Those decisions lead to a question about how much value did the Mariners actually get from having either player?<\/p>\n
Freddy Peralta Makes the Mariners\u2019 Adam Lind Trade Hurt Again<\/p>\n
Seattle sent Peralta, Carlos Herrera and Daniel Missaki to Milwaukee for Adam Lind in December 2015. No need to question the appeal there. The Mariners wanted an established bat at first base. Peralta was still a lower-level prospect, carrying plenty of uncertainty.<\/p>\n
Lind slashed .239\/.286\/.431 with 20 home runs in his lone Seattle season. That was a pretty thin return for a package containing a pitcher who would build a substantial major league career.<\/p>\n
Peralta\u2019s latest award adds another sting. He won twice against Cleveland in the ALCS, including the pennant-clinching Game 6. We should expect Seattle to trade prospects when a meaningful upgrade is available. Contending requires accepting some risk. But the immediate return has to justify giving up years of potential production.<\/p>\n
The Lind deal remains a useful example of how expensive an ordinary lineup fix can become.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also another twist: Bauers made his major league debut with Tampa Bay, while Peralta debuted with Milwaukee before reaching the Rays by way of the Mets. Now each is trying to win a World Series against the team that gave him his first big league opportunity. Seattle gets to watch both.<\/p>\n
Jake Bauers Raises a Different Mariners Development Question<\/p>\n
Bauers requires more honesty about what Seattle actually had.<\/a> He slashed .220\/.297\/.275 with two home runs in 72 games for the Mariners in 2021. There was little production demanding a real place in the lineup.<\/p>\n We remember the player celebrating in Milwaukee now. Seattle had the version that was trying to keep a major league job. Five years passed between his Mariners stint and this postseason.<\/a> It would have been hard to justify the Mariners holding a roster spot for that long waiting for this kind of outcome.<\/p>\n Still, his success deserves curiosity inside the organization. What eventually helped him become more productive? Which adjustments could Seattle reasonably have identified?\u00a0<\/p>\n Mariners Must Turn October Regret Into Better Offseason Decisions<\/p>\n Two awards cannot diagnose an organization. But they should give us reasons to examine said organization more closely. Peralta\u2019s story should sharpen Seattle\u2019s standard for spending young pitching. Bauers\u2019 story should sharpen its evaluation of hitters who arrive with potential and leave with little to show for it.<\/p>\n This offseason, we should expect clear answers about the value coming back in trades and a credible plan <\/a>for helping acquired hitters improve.<\/p>\n
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