Name: Analyzing Seattle's Big Trade: Jose A. Ferrer's Rising Role
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Description: Seattle trades top prospect for Jose A. Ferrer, a standout closer who shined in Washington's late 2025 season. Join as we break down the trade this offseason.

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So, there are a couple of moving parts within this trade, and the whole trade was Harry Ford and the Isaac Lyon, a pitcher going from Seattle to Washington for a left-handed reliever that emerged as the Washington closer, and one of the better relievers in baseball over the last 4 to 6 weeks of the 2025 season, Jose A. Ferrer. And if you haven't heard that name, it's because he was throwing his best when the Nationals were at their worst and they were out of the conversation. entirely. And what does that mean? Can this guy handle leverage, leverage moments in high-pressure games? We have yet to see because he's 25 years old and he hasn't really had the opportunity to do that in big-time games, but he did handle the 8th and 9th inning for Washington and he was really effective down the stretch. It's a lefty that can run it up to 100 miles an hour, sinkers a bowling ball, ground balls at will, and the changeup is absolutely nasty. I, I feel like a lot of people just branded this as a massive overpay by Seattle to go get a good reliever because they are relinquishing a top 100 prospect. Did you see it that way? So, no, not in that way. And that's where it's like the polarizing thing, right? Where I think it was probably a little bit expensive of an asset to trade for a reliever with, you know, I think what, 3 years of control that is, again, was very effective to finish the year and, and has proven to be a solid arm. I mean, you look at some of the peripherals. He's going to be a peripheral darling in general. I know the Pip kept getting cited because he doesn't walk anybody. Uh, but that also. It is, is a positive, right? A lot of ground balls, doesn't walk anybody. That's going to be a guy that's going to be effective for you. He's going to need to figure out a way to get righties out, the same way that he gets lefties out at opponents at like 320 off of Ferrer, uh, from the right side of the plate. Uh, lefties hit like 185. But I think this is a clear need for the Mariners and he fits a role for them and he comes with control. I know they've been trying to move forward and there just wasn't quite the, the right trade out there to, to, you know, make sure you're maximizing every cent on the dollar, I guess. I guess to that point real quick, do you feel like they forced it at this point, knowing that they had to move him. Yes, I do. I do because I think they realized maybe the amount of teams that don't have a young catcher that they may prefer giving reps to may be dwindling because you're not going to sit that long not having a clear future in your catching position. Either teams that haven't had a catcher for a little bit, have a minor leaguer coming up through the ranks that they may now prefer to give the reps to or may just go address in free agency. And then, I, I think the other side is that, you know, you don't want to hold on to Ford too long to where he, he'd be kind of go stale, like we talked about, and then the value almost craters a little bit. And we see that sometimes with some Dodgers prospects and that's why they get out from under them. But I think in a vacuum, it would have been hard to get more for just Ford alone. But I so I think the Mariners sometimes where they can be a little apprehensive of, you know, the prospect packages that they're willing to part with, though I do love what they did at the deadline. I think there could have been some iterations of trades where they were adding more on top of Ford and maybe getting a more impactful player. It seemed like in the past, this type of trade was definitely out there from everything I understand. They could have made this type of trade a year ago, um, or 6 months ago or whatever it may be, but maybe they were holding out for something more and it wasn't there and they said, let's not wait any longer. Let's take the bird in hand. But I think in a perfect world, you're attaching another piece to Harry Ford and maybe bringing someone in more impactful, but at this point, It makes the big league team better now. It also has the next few years in mind. And, you know, at the end of the day, I think they felt like it would make no sense to go into next year with Harry Ford still on the roster, and I agree with that.

Analyzing Seattle's Big Trade: Jose A. Ferrer's Rising Role

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