Last week, Arizona outfielder Justin Upton, the jewel of the trade market and a potentially franchise altering player, rejected a trade to the Seattle Mariners The Mariners were one of just a handful of teams on the list of places that Upton could reject a trade to and he exercised that contractual right. Why would the Mariners, a relatively well run franchise with a top 3 pitcher, a beautiful stadium that just became more hitter friendly in a nice city with good fans, be on Upton’s no trade list? For that manner, why do the Mariners have such trouble luring free agents, mostly hitters but really all free agents, into the Great Northwest?
My theory? Geography. Specifically the distance from Seattle to every other major league city. The two closest cities to Seattle with major league teams are Denver, with the Rockies, and San Francisco with the Giants and A’s. The Rockies are about 1020 miles from Seattle and the Giants and A’s are more than 680 miles away. That means that every ...
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