Mariners Rumors: Trading with the Pirates for Bryan Reynolds

Trade 1: Mariners give up some arms for Reynolds

EDIT – Leaving this up so you can make fun of me/realize we make mistakes. Clicked on the wrong name in trade values, so was going off a way lower value. Yeah, Mariners would need to give up two real good prospects or a top prospect to get him. Apologies #Pirates Fans.

Personally, I think that if the Mariners were going to acquire some hitting at the deadline, that they would try and send out hitting as well to keep the system balanced. That isn’t always how it works, as you have to weigh your strengths and the values that you have assigned to the players in your system.

That’s why I could still see a trade like this happening. Would the Pirates be good with getting a handful of pitchers that they could use, at the earliest, starting next summer? Possibly. We have seen it in the past with deals that they have made. The Reds are sneakily feisty, the Brewers are good, and the Cardinals are always good. Always.

Phillips is the top prospect in this scenario, as the Mariners would trade away their number nine prospect. He’s a young righty (just 20) with a good fastball-curveball combination. Already touching the high 90s, if he can gain better control over the curve and the slider, he would have a great three-pitch arsenal to become a good rotation piece.

Macko is also 20, but a lefty. He’s got an incredible ceiling, but the difference between his floor and ceiling is one of the widest you can project. Dollard rounds it out with a low 90s sinking fastball, good command, and a slider that misses bats despite being in the 70s.