment of their fans. They’ve lost two offensive stars in Jorge Polanco and Eugenio Suarez, and have yet to replace them
Luckily for them, there’s a player that can at least replace one of them. Fansided’s Christopher Kline predicts the Mariners will go out and trade for St. Louis Cardinals All-Star and Gold Glove, Brendan Donovan.
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“St. Louis continues to fast-track its rebuild, which means Brendan Donovan probably starts next season on a new team. The Seattle Mariners need an infield bat in lieu of Jorge Polanco and Eugenio Suárez. Donovan fits the M's financial situation as a cheap, controllable All-Star who just checks boxes. He's a solid defender with the versatility of a utilityman. He's a contact-over-power hitter, but Seattle has plenty of oopmh elsewhere in the lineup if Cal Raleigh and Josh Naylor can repeat last season's success,” Kline wrote.
This past season, Donovan slashed.287/.353/.422/.775 with 32 doubles, 10 home runs, and 64 RBI in 118 games played. He would also upgrade the defense of the infield, and would especially be an upgrade over Polanco in that aspect.
He’d also be very cost-effective. He just signed a contract to avoid arbitration for one-year, $5.8 million, and still has a year left of team control.
Hopefully, the Mariners get to work on making a proposal to St. Louis, and get Donovan on their team before someone else calls with a better package.
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