Power Ranking Seattle Mariners Top 5 Trade Chips for MLB Trade Deadline

While we are still at least a month away from MLB trade rumors flying at us every day, it doesn’t hurt to keep track of the stock of the Seattle Mariners most sellable pieces.

This is especially true when Jerry Dipoto is the general manager of your team. In fact, Dipoto has made 5 trades since the Mariners Opening Day win in Japan and many more should be expected. In fact, with the hard deadline of July 31, teams could be more aggressive than ever, so the trade market could start heating up sooner than ever.

Seattle will almost assuredly be sellers this June and July. While Dipoto may look to add controllable MLB pieces, he will still be shipping off veterans who land him a package he likes. Unless, of course, the Mariners are in a position to make the playoffs in July, which seems unlikely.

But the Mariners do have some interesting trade chips now and a few who could be interesting before July 1st. Today, we are going to attempt to rank their 5 best MLB trade chips. Not all of these names will be traded, but are included because they could fetch the strongest return for the Mariners.

Remember, these types of lists can change in an instant. Player values can act like the stock market, with values going up and down depending on outside market forces (injuries) and performance of the players themselves.

Before we dive into the Top 5, let’s mention a few other players who may find themselves traded in the coming months. Of course, Dipoto would love to find takers for Anthony Swarzak and Jay Bruce, but neither are performing particularly well and are both making enough money to make moving them difficult.

If Dipoto is able to move them, it will be for nothing more than salary relief at this point. Guys like Kyle Seager and Dee Gordon could be possibilities as well, but both are making big money with multiple years left, so they won’t be highly sought after. Gordon has a better shot at being traded than Seager.

With a few of the big names still out there, let’s begin our list with #5.