Seattle Mariners General Manager Justin Hollander talked about the team's needs in the infield, including a first baseman to pair with Luke Raley.
The Mariners have been tied in trade rumors with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. Most of the reports have been centered on potential deals involving veteran starting pitcher Luis Castillo.has yet to make any major league acquisitions since the rumors started to pick up. Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto has openly expressed that first base, second base and third base are positions of need.
There's been various reports that the Mariners plan to improve the corner infield spots while handling second base in-house and others saying that the approach is flexible based on what's available to the team. Hollander recently went on MLB Network Radio and clarified that the team is open to a variety of options while reaffirming there's still plans to add a first baseman to pair with Luke Raley:
"I think that we're open to a bunch of different combinations of options. I think we'd love to add some type of first base impact to go along with Luke Raley, who can also swing to the outfield. And then. the rest of the infield is flexible enough that we could add at second, we could add at third. We can do it in a variety of different ways. But I do think we'd like to add at first and then, if possible, one other spot on the infield.
Seattle still has options to explore, but as the offseason progresses, the Mariners' avenues to improvement will start to dwindle.POSSIBLE MARINERS FREE AGENT TARGET GETS FAVORABLE ASSESSMENT FROM NATIONAL PUBLICATION:A swap between the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs involving Luis Castillo and Nico Hoerner looks unlikely, per an MLB insider.
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