Mariners purchase Jorge Polanco from Twins
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However the necessity to create an even-money scenario was clear.nn“I personally made extra calls on this commerce than I ever have on any commerce earlier than on the behest of each my very own need to add [Polanco] and our group’s,” Mariners common supervisor Justin Hollander mentioned.”,”sort”:”textual content”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:””,”providerName”:”MLB”,”providerUrl”:null,”thumbnail_url”:null,”sort”:”oembed”,”width”:425,”contentType”:”wealthy”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content material”:”Polanco had been the Twins’ iron man from 2019-21, enjoying virtually each sport as a fixture towards the highest of the lineup, however lingering accidents held him again in ‘22 and ‘23. Polanco missed the primary three weeks of 2023 with left knee irritation, then almost two months from June into July with a left hamstring pressure. He remained a productive cornerstone to the lineup when wholesome, nevertheless.nn“We did a really thorough medical evaluate,” Hollander mentioned. “I feel we perceive what the accidents have been. One of many issues that’s essential to us and was essential to our coaching workers is knowing what sort of employee ‘Polo’ is, and all of our suggestions whether or not he works as arduous as anyone.”nnPolanco slashed .255/.335/.454 (.789 OPS) with 14 homers and 48 RBIs in 80 video games final season, value 1.5 Wins Above Alternative, per FanGraphs, in what amounted to roughly half a season. 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SEATTLE — Not since Robinson Canó have the Mariners had a lot readability or reliability at second base, however they consider they’ve landed a fixture for subsequent season and doubtlessly past.
The membership on Monday acquired switch-hitting veteran Jorge Polanco from the Twins in alternate for 4 gamers and money.
TRADE DETAILSMariners obtain: INF Jorge PolancoTwins obtain: RHP Justin Topa, RHP Anthony DeSclafani, OF Gabriel Gonzalez (No. 3 prospect, No. 79 total), RHP Darren Bowen (unranked prospect), money
Polanco, 30, is due $10.5 million this season — after the Twins exercised a membership possibility — with a $12 million membership possibility in opposition to a $750,000 buyout for 2025, bringing the full to $11,250,000 that the Mariners are on the hook for. It’s unclear how a lot cash Seattle is sending Minnesota, however that determine is to assist account for the $12 million owed to DeSclafani, who can be a free agent at season’s finish.
Each the Mariners and Twins are underneath budgetary constraints this offseason and seemed to be robust commerce companions primarily based on every’s surplus of expertise towards the opposite’s wants. However the necessity to create an even-money scenario was clear.
“I personally made extra calls on this commerce than I ever have on any commerce earlier than on the behest of each my very own need to add [Polanco] and our group’s,” Mariners common supervisor Justin Hollander mentioned.
Polanco had been the Twins’ iron man from 2019-21, enjoying virtually each sport as a fixture towards the highest of the lineup, however lingering accidents held him again in ‘22 and ‘23. Polanco missed the primary three weeks of 2023 with left knee irritation, then almost two months from June into July with a left hamstring pressure. He remained a productive cornerstone to the lineup when wholesome, nevertheless.
“We did a really thorough medical evaluate,” Hollander mentioned. “I feel we perceive what the accidents have been. One of many issues that’s essential to us and was essential to our coaching workers is knowing what sort of employee ‘Polo’ is, and all of our suggestions whether or not he works as arduous as anyone.”
Polanco slashed .255/.335/.454 (.789 OPS) with 14 homers and 48 RBIs in 80 video games final season, value 1.5 Wins Above Alternative, per FanGraphs, in what amounted to roughly half a season. Additionally of observe, he carried a 25.7% strikeout charge, which is on the upper finish for a workforce explicitly attempting to chop down on its swing-and-miss.
For his profession, Polanco — who has skilled with Julio Rodríguez in Tampa, Fla., the previous few offseasons — has hit .269/.334/.446 (.780 OPS) with 112 homers, 447 RBIs, 181 doubles, 20 triples, an 18.2% strikeout charge and a 8.6% stroll charge.
Polanco is a participant that Seattle’s entrance workplace has coveted for years, on condition that he hits from either side and may play throughout the infield. The plan is for the 2019 All-Star to be the common second baseman, however he additionally has 501 video games of expertise at shortstop and 24 at third base, giving supervisor Scott Servais loads of platoon choices to navigate a crowded infield.
The Mariners acquired righty-hitting Luis Urías from Boston in November, and he’s anticipated to be their common third baseman after the membership dealt Eugenio Suárez to Arizona. Lefty-hitting Josh Rojas, acquired within the Paul Sewald deal finally 12 months’s Commerce Deadline, and utility man Dylan Moore had been in line to platoon at second base earlier than Monday’s commerce for Polanco.
That group will work with shortstop J.P. Crawford, who’s coming off a profession 12 months, and first baseman Ty France, for whom the Mariners are banking on a giant rebound.
“It additionally provides us some harm safety,” Hollander mentioned. “We’re not as uncomfortable as you’d be with an harm, understanding that you’ve guys who’ve performed loads, have expertise and are successful gamers on good groups.”
Monday’s commerce brings the Mariners’ topsy-turvy offseason nearer to finality and additional explains the visions of Hollander and president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto, who subtracted important expertise — however simply as a lot payroll — via the Winter Conferences as a way to clear capital to reinvest in different offensive gamers.
Gone are well-known figures Suárez, Teoscar Hernández, José Caballero, Jarred Kelenic and Marco Gonzales, and in are Polanco, designated hitter Mitch Garver and outfielders Mitch Haniger and Luke Raley.
Notably, the Mariners retained younger beginning pitchers Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo regardless of a number of calls on every whereas navigating their wants. But they’ll additionally want to switch the rotational depth that DeSclafani introduced and the late-innings leverage that they leaned closely on Topa for.
