The Seattle Mariners Offseason Plan

As the resident Mariner’s expert at Off the Bench, I’ve been given the opportunity to tell the world what is happening up here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest (besides Macklemore’s rapid rise to relevancy and all the rain and none of the snow). So far its been quiet this offseason. There have been rumors about bigger dealings, but none have come to fruition. The Mariners have made a few small moves, remaining for the most part below the radar, but while those moves haven’t shaken the baseball world, they’ve changed the look of the Mariners for the future. Let’s start with the proverbial garbage dump. Seattle has DFA’d Chone Figgins, a huge free agent signing a few years ago that blew up in their face, finally severing the ball n’ chain that’s been dragging them down (.188 BA in 2011, .181 in 2012, $18.5 mil over that span) for two years. They have also traded Trayvon Robinson for Robert Andino, officially wrapping up the Munenori Kawasaki era in Seattle. It was fun but not h