Arizona declares mass sale, Kelly goes to Seattle as trade target first baseman, Suarez also sends

Jul 25, 2025

Arizona declares mass sale, Kelly goes to Seattle as trade target first baseman, Suarez also sends
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Josh Naylor was traded to the Seattle Mariners. ImagesYonhap News



Arizona declares mass sale, Kelly goes to Seattle as trade target first baseman, Suarez also sends
Arizona ace Merrill Kelly is also highly likely to be traded. AP Yonhap News
The first big deal was reached for the trade season.

The Seattle Mariners recruited first baseman Josh Naylor of the Arizona Diamondbacks on the 24th (Korea time). Seattle lost 13th-ranked left-hander Brandin Garcia and 16th-ranked Ashton Yeezy in the MLB Pipeline team in exchange.

Jerry Dipoto, president of the Seattle baseball division, is expected to lead the trade market this summer in line with his reputation.




Seattle (55-48) trails the AL West's leading Houston Astros (60-43) by five games, and ranks second in the wild card after the New York Yankees (56-46). Seattle, which is considered a likely team to advance to the playoffs, beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on the same day, marking 4 wins and 3 losses in seven games in the second half.

The FanGraphs have a 78.9% chance of Seattle making the playoffs. He succeeded in filling the first base position, which was evaluated as a vulnerable part, with a left-handed slugger. Existing first baseman Laudy Tellez and Donovan Solano fell below expectations with an OPS of 0.682 and 0.626, respectively.

Naylor has a batting average of 0.292 (102 hits in 349 at-bats), 11 homers, 59 RBIs, 49 runs, 11 steals, and an OPS of 0.807 in 93 games this season.




Arizona declares mass sale, Kelly goes to Seattle as trade target first baseman, Suarez also sends
조시 네일러. AP Yonhap News
Naylor, who made his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 2019, has grown significantly since moving to the Cleveland Guardians at the end of August 2020 through a trade. He hit a batting average of 0.256-20 home runs-79 RBIs in 2022 and a batting average of 0.308-17 home runs-97 RBIs in 2023. He was traded to Arizona after posting a batting average of 0.243-31 homers and 108 RBIs last year.

Seattle is expected to double its offense by adding left-handed hitters Naylor to its existing strong batters, namely Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez, and Randy Arozarena, who are No. 1 in home runs. Seattle manager Dan Wilson said of the trade, `It's very good news. Welcome Josh to the Mariners uniform. He is a tremendous player and has tremendous batting power, so I expect it to be a great help to the lineup."

Arizona, on the other hand, is ranking fourth in the NL West with 50 wins and 53 losses and seventh in the wild card. He is five games behind the third-place wild card San Diego. Arizona's probability of advancing to the playoffs, as suggested by FanGraph, fell to 8.5%, the lowest level this season.




Arizona had high expectations for signing the biggest FA pitcher, Corbin Burns, for six years and $210 million last offseason, but ended the season early after suffering an elbow injury and Tommy John Surgery in early June. Despite spending a lot of money, he has never escaped fourth place in the world this year. However, some say that Arizona may have given up the playoffs too early as it has maintained a winning percentage of 50% with 50 wins and 50 losses before losing three consecutive games recently.

Arizona declares mass sale, Kelly goes to Seattle as trade target first baseman, Suarez also sends
Following Josh Naylor, giant third baseman Euhenio Suarez is also emerging as a trade target. ImagesYonhap News
Arizona declares mass sale, Kelly goes to Seattle as trade target first baseman, Suarez also sends
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However, there is another trade target for Seattle in Arizona. It is third baseman Auhenio Suarez. As for Suarez, who is competing for the NL home run king, teams with poor third baseman, including the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Detroit Tigers, are eyeing a large number of them.

Arizona declared it had entered into a 'sell-off' mode with Naylor out. The Suarez trade is expected to further heat up the collection of prospects. Suarez has played two seasons in Seattle from 2022-2023. He was traded to Arizona in December 2023 and posted 30 home runs and 101 RBIs last year, and has been reborn as a stronger slugger this season.

Arizona, like Naylor and Suarez, is also expected to release ace Merrill Kelly, who will become an FA after this season, in the trade market. Kelly, who grew up after four years in the KBO, made his big league debut when he joined Arizona in 2019. This year is the seventh full-time year, and given the performance so far, there is a high possibility of 'Awesome'.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.