3 moves the Mariners should make after the Randy Arozarena trade

In case you were sleeping and missed this, the Mariners acquired outfielder Randy Arozarena from the Tampa Bay Rays for prospects Aidan Smith, Brody Hopkins and a player to be named later. Arozarena is a former Rookie of the Year and All-Star, whose numbers are down from his career average at the moment. Arozarena is a star in this league, and he will now pair with Julio Rodriguez in the outfield for the next few seasons.

Arozarena and Julio are both very similar. Both have tremendous power, and both can steal 20+ bases. Randy strikes out less and walks more, while Julio provides gold glove level defense. Once Julio and J.P. Crawford come back from the injured list, the lineup will look completely different than it did not two days ago. This is the biggest trade that the Mariners have made since they acquired Luis Castillo at the trade deadline back in 2022 from the Cincinnati Reds.

While that is for sure exciting, the Mariners still have some work to do to get this offense back on track. Like I mentioned before, both Julio Rodriguez and J.P. Crawford are on the injured list. J.P. will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken binky, while Julio has a high ankle sprain. There is still plenty of holes in the lineup as a whole, even if J.P. and Julio were in the lineup tomorrow.

While it is exciting that the Mariners added Arozarena, this can't be the only move they make. The Mariners have already designated Ty France for assignment, which was the first domino to fall for the team. There is still room for the Mariners too add a first baseman, outfielder, designated hitter and possibly a second baseman.

Here are three moves that I think the Mariners should make after trading for Arozarena. I do not expect the Mariners to acquire all 3, but if they were to get one or two of these guys, watch out. The Mariners have the pitching staff to win in October, and they could have an offense that could finally compete.