Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - 2026 Free Agency Overview: Identifying the BEST Fits For the Seattle Mariners

Episode Date: October 30, 2025

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Today we're going to come through the 2026 free agent class for the best fits for the Mariners. Colby, hit it. You are Locked-on Mariners. Your daily Seattle Mariners podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Ahoy, Sailors. It is Thursday, October 30th, 2025. This is Taddy Gazzalus and Colby Patnaud for the Lockdown Marries Podcasts.

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And on there, we talk Marriss, all that good stuff. For more information, go to patreon.com for us slash Control the Zone link in the description. On the show today, we're going to do our free agency overview, looking at this year's class for fits for the Marers. We're going to specifically look at bullpen options, starting pitchers, in case the marries trade from their rotation. And of course, some of the position players at some of the biggest needs for the Mariners

across the diamond and then the grass. But we'll start with the bullpen. And I mean, we're probably playing a losing game doing this exercise because obviously, like, the Mariners and free agency go together, like peanut butter and frozen pizza. So they might not sign a single free agent. The off season, who knows?

that you're a sick freak so I'm not surprised that you would actually think that that's a peanut butter goes good on a lot probably not frozen pizza I'm just going to go on a lemon save probably probably not well I mean like are we replacing the tomato sauce with the or is it just a glove of peanut butter on top of oh okay yeah well then probably not yeah no uh so yeah The other thing, too, is like with the bullpen specifically, they haven't spent real money on a reliever in eight years, seven years. 2018? Yeah. When did they sign Scrabble?

Mark Zepchensky. I think it was the 2017 offseason. Yeah. And then Nicosio was the offseason before that, right? I think so. I'm not sure. Oh, yeah. Horano.

Horano was the last guy that they, like, spent. some money on and free agency. I think they only gave him a couple million bucks though. Like still that's more than they usually spend on on their bullpen free agency wise. So yeah, and that was like 20, 20. So it's it's been a while. So we're going to come through these names though just in case, because the bears do need to add more bullpen help, especially as we've learned over the course of the postseason. And there are, quite a few names in here that we talked about leading up to the trade deadline, the film Matons of the world, the Danny Coulogh, Caliphon's, et cetera. Who stands out to you the most

from this group? Yeah. I mean, again, the tricky part here is that there's just not a lot of belief that the Mariners are going to spend money. And so you kind of have to look at the top guys here and say, like, well, they're out. Like, the Mariners are not going to spend what it takes to get Suarez, assuming he opts out of his deal, which they shouldn't, by the way. I'm not mad at them for not spending, you know, huge amounts of money on relievers. So, you know, you kind of have to remove some of the top guys from your consideration. But there are guys like Phil Maeton who talked about, you know, over the course of the trade deadline. There are some guys like Devin Williams would be kind of an interesting.

if the price gets low enough. He did not have a great year with New York, but he gives the Mariners something they don't really have coming out of their bullpen, which is a non-fastball slider guy to try and get out. So if the price is right there, I could see them sniffing around, but probably going to get priced out on that.

Emilio Paghan is another guy, probably going to get priced out on him. I mean, you're looking for guys who are going to make probably less than $5 million. Would be my guess is that's the market. The Mariners are going to be shopping in. So, yeah, Phil Maiton is a guy, I think, here. I think perhaps I think Finnegan's going to make more than that.

I kind of like Sean Armstrong a little bit here. You know, former Mariner. He pitched very well for, I believe, Texas this year. And also, you kind of have to consider the lefties here. The Mariners really only have one that you trust. And I think Danny Kulom is a really interesting ad here. Kind of fell apart a little bit at the end of the year for the Rangers, but overall has been very good for the last couple of years.

And I do think he's 36, so you're not looking at a long-term commitment there. I do think adding that second lefty would be something of value. Ultimately, I think the mayor has probably looked towards the trade market to add to their bullpen like they usually do. But there are some options here. And again, there usually are some interesting. And then like they want to throw some, some, you know, shots at guys, you know, do they want to take a shot on Alexis Diaz? I know it's been a while.

It's been good, but that's, you know, a low cost guy. I just don't see them getting in on like the Ryan Hellsley's and the, in the swathes of the world. And even like the Kinley Janssen types who are just going to make, you know, $10 million just because of their name. Like the Mariners aren't going to go there. Yeah, no. The guy that stands out the most to me from this list is Michael Copac. who missed most of this year due to injury.

And that's really the only reason I think the Maris might actually have a, have a shot here. Maybe he winds up having to sign kind of a one-year prove-it type deal for, you know, four to seven million-ish. Maybe there's an option there to give him a little bit of a buyout as well on the back end. But he's a guy that, you know, he fits right in line with the profile that the Maris have a ton of in their bullpen. like you mentioned fastball slider guy the difference here though is he gets a ton of whiffs on his fastball or he did in 2024 right you got 34% uh whiffs on the four seamer uh 23% on the slider

would like to see that a bit higher uh but overall like opponents didn't do much damage against that pitch either um there's a lot of upside there with uh with a guy like kopeck and again because of the injury uh maybe you're actually able to get him at a at a price at that marries are comfortable with another guy um that i've always just been intrigued by going back to his royals days is jacob junis i was coming off of like a decentish year uh with guardians that profile has always screamed mariners to me uh his fastballs though get knocked around a ton but i just i feel like he's a guy that has always just been destined to be a mariner at some point so maybe this is the year that that finally happens i don't know but uh yeah like you said

They're probably going to go on the trade market to add whatever relief talent they add this winter. And hopefully they add multiple guys. Hopefully it's not just another, you know, let's collect a bunch of pile arms. Obviously, that's something that they're naturally going to do just like every other team. Because like we talked about the other day, best way to give value out of your bullpen is by doing that and by taking shots on guys and doing it cheap, especially if you're a team that doesn't spend as much. the Mariners. But yeah, I would like to see them go add some guys who are good right now. But if they do that, it's probably going to be via trade rather than the free agent market.

So we'll see. But yeah, Copac's a guy that I really like. And then, yeah, obviously, Kulom and Hobie Milner and some of those guys that we talked about a couple of months ago. All right. So we're going to look at the starting pitchers, just in case the mayor's trade from their rotation, whether it's, you know, dumping Luis Castillo like we think might happen this offseason, or maybe they surprise us with like a Logan Gilbert trade or a George Kirby trade.

What could they do to potentially backfill that spot in their rotation if that happens? Go over that in just a moment. But first a reminder of this episode of the Locktime Marys podcast is brought to you by Fandul. The NBA is back and there's no better place to get in on the action than Fandual, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Even if you miss the start of the game or want to ride the hot hand, Fandul has live bets on everything from who will score next to fourth quarter comebacks.

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attracting free agent interest from pitchers, both relievers and starters, just given, you know, how favorable T-Mobile Park is for arms. And, I mean, you know, they were able to give a pretty big contract out to one of the best starting pitchers in the 2021 free agent class from Robbie Ray. They were also very much in on Kevin Gossman at that same time. so if they wind up trading louise castillo or maybe they surprise us again like i said and trade gilbert or kirby maybe this is the winner they finally do that uh they're going to have to do something better than we're just going to backfill with logan evans or uh emerson hancock now maybe they get the guy uh to do that back in the trade uh for castillo or gilbert or kirby or whatever. But if not, I think they actually could realistically go out on the free agent market

and add someone, because again, like, I think they'll garner quite a bit of free agent interest because of the ballpark that they play on. It's kind of just the opposite of how we talk about free agent headers with this club. The other thing, though, is like, how much money are they willing to actually spend? And how much of, like, Luis Castillo's money, for example, would they be willing to reinvest? in his replacement because obviously i think the main point of potentially dumping castillo and saving as much money as possible if that's the goal uh would be to you know spread that out to other needs that they have on the roster not just to go get his replacement so

where do you think that line is uh specifically when you look at this list of starters yeah it's tough to say um because you know one thing we also have to keep in mind is that that the Mariners probably aren't looking for a, you know, three, four, five year type of pitcher. They probably just need a stopgap. And then, you know, Kate Anderson is already knocking on the door. And St. Joe, you know, assuming they stay in the org is, you know, a little bit behind him, but not that far behind him. Be ready by the time Logan Gilbert, you know, would hit free agency if he does, in fact, hit free agency.

And that's the next closest guy to free agency. So it does feel like, you know, maybe you only need a one or two year type of stop gap here. But obviously the lower years you give, the higher the AAV you have to give. And that can make things a little complicated if you're trying to save as much of that Castillo money as possible. One name that kind of jumped out is Chris Bassett, who, you know, long-time veteran, different look than what the Mariners have in their rotation. Probably still going to cost between 12 and 15 million bucks, even though he's 30. seven years old coming off of a mediocre okay year. But he'll eat innings.

He's a veteran. He knows how to pitch and all that. And so he kind of replaces Castillo in that very strict, like, veteran presence type of role. You know, you could probably rule out that Dylan ceases of the world. I feel like because of the ballpark, you might be an attractive spot for Patrick Corbyn, who we saw have a pretty good year for the Rangers. Well, pretty good start of the year for the Rangers. former Mariner legend Nestor Cortez makes some sense here.

He's a lefty. It gives you a different look out of your rotation, pitching in this ballpark. He's really figured some stuff out since leaving the Mariners. So I think that could be a nice little one year, bounce back, get your numbers back, get healthy, and then go hit the market next year type of guy there. And then Adrian Houser is interesting.

He had a really good year this year. Mariner saw him a couple times. They jumped him once and he got got got and they they got by him the other time, famously pitching for the white socks on like after being acquired like earlier that day. Didn't he also pitch well against them in the Tampa, like the visit to Tampa? I think that's the one that they jumped him on because remember you wore the Oklahoma City Thunder jersey. No, that was in Seattle where they got like four off of him in the first inning. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I got swapped. I'm pretty sure he pitched one of the games. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. I mean, I think that, you know, he's probably a, well, he might have pitched his way to a multi-year contract. So maybe not.

Maybe. But yeah, I do think it's, it's, you know, the Nestor Cortez, the Chris Bassett types. There are better options. And like, if the Mariners really want to, like, you know, go all in on, on this season and, like, you know, They want to go get a hired gun. I think Zach Allen would be a phenomenal fit in this ballpark and in this rotation. But he's probably going to make 18 to 20 million bucks. So one thing we've seen over the last few years,

especially with how exorbitant these starting pitcher contracts have gotten, even for mid starting pitchers, is that teams have converted relievers and signed them to fairly reasonable deals. converted them into starters and that's produced mixed results you know there's been like the jordan hicks of the world where it hasn't really worked out and then there's like clay homes michael king guys like that have that have actually panned out pretty well i wonder if maybe now this would require a multi-year commitment but there's been rumors that this guy might wind up being the next one of these pictures that gets converted

He has started in the past, and we know that the mayor is like him, so much so that they did have him in their organization just a couple of years ago, Luke Weaver. What do you think that would cost, though? 13 to 15 million a year, probably three or four year deal. And it's possible that's all the money that you've saved from Castillo. Yeah, I mean, depending on what the Castillo trade would look like. Because I don't think even best case scenario, even if you're like getting basically nothing. nothing back for Castillo. You're not getting all 24 mil off a few bucks for 2026.

No, now with another year that the other team has to pay for as well. I just, I don't think you're going to clear all that. So you're going to have to either take on some money or you're going to have to send some money. So it's very possible that at most, at maximum, you're probably saving 13 to 15 million bucks on Castillo in 2026.

So, yeah. So turning around and signing a weaver. Now, maybe you just think that Weaver is a better pitcher than Castillo at this point. You would rather take that shot than continue to go down this road with Castillo. Sure. So, sure. I mean,

we should also acknowledge that you can backload contracts. So you can, you know, all that. That is a deferred money, not something the Mariners do, but that is a path that you can take. So just because the guy's AAB is like $15 million a year,

doesn't mean you're spending 15 million on him this year. And then you can, can kind of figure it out in 27 and 28 when in theory your payroll should continue to go up. So, you know, it is. So, although Clayhawms got three years, Clayhom's got three years and 38 mil from the Mets last year. That includes a player option, a $12 million player option in 2027. I assume the structure would look pretty similar to that for we've got. I would imagine so, yeah.

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typically something the Marys do. Not something that they've done successfully in the past. and also something that they haven't really explored that much either. So again, we might be playing a losing game here going through this list. This might be all for not. But we're going to comb through this list of position players and talk about, you know, a couple of guys that we like, a couple of names to keep an eye on. Obviously, like the biggest names on this list, they're not coming to Seattle. So we're not even going to waste our time talking about Kyle Tucker and Pete Alon's.

own all that. Cody Bellinger, I know they had interest in him. Yeah, they had interest in him. Great interest in him last year in trading for him. But they just couldn't get the Cubs to eat enough of the money that they wanted. Cody Bellinger might be the best fit of all the free agents. Really? Not Bregman? Yeah. I mean, it's him or Bregman, I think. I think Bellinger, just because Tucker is going to cost $400 million. Like, Bellinger just, I, it's, I had, think he's when you can factor in the contract they're actually going to get he might be the best fed i think it's either him or bregman but we don't have to worry about that because neither of them are coming to seattle no no no probably uh yeah we're more so going to be looking at uh the guys that

uh the guys that we think are going to make 10 million or less right the maras are going to spend more than that uh on a position player it's probably just going to be on their guys that are hitting their agency yeah nailer polo highly doubt gino's coming back So, yeah, there's a scenario where the market crashes. Yeah, like if his market falls apart and it's like February. Yeah. And he's still there. Like, sure.

Yeah. Sure. But yeah. So where do you want to start? Do you want to start with like maybe the options in case they, they lose out on Nailer? Like the first base options? Sure. There are some.

People don't like to hear it. But there are some legitimate, you know, pivots from, from Josh Nailer of that market gets out of hand. Ryan O'Hern is the guy who's a free agent. He makes a lot of sense. Probably costs a little more than $10 million, but that is an option there. Probably your best one. Reese Hoskins is an interesting guy. There's almost certainly going to be a free agent. I can't imagine that the brewers are going to pick up that option. So that would be a right-handed bat, more power than contact like with Naylor. You know, if you want more of a contact guy, Good news for all you Louisa Rice fans.

He's a free agent. Louisa Rise, like, Josh Naylor is who people think Louisa Rise is. Just throwing that out there. But yeah, he's an option as well. Paul Goldschmidt, you know. You got to have such a great start and then he fell off a cliff. So, I mean, look, all these guys, like,

because you're talking about, it's really Ryan O'Hern, Gap. And then it's like Reese Hoskins type gap. Yeah. And then it's like, you're, Goldschmidt, your Carlos Santanas, your Donovan Solanos. So, yeah, there are options at first base. There's a big one that I don't know we're going to talk about later or not, so I'll just mention them here. But kind of the big X factor in this free agent market right now, offensively at least, is Munataka Murakami, who's coming over this year from Japan.

I am not a big fan. I don't think Ty is either. There's just a huge hole in the swing. he strikes out a ton in Japan. So that's going to go way up here in the States. He's 26. Like basically, if you don't throw him a pitch down the middle, he's probably not going to hit it.

And he's also a very bad defender at third base and barely passable at first base. That's how bad he is there. But he is a name that will be linked to the Mariners a lot. We know that's going to happen just because. But he also does make a little bit of sense. But based on the contract that I saw projected for him to get, it the Mariners should not even pretend to be interested it's yeah yeah he's he scares me he scares me but uh yeah i'm not interested transitioning over to third base um which is where

murakami is listed but again he probably should just be a dh frankly um kizuma uh akamoto uh is the other big name coming over from japan we've talked about him he's also projected to get a pretty nice contract i'd rather get him the money then Yeah. Yeah. It's just, you know, if your name is an Otani or Etro, it usually takes these players that have come over from Japan and in Korea about a year, at least to adjust to the majors. Am I willing to wait on that considering, you know, what my aspirations are in 2026, especially for the money that it might take? Not if I'm paying them $20 million in year one. Yeah. So, I don't know. Yoha Mancada is a guy that was heavily linked to the mayor in his last off season.

He had a pretty good year with the Angels when he was available. He just wasn't available, which has been a problem for him for years now. But when he was healthy, he hit Ritey's really well, hardly got any opportunities against lefties. He's a switch hitter and struggled against lefties when he did see them. so that's kind of a platoon scenario there with montana but uh there's some upside there obviously former top prospect pedigree and again like when he was healthy he he was very good i think he finished with like a 120 w rc plus or something like that this year uh so yeah um then there's guys like you know obviously gno but then there's guys like isaiah kind of falafa whose glove has started to

decline and that's really his biggest tool that he has to offer. Probably rather just get Ben Williamson a shot. Yeah. But, yeah, I mean, there's guys like that, though. There are several options like that, like Luis Renifo, who had a terrible year last year, but was pretty good the year before the eternal conversation of Ahmad Rosario, who a guy still makes sense. He's a new brand injury for us.

Sure. I mean, he still makes sense. though. He crushes lefties. He's a really good athlete. Not a great defender, despite the good athleticism, but he can play multiple spots. And so maybe he starts the year as your third basement or your second basement and then he kind of transitions to your utility guy and your right-handed bat off the bench. But there's a name here that the Mariners were interested in over the summer that we talked a lot about over the summer and could potentially fill multiple spots

on this roster and that's Willie Castro. Yeah. Who was terrible with the Cubs. But very good for the twins. Been a very solid player throughout the course of his career

and absolutely rakes at T-Mobile Park. Yeah. Can also play second, third, shortstop. And he's probably not a one-year deal under 10 million bucks. Yep. I think so.

So that's how bad he was in Chicago. He was like tracking to get a nice, you know, three year 40, $45 million contract. And then it just, the floor just collapsed underneath him. So there's risk there. But again, he can play short,

he can play second, third, all three outfield spots if you need him to. And he rakes the team mobile park. And, you know, you can sign him and it doesn't, you can still sign a third baseman.

You can still trade for a second baseman or whatever, but you don't have to, you have one of those spots handled. Also, by the way, Willie Castro, pretty good base runner and a switch hitter. So lots to like there with Willie Castro. Yeah, and then at second base, Claiborra's hitting free agency again.

I assume that's another guy that's just out of the Mariners range and I'm not sure how much he would have coming to Seattle. Yeah, at second, it's probably polo or bust for the M's. If they're going to, you know, add a second baseman, and pull is probably going to be added to mostly DH like he did this year. The mayors are probably, probably have their site set on just rolling with Cole Young there to start the year. Outfield,

this is obviously a place that we think the mayors need to add specifically in right field. Just after how bad right field was, I mean, obviously Dom Kanzone was a revelation this year, but also he probably should only DH. So he really shouldn't be, even if he's, you know, part of the 2026 roster in any sort of significant way. Probably should just be as a DH.

So you should probably look to do something else in right field because who knows what you're going to get out of Victor Oblasts. So there's, you know, the Trent Grishams of the world. That'd be interesting. Cedric. Cedric Mullins, Mikey Stremski is a guy that's just constantly been very solid. Max Kepler.

Yeah, Max Kepler. The guy who crushes at Team Mobile Park, by the way. Going to be looking for a bounce back deal. The one name that I'm keeping an eye on here, it's risky, but you should be able to get a pretty decent deal on him. He's going to get non-tendered. He is projected to make about $12 million from the Rangers. That would be Adoles Garcia, who is, that's a bad. friends with Randy a Rosarana.

I'm pretty sure he also has a pretty good relationship with Julio. So I think there would be interests there and him wanting to team up with those guys. But, you know, the last few years have been just so dreadful. But he feels like one of those guys that still has like one more good year in him. He feels like that type of guy that we see like one of these guys every single year that ends up either getting non-tendered or gets his option declined or whatever. It seems like he's at the end of his rope. And then he signs like a one year, three, four million dollar deal with a team and then he explodes.

Right. I think about like Hunter Pence a few years ago. That's another example, Matt Carpenter, like you said with the Yankees. I just feel like Adolus might be that guy. I feel like Adolus might have like another 120 WRC plus season in him. Plus, you know, it's worth noting that he's a plus plus plus corner outfielder defensively too. So even if the bat doesn't pop the way you want it to, he's not going to be any worse than what you ran out there last year.

Even if he repeats what he did last year, he's still going to be a net positive just on the defense alone. And like he's probably about as good as Victor Robles and right field with significantly more offensive upside. I throw this name out there. He might get priced out here. But Harrison Bader is a really interesting fit. Now, he does have a mutual option, But I think he can probably get more than $10 million on the open market.

It can get multiple years. And with the lockout looming, he might want to try and lock down a long-term security blanket and not go into free agency following a lockout. So I think he'll probably opt out. But Bader would be very interesting as well. You can play all three outfield spots very well. And he really hit this year. So, yeah, there's not like when you take out the tuckers and the bellingers,

it's not a particularly great outfield class, but there are some solid veterans. There are some really strong bounce back candidates as well. And there's just some guys who are good fits. And at the very least improve your defense like Cedric Mullins. I know he had a really bad second half. But we know that guy can play some defense. And we know he's got some pop and it plays at T-Mobile Park

and you can steal some bags. So, yeah, there are some guys. There are some opportunities here. It's kind of like a mystery bag and you hope you grab the right one. you might grab the bag that has, you know, I don't know, like a Hershey's kissing it, or you might grab a bag that has like, you know, toothbrush. Yeah, you might grab a bag that has like a thousand, you know, Snickers bars, whatever it is. Like, it really is kind of a grab bag situation.

And you just have to trust yourself to make the right call. And, you know, I do think they need to do something in the outfield. Maybe Trent Grisham's year is repeatable. Do you want to bank on that? Somebody's going to. might be you lastly the mariners are going to decline

Mitch Garver's mutual option so he's going to become a free agent Harry Ford right now is slotted to be the the mayor's backup catcher but it's also very possible that he gets traded this winter

so they might have to be in the market for a backup catcher so some names to keep an eye on there obviously Garver again just because you have the rapport there he knows your pitching staff very well Christian Vasquez

Danny Janssen I think might wind up being too costly for them He's like a guaranteee Yeah Karen Deanie I think it's just going to make too much Because his bat was going to make like six seven eight million bucks And it's just Yeah Yeah

Yeah I think the Marys would Probably be willing to spend like three or four On Garber It's It's not that Karen Tini or Danny Jansen aren't worth, you know, seven, eight, nine million bucks.

It's just you have Cal Raleigh. So you don't need like a co- Everyday Ketter. And that's what those guys are. So you just need a true backup. And that's why Garber makes so much sense. And that's why Harry Ford would probably be ideal. But you might have to trade Harry Ford this winter. All right.

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