Of course, when Jerry Dipoto is the General Manager, anything is possible, so the Mariners could trade a catcher off their MLB roster. Thankfully, catching depth is always in demand, so whether it’s Murphy or Narvaez being dealt, Seattle should get a decent return.
But the beauty of shopping these two, in particular, is that neither has even hit arbitration yet. Murphy has 4 years of club control after 2019, while Narvaez has 3. This makes each catcher controllable, cheap, and means the Mariners don’t have to sell either of them. They could keep both and roll into 2020 with one of the better catching situations in all of baseball.