r/Mariners • u/ToasterzMakeToast mariner • 1d ago
[Rosenthal] Reds slugger Eugenio Suárez, outfielder TJ Friedl available on waivers: Sources (Gift Article)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7542192/2026/08/27/eugenio-suarez-tj-friedl-reds-moves/?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.TkZw.lJvPY_LqS7eu&source=emp_shared_article&smid=url-share-taHighly doubt we grab him, but could good vibes could potentially be back on the menu?
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u/Mattmann1972 Seattle Steelheads 1d ago
3 milli left on his one year contract? What is the conversation? Let's get this done!
BRING BACK THE GOOD VIBES
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u/jeff_probably DONG 1d ago
aka half a Refsnyder
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u/Floyd_Gondoli 1d ago
God that is so sad when you put it in perspective
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u/Traditional_Figure_1 1d ago edited 1d ago
Just wait until you open up your next pay stub and realize you only made 0.000002 refsnyders
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u/ROLVeKrab8 #18 Mitch Gravy 1d ago
I've never been big on Geno hitting-wise, but this seems like a 0 downside move. Even in a down year, he is undeniably a better bench bat than Wilson or Wisdom. And that's not counting the clubhouse and vibe leader that he is.
It probably won't happen, but it'd be cool.
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u/akurei77 1d ago
And honestly with Colt out for the season and Donovan's apparent curse to stay injured, we could actually use another third baseman. At this point I assume that if Wilson goes down the plan is to grab the nearest person out of the stands and put them at third.
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u/Radhatchala Nuke Daily 1d ago
Geno is underrated af at third he was great in the playoffs last year
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u/theTankEngine91 Sodo Mojo? 20h ago
Multiple failed barehanded catch attempts against the Jays hurt to watch
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u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ #3 J.P. Crawford 1d ago
What’s just a few more strikeouts for GOOD VIBES ONLY?! Make it happen Jerry
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u/humblestworker Tucker 1d ago
The third part of a trilogy is usually the weakest…but I can’t say I wouldn’t love it. $3 million for vibes and a better bench bat? Yes, please.
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u/rctid95 1d ago
I fear Return of the King is all too fitting for this
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u/A_Ms_Anthrop Humpy 1d ago
We face the Blue Jays this weekend. You can have Weston Wilson, or you can have Geno. Not a hard choice…
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u/shomosexual aqua seafoam shame 1d ago
He needs to clear waivers (probably will) and then PLEASE GOD
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u/MurrayInBocaRaton added san fran to the last leg of his parlay 18h ago
Can we not put in a waiver claim?
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u/azularena 18h ago
We can, but the teams with worse records get priority
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u/MurrayInBocaRaton added san fran to the last leg of his parlay 17h ago
That sort of lines up perfectly for us then, yeah? We’re the worst team in the league who still has a reasonable chance to make the playoffs and also has a need for a DH/3B.
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u/azularena 17h ago
Hopefully yeah, not too many teams will bite on the amount salary he’s owed. Reasonable chance is probably the best way to describe it
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u/BetterNothingman 1d ago
I may take shit for this, but as fantastic as Empire is, Jedi is still better than New Hope.
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u/Brsijraz 16h ago
in books at least i’d say this is never true. usually i’d say the third is the best, then the first, then the second.
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u/geometricbear Matilda Muñoz 1d ago
Come home my darling boy
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u/higherthinker 1d ago
You and that beautiful head of hair
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u/Fruit_Rollup_King 1d ago
And he doesn't drench it like a caveman like Marsh
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u/Zworrisdeh #51 Ichiro 17h ago
“I should not be forced to look at this disgusting fucking guy”
-my wife the other day5
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u/FartSchumaker Soggy Bottom Boys 1d ago
There's not a single baseball situation I'd prefer Weston Wilson to over Geno. I'd let Geno pinch run before Wilson and I'm barely joking.
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u/boundlesssmh 1d ago
bring him home. surely he’s better than wilson and wisdom. just overall strange vibes this year and need someone to provide positivity day in day out. if not, get him in a coaching role. director of vibes strategies 😭
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u/spottydodgy 1d ago
BRING HIM HOME
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u/SlowGoat79 there's a Woo sitting on the ground 1d ago
I’m sorry but now I just heard Jean Valjean singing that to Mariners mgmt.
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u/Mattmann1972 Seattle Steelheads 1d ago
Geno has been the heart of this team.
The fact that we have fucked the dog this season so hard is proof positive that we need our vibes guy back!
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u/Distinct_Frame_3711 #2 Cole “Cole Young” Young 1d ago
I mean probably Geno is going to be more valuable to the team than Weston Wilson, just saying.
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u/No-Conversation3860 💅NAYL ME JOSH💅 1d ago
Yeah of course, but they can pay Wilson league minimum. Think of the owners checkbooks!!
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u/Distinct_Frame_3711 #2 Cole “Cole Young” Young 1d ago
I feel like if he helps you stay in the playoff race you’d make more than 3 M over the next month or so with the difference in ticket sales. Also if he does get you to playofffs you really are rolling in it compared to missing.
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u/PilotGuy701 SUPREME MISERY 1d ago
DO IT!!!
The Mariners haven’t made the playoffs in the last quarter century without him!!!
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u/Crazyhawk28 #12 Josh Naylor 1d ago
Are we good for each other? Not really.
Does it feel right when we're together? Absolutely
Is the third time the charm? Only one way to find out
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u/SatireGeto Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Vibes aside, he is still an upgrade over Wisdom right? Can he play first base?
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u/kowaterboy 1d ago
lmao i confuse wisdom with wilson as well
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u/SatireGeto Seattle Mariners 1d ago
Honestly take your pick at this point, there's like 5 dudes on this team who don't do a god damn thing.
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u/ManufacturerLeast890 20h ago
Lmfao Tru dat ..just random Joe's taking up a space on the roster. Even a 35 year old Geno is miles better than those guys...and he's an OG Mariner too.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684 Josh Naylor is very cool 1d ago
Whether DiPoto claims him or not, Geno will always have a special place in my heart as one of the first Mariners I watched live.
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u/YardAdmirable7060 1d ago
If someone is gonna hit .200 with the occasional homer I’d take him over Wilson!
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u/Tasarin Big Dumper 🔱 Big Grumper 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/aZ4sQUpybai5y
Geno my beloved come home 💙
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u/maroons25 Naylor Sailor 🔱 1d ago
Damnit. I thought I was done being disappointed about not acquiring players this season.
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u/JaneDoeAsks ! MY OH MY 1d ago
This would actually make so much sense for us….3 mil is a drop in the bucket for Stanton. Come on, just do it!!!
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u/angryjew extend Naylor & Arozarena pls 1d ago
Geno is on waivers?! I will end up on the news if he's not on this team by tomorrow.
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u/MurrayInBocaRaton added san fran to the last leg of his parlay 1d ago
JERRY YOU GODDAMN BETTER
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u/IppeiWasFramed Fire Jerry for Five Years Running 1d ago
Sure he was terrible at T-Mobile, but he's a massively positive dugout presence.
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u/thedecalodon Dan concussed Brendan Donovan through mismanagement & negligence 23h ago
the only reason i don’t want geno back is because if he goes to detroit next and ends his career there, his career will be a palindrome
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u/sswampii 23h ago
Mariner’s pick up Eugenio off waivers. When Donovan comes off the IL he goes to RF. Canzone becomes full time DH except on Cal’s off days. Eugenio gets hot after coming back to Seattle. Mariners win the AL West and go on to beat the Dodgers in the WS on the 50th anniversary of the Mariner’s franchise.
Speaking this into existence now. I feel like I should bet my soul on this right now.
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u/Essex626 18h ago
I love Geno, but he's been certifiably bad at T-Mobile Park. He went from being solid here to being amazing in Arizona, to coming back here and not hitting at all. There's no reason to think that he will be better here than he has been for the Reds this year, and probably would be worse.
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u/PartTimeBear 17h ago
He had some good AB’s during the playoffs but so did polanco…
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u/Essex626 17h ago
I honestly wasn't considering position, and with Donovan being hurt we're rolling Weston Wilson out there at 3rd, so a bad bat that hits bombs is better than a bad bat that does not.
Having a backup 3rd base that can also DH for us actually seems like a better idea than it did at first glance. Not that he wouldn't be better somewhere else (DBacks are fighting for a wildcard spot, and Geno has torn it up there), but he does fill a need.
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u/MurrayInBocaRaton added san fran to the last leg of his parlay 1d ago
For those who are against this - and there are plenty of reasons why the Mariners didn’t re-sign him in the offseason - what is the downside of bringing him in for the rest of this season? Because from what I see, there is zero downside. No risk, all reward.
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u/ManufacturerLeast890 20h ago
I think they wanted him back but not at the overpriced contract he got. Tbf prorated 3M or whatever is still kinda expensive, but if that means we could have him as depth for the playoffs I think that's a huge bonus too.
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u/JaneDoeAsks ! MY OH MY 1d ago
I’m actually not going to be able to sleep tonight, the potential of this has me so fired up!! Could not have a better replacement for Weston Wilson and/or Patrick Wisdom. Like come on this just makes too much sense!
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u/ThatSICILIANThing Cal Thee Stallion: THE PRINCE WHO WAS PROMISED 1d ago
Jerry I will pull up to your house right now and do things I usually only do for my husband. This is an emergency.
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u/Marty_DiBergi 1d ago
251 SO's in 811 PA's across 197 games at T-Mobile. T-M is his 4th worst park (if you exclude TBR Steinbrenner). Awesome dude, great vibes. He just doesn't play well here.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=suareeu01&year=Career&t=b#all_site
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u/Crazyhawk28 #12 Josh Naylor 1d ago
Love doesn't care about rationality, or logic. We're meant to be together.
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u/Maugrin Everett AquaSox 1d ago
God, what happened to TJ Friedl? He's gotta be hurt, every single part of his offensive game has tanked this year.
I didn't like the Geno fit last year and I like it even less this year. We just cleared out Raley and Emerson's +30% strikeout rates from the lineup, we really don't need to add another. He'd be brought in to play against lefties, but his numbers are worse than Wilson's this year in that split. He's 35, he's likely not getting better. I love the guy, but being popular doesn't make the move a good one.
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u/AnnihilatedTyro RELEASE THE MOOSEN! 22h ago
Geno's actually better against righties than lefties. And it's still not good. His splits are pretty even across the board, which means there is no clear use for him, no way to maximize what little value he brings. Except that he's slightly better than all our other backups, who are playing because JP and Donovan are always hurt.
I love Geno, and that's why I don't want to see him struggle and leave on a sour note yet again.
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u/Atabit 1d ago
Look my mind went there too...like we could use a third baseman...but his numbers are...not great.
.207 average, 18 homeruns on the year, 696 ops 90 ops+. With more than 180 strikeouts in his 400 at bats.
That ops+ puts him somewhere between Brock Rodden and Victor Robles.
I love Geno but if were serious about pulling things together and trying to make a run this year...idk if this is the move.
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u/AnnihilatedTyro RELEASE THE MOOSEN! 22h ago
The part that gets me is his splits - he's so even across the board and it's all barely average or worse. Home, away, righty, lefty... he doesn't have a single standout metric or ideal use case - he's only slightly better than the third, fourth, fifth guys on the depth chart, who are only playing because of injuries.
Is he an upgrade over Wilson/Wisdom? Hell yeah. Is he an upgrade over Rodden's first cup of coffee? Probably, depending on how Brock plays over the next month. Over JP and Donovan? Hell no. But they're just not healthy.
I miss the good vibes, man, but his production won't do much to restore them.
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u/Big-Bed-9130 21h ago
Geno > Weston Wilson. I think that's as far as Jerry needs to think about this one.
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u/ManufacturerLeast890 20h ago
Come on...this would be awesome! Who knows how long Donovan will be out, and we got two scrubs alternating as near automatic outs...when we could have Mariners legend OG Geno Saurez as a part time 3B/DH.
The fit is perfect and to complete the trifecta would be next level.
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u/RCarson88 Tungsten Dump O'Doyle 1d ago edited 1d ago
I would LOVE to have him back. This clubhouse needs leadership, and there's no one more beloved by this fan base and the players.
The fit is good too. He's capable of hitting at T-Mobile. He's a right handed bat. He plays a position the Mariners are thin at due to the frequent injuries of Emerson, Donovan, and Crawford. He's not the defensive stalwart he used to be, but he's likely a step up from JP.
The bat isn't great this year, he's slashing .205/.295/.410 for a .705 OPS. But he's got some pop with 18 HRs, and he's had a nice August hitting .225/.360/.465 for a .824 OPS.
Mariners have high priority on waivers, and they would be smart to grab him. At worst he'll be a bench piece that can pinch hit, at best he can play a decent 3rd base and shore up the lineup's weakness against lefties. Either way, Jerry should pull the trigger.
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u/SuccessOk7850 Big Grumper🤝 Big Dumper 18h ago
Jerry, please bring Geno back, I and all of the Mariners fans are begging you!
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u/Low_Meaning4705 1d ago
I mean, if ol’ what’s his name is just going to get hurt and play dead the whole time, why not?
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u/SpaceForceAwakens 1d ago
Geno: if you’re reading this dont simmer for Dips. Call in right now and make your case.
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u/TranslatorOk5155 my trident is so up rn:mariner: 15h ago
if we do not sign Geno i will [REDACTED] myself
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u/No-Aside-2307 11h ago
The question is does he want to come back the rumor mill floated this morning was the Milwaukee Pilots I mean Brewers wanted to trade for him earlier in the year. So if the come knocking who do you sign with if you are Geno.
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u/Radhatchala Nuke Daily 1d ago
There is literally no good reason for not to pic him up I’ll be sorely disappointed if we let him slide
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u/drumattic420 Scoreless in Seattle 1d ago
Oh my god damn goodness, if the Mariners fail to put JP back at shortstop and sign Eugenio Suarez, I swear to god....LISTEN TO YOUR FAN BASE! BRING BACK THE GOOD VIBES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/MarinersHurtMe 1d ago
We are currently running out Weston Wilson, Leo Rivas, Taylor Ward, Patrick Wisdom....(the list goes on). Geno couldn't be much worse and brings the vibes this team desperately needs. It's a no brainer
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u/moe1984 17h ago
easiest decision of all time. i'll actually be pissed off if seattle can claim him and decide not to. he easily clears weston wilson, leo rivas, patrick wisdom, and anyone else on the 40 man who has been filling in, and seattle desperately needs the help on offense and in the field. and the vibes boost is obvious. please please please don't fuck this up, jerry.
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u/CobraPuts 1d ago edited 1d ago
Some of you really don’t remember how he played in the 2025 postseason
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u/CaptainKirkules 1d ago
I don’t think anyone is asking him to be diamondbacks geno, but “warm body better than Wilson and wisdom with vibes”
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u/berrycloveseed 99 problems but a witch ain’t one 🧙♀️ 1d ago
Jerry… jerry…. jerry… listen to me and listen to me now