3 Mariners bats that must be off the team by the trade deadline

#2: Jorge Polanco

This is the one that... well, to be honest, it pisses me off the most. I defended Polanco when the Mariners acquired him. He only played half a season in 2023, but he still showed good power and a good average through 80 games. He's struggled a bit in 2022, but was magnificent in 2021. Which Polanco would the Mariners see?

As it turned out, none of the above. He went 1-3 with a BB in the finale against the Padres, and that raised his season average to .198! He's hitting a miserable .198/.291/.289 on the season, and is actually -0.4 WAR so far through 57 games.

Look, you want to defend Ty France because he had a hot streak (he hit .278/.352/.474 in May) before the awful streak mentioned earlier, I can see the argument. There is no argument for Polanco though. This is unacceptable for the Mariners to keep putting him out there, especially with a K rate of 33.3% The dude's strikeout rate is higher than his SLG percentage.

Is it going to be a trade? What about giving Rojas and Bliss some run here and getting a third baseman? Rojas has actually been a stud at third, so maybe that isn't the route to take, but something needs to happen so we can get rid of Kolten Wong 2.0.