PT TOMORROW: AL West—Looking towards 2020

Seattle Mariners

Now winners of just 11 of their last 41 games and looking like the rebuilder/reloader we projected in March, injuries and poor pitching will accelerate SEA's 2020 auditions. While Edwin Encarnación and Jay Bruce remain the names GM Jerry DiPoto is most motivated to move, that list may have expanded to include Dee Gordon (2B/OF, SEA) and perhaps Ryon Healy (1B/3B, SEA), both currently on the IL. At the very least, both their playing time outlooks seem precarious, and not just for health reasons.

Top-shelf speed is the only thing keeping Gordon's BA above water and his OBP above .300, and chronically soft contact leaves elite base-running as his only plus skill. The approximately $22M he's owed from now through 2020 will...

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