Sailors bring back JORGE POLANCO. Seattle would be in agreement with the veteran field player on an agreement of one year, pending a physique, which guarantees $ 7.75 million and includes an acquisition / player option for 2026. The Customer of Octagon will perform a Base salary of $ 7 million next year and is guaranteed to at least one takeover of $ 750,000 options. There are an additional $ 3.5 million available in incentives. Seattle intends to move the second -time long -standing player to the third base.
The first season of Polanco with the Navy was a disappointment. Seattle has acquired the Twins late the last off-season. They expected it to provide an offensive boost in the inner field. It did not go because Polanco debated the worst year of his career. He struck .213 / .296 / .355 with 16 circuits through 469 plates appearances. The average stick and basic percentage were personal stockings. The percentage of slugging was only marginally above his career brand .354 of the shortened season in 2020.
Before last season, Polanco had been one of the infielders in the most productive environment in the League. It has combined for a Slash .255 / .333 / .462 with a solid walking rate of 10.1% in more than 1400 appearances in its last three seasons in Minnesota. Polanco had struck 33 circuits in 2021 and was an annual threat for 20 long and more doubles. Polanco only managed 11 doubles in his first year in Seattle. He continued to take walks to a solid clip of 9.8%, but he withdrew more than 29% of his appearances in plates.
Part of the offensive slowdown is attributable to the T-Mobile Park. Seattle plays the most suitable home stadium for MLB launchers. Polanco had a particularly difficult period at home. He struck. 193 / .284 / .322 while removing a clip of 31.9% in Seattle. Its road production (.233 / .308 / .386 with a withdrawal rate of 26.7%) was better but still well below its previous standards.
Health may have been a more important problem than the stage. Polanco has undergone surgery to repair the patellar tendon in its left knee in the weeks following the conclusion of the season. He would have played discomfort for a good part of the season. Polanco should be ready for the start of spring training. The navies are as familiar as any team with their health history. They obviously believe that last year’s difficulties were somehow aberration.
As he starts his full 10th season, Polanco is only 31 years old. Its relative youth offers a certain optimism that last year was mainly an anomaly linked to health. That said, puffs were a multi -year concern. Polanco’s withdrawal rate has climbed several percentage points into five consecutive seasons. In 2020, he stretched only 15.5% of his appearances in plates. This jumped successively to a 25.7% clip in its last season with the Twins, which climbed almost four more points with the navies.
Polanco’s previous contract included a team option of $ 12 million provided with a buyout of $ 750,000. Seattle refused this relatively easily. Four months later, they bring him back to a slightly lower salary. It is probably not a coincidence that the performance bonuses theoretically allow it to master the guarantee of next year at 11.25 mm – the differential below the price of the option and the buyout.
They are not quite retreating, because the return of Polanco is delivered with a change of position. He was the midfielder throughout his career. Polanco played the Copstrame until it went to the second goal in 2021. He only played the second goal last season elsewhere. His experience of the third base of the major leagues consists of 20 departures and 180 rounds. Polanco has never been a great defensive second goal player. His scope could be less a problem in third row, but that will put some pressure on his arm. Polanco did not show a great arm force to the second goal, although it is not a direct comparison with the jet through the diamond – which he did during his stay as a stop.
Seattle feels more comfortable with their internal options to the second goal than in the warm corner. This augurs well for 25 years Ryan Blisswhich is likely to obtain the first crack in the second basic job. Bliss made his debut at the end of last season and struck .222 / .290 / .397 in 33 games. Former second round choice by the diamondbacks, it had a quality .269 / .377 / .456 showing more than 433 appearances with triple-a Tacoma last year.
M will probably give Bliss most of the playing time while working utility Dylan Moore through the position. Sign of free agent MLB from Seattle de Seattle, Donovan Solanocan also play the second base (although he will get more work as a peloton partner for Luke Raley First of all). Seattle had no one established in the third goal after the non-tension Josh Rojas.
Seattle was not the only team interested in extending the versatility of Polanco. He would have aroused the interest of astros as a possibility in the third goal or in the left field. Polanco has apparently been Houston’s main yield if they do not sign Alex Bregman. They no longer need a third basic player after landing Isaac Paredes in the Kyle Tucker Deal, but they always hunt a left defensive player and wish to re-Signe Bregman. Which would push parent to the second Jose Altuve on the left field.
Seattle would have had around 15 to 20 million dollars in pay space this winter. Solano and Polanco represented just over $ 11 million, leaving a few million for a potential bat or a medium relief pick-up. Rosterresource calculates its payroll of 2025 players around $ 152 million.
Ken Rosenthal and Chandler Rome of athletics first reported that Polanco and the Mariners had an agreement. Rosenthal was the first to report the $ 7.75 million warranty and the third base. Ryan Divish of Seattle Times reported that it was an agreement of one year with an acquisition / player option. Ari Alexander de Kprc 2 reported the $ 3.5 million in incentives. Image graceful of the image.
