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Seattle Mariners: Five trade destinations for Kyle Seager

By Jason Evans

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 27: Kyle Seager #15 of the Seattle Mariners in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 27, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mariners 10-1. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 27: Kyle Seager #15 of the Seattle Mariners in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 27, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mariners 10-1. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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Kyle Seager appears to be the next member of the Seattle Mariners out the door. Where could they trade him?

If you are a member of the Seattle Mariners, clearly you should rent not buy. General Manager Jerry Dipoto has already dealt Mike Zunino, Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz and Alex Colome. Now, it appears Kyle Seager is the next player they want to send out the door.

"Evaluators with other teams expect that given the Mariners’ devotion to dumping Cano — eating $20 million and taking on the contracts of outfielder Jay Bruce and reliever Anthony Swarzak — Seattle will do whatever it takes to trade its most expensive remaining player, Kyle Seager."

Seager is owed a combined $60 million over the next three years. The problem is they wouldn’t exactly be selling high on the 31 year old. He’s coming off of his worst season since taking over as the Seattle Mariners’ third baseman.

Seager posted career lows in average (.221) and OPS (.673) which was a 100 point drop from 2017.

We all know Dipoto is like the person in your fantasy league who constantly roster churns and throws out trade ideas at 2am, so if anyone can pull off a Seager trade it’s certainly him.

He could attach Mitch Haniger into the deal, similar to attaching Diaz to Cano. He could take another club’s bad contract and eat money Seager’s deal.

So, where will the Seattle Mariners ship Seager to in the next part of their teardown? Here a few possible destinations for the former All-Star at the hot corner.

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