Seattle Mariners: Sodo Mojo’s 2019 Off-Season Plan

THAT’S A WRAP

That will put a bow on our 2019 Off-Season plan. We will see if Jerry Dipoto and the team render it all moot with today’s announcement that they are willing to tear things down a bit in 2019. However, for the time being, let’s take a look at the depth chart:

As you can see, our plan leaves the Mariners with a deep bullpen and a lot of flexibility. There were several things that were discussed but ultimately left out. Among them was trading Ryon Healy and Mike Leake. However, we couldn’t find a deal we loved for Healy, and since he had 3 options left to Vogelbach’s zero, we decided to stash Healy in AAA.

Trading Mike Leake would clear up roughly $10 million from the 2019 payroll. But since we came in on the budget, and the $10 million was likely going to go to a worse starting pitcher than Leake, we decided against it.

If you are wondering how the lineup would shake out, here are a few possibilities:

1. Segura, SS
2. Pollock, LF
3. Cano, 2B
4. Martinez, 1B
5. Haniger, RF
6. Chisenhall, DH
7. Seager, 3B
8. Zunino, C
9. Broxton, CF

Or against RHP:

1. Segura, SS
2. Pollock, CF
3. Cano, 1B
4. Martinez, DH
5. Haniger, RF
6. Seager, 3B
7. Gamel, LF
8. Zunino, C
9. Gordon, 2B

Overall, the lineup could definitely use some more pop. Hopefully, with Pollock getting most of the AB’s instead of Gordon in CF, and a full season of Robinson Cano will help out there. Overall, we are reasonably happy with how things turned out.

If you would like to see the full transcript of our 8 hours of discussion, you can click the link to join the discord (it’s free). Be sure to be on the lookout for our upcoming off-season simulation with the other sites in the FanSided family!

Until next guys, Go Mariners!