MLB: Mariners targeting Kris Bryant after Kyle Seager’s retirement

The work stoppage MLB has prevented several top free agents from signing this major league offseason, with one being the winner of the National MVP in 2016 and World Series champion that same year, Kris Bryant, who after a mediocre 2020 had a good season 2021 that revitalized his value in free agency, with suitors on many sides for the Las Vegas native.

While a player of Bryant’s caliber could be of interest to many teams, there are a few that he makes sense for and would have the flexibility to sign him, one of them being the Seattle Mariners according to information from Darragh McDonald of MLB Trade Rumors. who after the retirement of Kyle Seager would look for a star third baseman to replace him.

Bryant has shown himself to be a versatile player with the availability to play in almost any position, as he demonstrated with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he played in practically all positions except pitcher and catcher, in addition to recovering his batting level by clubbing for .265/.353/.481 in 2021 with 25 homers and 73 RBIs overall.

The problem would be his salary, since apparently Bryant is looking for a contract of between 160 and 200 million dollars for a minimum 6-year contract at 30 years of age, so perhaps for a team like the Mariners a discount would have to be negotiated , although the interest remains.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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