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Some thought JoJo Romero could be part of a Donovan deal to Seattle. Seattle today traded with Nats for lefty reliever Ferrer.
Mariners sent their top catching prospect Ford (their No.1 pick in 2021 and 4th rated prospect as part of return).

Made me think if there is a possible Donovan deal in the works maybe Seattle would want to also acquire one of our young catchers to replace the one they just lost. We sure have several in our system .
Was just a thought when I saw the Nats/Mariners deal.
Thought I would throw the idea out there .

Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

I thought the same thing

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

Harry Ford=Jimmy Crooks. Meh.

Red7 wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 22:32 pm

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

Harry Ford=Jimmy Crooks. Meh.

Unless Seattle would like to replace Ford
with Crooks

Mariners Open To Reunion With Mitch Garver
By AJ Eustace | December 6, 2025 at 9:25pm CDT

The Mariners traded catcher Harry Ford to the Nationals earlier today as part of a deal for lefty reliever Jose A. Ferrer. In the wake of that move, the club is open to a reunion with free agent Mitch Garver, according to Adam Jude of the Seattle Times.

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

Agree. Harry Ford would be starting for many big league clubs (including STL), if it weren't for the Big Dumper in his way. Seems like a massive overpay for a reliever.

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

I would imagine that Ferrer is more highly valued than Romero.

For 2025:

Ferrer - 8.37 K/9, 1.89 BB/9, 0.59 HR/9, 3.03 FIP, 1.4 fWAR, 62.6 GB%, and four years of team control remaining.

Romero - 8.11 K/9, 4.28 BB/9, 0.30 HR/9, 3.28 FIP, 0.9 fWAR, 54.5 GB%, but just one year of team control remaining.

mattmitchl44 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025 06:00 am

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

I would imagine that Ferrer is more highly valued than Romero.

For 2025:

Ferrer - 8.37 K/9, 1.89 BB/9, 0.59 HR/9, 3.03 FIP, 1.4 fWAR, 62.6 GB%, and four years of team control remaining.

Romero - 8.11 K/9, 4.28 BB/9, 0.30 HR/9, 3.28 FIP, 0.9 fWAR, 54.5 GB%, but just one year of team control remaining.

That’s not really close reference comparison. Wasn’t Ferrer the better deal.

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025 06:16 am

mattmitchl44 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025 06:00 am

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

I would imagine that Ferrer is more highly valued than Romero.

For 2025:

Ferrer - 8.37 K/9, 1.89 BB/9, 0.59 HR/9, 3.03 FIP, 1.4 fWAR, 62.6 GB%, and four years of team control remaining.

Romero - 8.11 K/9, 4.28 BB/9, 0.30 HR/9, 3.28 FIP, 0.9 fWAR, 54.5 GB%, but just one year of team control remaining.

That’s not really close reference comparison. Wasn’t Ferrer the better deal.

Ferrer was seemingly always going to cost a lot more in trade.

Even if you say that they are generally equivalent from a production standpoint, it's the difference between Romero for one ARB-3 season and Ferrer for a pre-ARB season, ARB-1, ARB-2 and ARB-3 season. So that has to make Ferrer like 5x to 8x more valuable in trade.

mattmitchl44 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025 06:38 am

sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025 06:16 am

mattmitchl44 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025 06:00 am

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑06 Dec 2025 21:20 pm Might complicate a trade with Seattle...but I wonder if Jojo's market just exploded?

Harry Ford was a steep price to pay for a lefty set-up man who got worse results than Romero.

I would imagine that Ferrer is more highly valued than Romero.

For 2025:

Ferrer - 8.37 K/9, 1.89 BB/9, 0.59 HR/9, 3.03 FIP, 1.4 fWAR, 62.6 GB%, and four years of team control remaining.

Romero - 8.11 K/9, 4.28 BB/9, 0.30 HR/9, 3.28 FIP, 0.9 fWAR, 54.5 GB%, but just one year of team control remaining.

That’s not really close reference comparison. Wasn’t Ferrer the better deal.

Ferrer was seemingly always going to cost a lot more in trade.

Even if you say that they are generally equivalent from a production standpoint, it's the difference between Romero for one ARB-3 season and Ferrer for a pre-ARB season, ARB-1, ARB-2 and ARB-3 season. So that has to make Ferrer like 5x to 8x more valuable in trade.

Thanx. Yes as I saw it, stats independent, the time of control was lopsided. I figured the value difference came from there.