Seattle Mariners 2024/2025 offseason guide
The Mariners solved some of their most pressing needs last deadline, but the front office still has plenty of questions to answer. The 2025 Sea Level offseason guide is here to answer these questions!
The 2024-2025 offseason guide is HERE at Sea Level! In the 2023/2024 edition, we identified Randy Arozarena as the number one target of the offseason, with Jorge Polanco checking in at five.
This guide is imperfect, but I do my best to give context to the moves the Mariners could make, and as objectively as possible, I will try to identify what moves they should make.
Seattle’s front office was active last offseason, but the club didn’t see results from offseason additions outside of Luke Raley. Mitch Garver and Mitch Haniger looked painfully bad throughout the entire campaign. Jorge Polanco started slow and dealt with a severe knee issue even when he performed. Ryne Stanek was traded at the deadline. The bet slips on Ty France and Dom Canzone didn’t come close to cashing.
These poor results ultimately lost Scott Servais his job while the front office was retained. The front office clearly re-evaluated their process when making moves at the deadline, bringing in veteran hitters with refined processes that performed well, along with June signing Victor Robles.
This exercise aims to identify as many potential targets for Seattle as possible through free agency and trade. Throughout the offseason, I will break down each candidate individually on podcast episodes.
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Without further ado…. here is the 2024/2025 Seattle Mariners offseason guide!
P.S. I will keep adding to this list as the offseason goes along.
Important offseason dates
-Free Agency begins 5 days after the conclusion of the World Series (October 30).
-November 5-7 GM Meetings
-Players have until November 19th to accept the QO.
-November 22 is the non-tender deadline
-Winter Meetings are December 9-12 in Dallas.
What are their biggest needs?
The Free Agents
The free agent class….. isn’t great. Even the good and (somewhat realistic) options are aging or should be out of Seattle’s price range altogether. I will touch on players with some of those concerns, but we won’t be touching on players such as Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso, or Juan Soto.
Seattle’s ownership isn’t going to spend big on players, and outside of Soto, I’m not sure any of the big free agents are worth it. Let’s take a look.
Christian Walker
Christian Walker seems to be one of the bigger names in free agency that may be right on the border of what Seattle may be willing to spend this offseason. At 33 years old, Walker is coming off a 119 wRC+ season in which he posted his fourth season of at least a 110 wRC+ and 3.0 fWAR.
Because he took longer to develop, Walker hits the open market for the first time and will likely look to capitalize with a 3-4 year deal. Seattle could really use a hitter like Walker in their lineup, but his fit comes with concerns. The first concern is, unfortunately, his price. The AAV he may receive might just price Seattle out of his market. If the AAV doesn’t, the years he asks for may remove the Mariners from any conversations. Seattle has been somewhat poor at identifying when the aging curve will strike, and Walker will be 34 during the 2025 campaign.
The fit makes a ton of sense, but this reeks of a risk the Mariners won’t be willing to take.
Fit: High
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