The Seattle Mariners fired the opening salvo of the week leading up to the MLB trade deadline by acquiring Josh Naylor from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
They may not be done.
Naylor is a great pickup in his own right, an energetic and powerful first baseman who is batting .292 and has 11 homers and 11 steals on the season.
But the Mariners have made Eugenio Suarez their top priority this month, according to The Seattle Times.
Suarez and his 36 home runs spent this season until now as Naylor’s teammate. He’s on the top of a number of contenders’ trade lists.
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Seattle wants the reunion with Suarez, who played with the Mariners in 2022 and 2023.
And the Naylor deal won’t stop it. Seattle has the most top-100 prospects in baseball but didn’t give up a single one to get Naylor.
If the Mariners want to beat all the other offers and end up with Suarez, they have the firepower to do it.
Naylor leaves Suarez for now, but they may soon be reunited in the Pacific Northwest.
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