Last week, I argued that the Mariners would do well to pursue a high-risk, high-reward strategy in 2019 if they had eyes on contending for the second Wild Card spot again. I presented five potential free agent signings that could return massive value for a very small cash outlay. However, knowing how Jerry Dipoto likes to work and his aversion to signing very many free agents at all, it’s likely any upgrades this roster will see will be through his usual means: the trade wire.
There are fewer high-risk, high-reward starters available via trade so that limits the options a bit.