MLB Trade Rumors

The Mariners announced their coaching staff for the 2024 season. Most significantly, they added Brant Brown as bench coach and offensive coordinator. Seattle also hired Tommy Joseph as an assistant hitting coach and converted co-hitting coach Tony Arnerich to bullpen coach. It was reported last month that Brown would be joining Seattle’s staff in some capacity. It wasn’t … [Read more...] about Mariners Finalize Coaching Staff

The Mariners have mostly been subtracting from their roster this winter, though it seems though the next step will be additions. “We did what we needed to do to create the framework from which to build the team we envisioned,” president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said yesterday, per Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times. “Our goal is to go get better.” The club’s most … [Read more...] about Jerry Dipoto Discusses Mariners’ Offseason Plans

The 2023 Rule 5 draft will begin at 1pm Central time today at the Winter Meetings in Nashville. As a refresher, the Rule 5 draft is a way for players potentially talented enough for the big leagues but blocked by their current clubs to find opportunities elsewhere. Any players that were 18 and under at the time of their original signing and have played five professional … [Read more...] about 2023 Rule 5 Draft Results

The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts. This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss… Shohei Ohtani’s secretive … [Read more...] about MLBTR Podcast: Winter Meetings, Ohtani Secrecy, and the Mariners Shedding Salary

After letting Teoscar Hernández enter free agency without so much as a qualifying offer and subsequently trading both Eugenio Suárez and Jarred Kelenic, the Mariners have lost three hitters who provided above-average offensive production in regular playing time last season. Suárez and Hernández finished second and third on the team in RBI (trailing only superstar Julio … [Read more...] about Mariners Looking To Add Multiple Position Players