Seattle Mariners Can Somehow Afford Acquiring Matt Kemp

The Seattle Mariners were pinching pennies to sign Robinson Cano to a fat deal last year, but are now trying to add Matt Kemp to their already expensive spending spree this winter.

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When Matt Kemp’s name comes up, it’s never for a good play he made or a home run he hit — it’s because of a trade rumor to a new team. That may be a bad reflection on your trade value, but the Seattle Mariners are not interested in semantics.

Instead, they seem hellbent on spending their way out of baseball obscurity and are well on their way to doing that. After inking Robinson Cano last year and Nelson Cruz this year, the Mariners are one of the top teams in the hunt to acquire Matt Kemp from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Sources: #Mariners also remain in discussions to acquire Kemp from #Dodgers.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2014

Here’s the problem with this though — what do the Mariners have to offer the Dodgers and how much money do they think they have? The philosophy after signing Robinson Cano last season to a deal in excess of $200 million was that there wasn’t any money left to spend on building around him.

Did the great uncle of the Mariners die and leave them his fortune? Where on earth did the money come from for Seattle to sign Cano in 2013, give Nelson Cruz a fat free gent deal this winter and still have something left over to pay for Matt Kemp?

If it can be done, then there’s no reason the Mariners shouldn’t try as Kemp, Cano and Cruz in their lineup is insane to imagine. But they made it seem like they were lifting up couch cushions all over Seattle last winter to pay for food after signing Robinson Cano only to come out with this spending spree in 2014.

The Seattle Mariners were pinching pennies to sign Robinson Cano to a fat deal last year, but are now trying to add Matt Kemp to their already expensive spending spree this winter.

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