Bobblehead":1kv4aegy said:
knownone":1kv4aegy said:
I pretty much agree with most of you.
It seems like the only way to execute this 2-year rebuild while still remaining competitive would be to trade Paxton and some of your higher value guys for prospects while also signing free agents to offset your losses. This probably won't happen because Seattle already has a high payroll and there is a significant risk in adding big money free agents that could have long-term ramifications.
I hope the front office commits one way or the other. If they are gonna blow it up blow it up. If they are gonna try to retool be ready to spend some money in the process as well to replace the guys you move... no more of this halfway in bullcrap.
Well that's the problem, see if you trade stars for prospects, the issue is the prospects arn't ready for Major league for about 5 years...not 2 years. If you do keep certain stars. such as we did with Felix.. the Team waits to develop while your star, or stars are stuck in a rebuild, going nowhere. It's simple..
The problem is like Sgt and other have said is they will half ass this “rebuild”.
I’d go the full rebuild route with an exception of trading Haniger and Segura.
Everyone else is gone even if that means cutting guys like Felix and Seager if you cannot find anyone to take them via trade.
Problem with that though, is the Mariners won’t eat those large and horrible contracts even though they need to.
It’s a sunk cost.
