Rob's Baseball Blog

The Mariners and the Mets have officially announced their blockbuster trade, with the Mariners sending Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to the Mets in exchange for Jarred Kelenic, Justin Dunn, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, and Anthony Swarzak. While many are portraying this trade as "the Mariners were so desperate to get rid of Cano's huge contract that they were willing to include Edwin Diaz," I'm not sure that's really the best way to look at it. The way I see it is more of two separate trades combined into one: 1) Robinson Cano and $20 million for Jay Bruce and Anthony Swarzak 2) Edwin Diaz for Jarred Kelenic, Justin Dunn, and Gerson Bautista With the Mariners in rebuilding mode until 2021 (probably), having Cano around didn't make much sense. While both Bruce and Swarzak had down years in 2018, neither's contract is particularly long that it would cripple the Mariners' planned rebuilding plans. The $20 million is included to help off-set some of...

Dan O'Dowd, a former MLB general manager and current analyst for MLB Network, proposed a trade between the Mets and Mariners: The trade is being heralded by Mets fans, while being scorned by Mariners fans, including myself.  While the trade was concocted entirely by unreliable sources and has no actual potential of happening in a manner similar to what O'Dowd has proposed, it is still garnering a lot of attention, since baseball fans love trade talk.  Mets fans are wishing and hoping the trade comes true, while Mariners fans know that, in spite of however inept of an organization the Mariners might be, they would still never do something as stupid as this trade. Mets fans seem to think that the Mariners are desperate to dump Cano's salary, which is not the case. Cano still delivers All Star quality production, and in spite of his large salary, is a productive player. What the Mariners are really interested in is, since they are now starting a re...