Colorado Rockies: The top five remaining destinations for Trevor Story

The Seattle Mariners could be a fit for Trevor Story … at a different position

The Seattle Mariners are a peculiar team as a fit for Trevor Story on the surface.

Winning: The Seattle Mariners haven’t been to the playoffs in over two decades.

Geography: Seattle is further away from the Dallas area than Denver is … but if you think about it, they do play in Texas three times per season. For the Rockies, they, at most, play there once a season and oftentimes, they don’t play there at all in a season.

A “pretty close” roster: In terms of the playoffs, yes. They were in the playoff hunt until the final day of 2022 so, in theory, they should be in playoff contention. For camaraderie, it’s largely unknown but Story does have a former teammate there in catcher Tom Murphy.

But if you dig deeper, they could be a good fit. The Mariners would not want to use Story at shortstop but they would use him at second or third base. They already have a Gold Glove caliber shortstop (he won it in 2020 and was a finalist in 2021) in J.P. Crawford. But the Mariners need some offensive help and Story would provide that. The Mariners did acquire Adam Frazier from San Diego and he is primarily a second baseman but a) Story’s bat is better than Frazier’s and b) Frazier can play the outfield too.

So Trevor Story is not a perfect there but with some changing of things with their current roster, the Mariners front office could show that they truly are trying to get playoffs by signing Story.