Mariners Still Looking For Additional Infielder

[arby58]

On 1/14/2024 at 8:58 PM, nicksaviking said:

Right, Seattle's not going to give the Twins a Sonny Gray replacement for free.

I'm not looking to deal Julien, but getting another top of the rotation arm seems more important than trying to hang on to all of the young players.

Agreed. I'm more inclined to deal Lee - Julien has proved it at the MLB level, but there are those who value Lee's upside potential more (and he has more positional flexibility). Given that Correa isn't moving in the near future, that positional flexibility isn't that great for the Twins but might be for another team. That's the perfect storm to move him rather than Julien - more value to another team than what he provides to the Twins.

[FilthyMogwai]

On 1/8/2024 at 5:16 PM, DJL44 said:

Seattle actually has the young, good, cheap starting pitchers that would make a Julien trade worthwhile but I doubt Seattle will want to trade any of them.

This right here. I think every team is likely holding onto whatever starting pitching they have, at least while there are still big names to be signed on the market. 

The Twins are likely finding the asking price for quality SPs to be rather high.