[Passan] BREAKING: First baseman Josh Naylor and the Seattle Mariners are finalizing a five-year contract, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN. The first major free agent to sign this winter goes back to Seattle, where he was beloved after joining the Mariners in a deadline trade.

31 comments

1. Dude dropped a nuke out of nowhere

2. Wow Mariners pulling out the checkbook

3. Everyone liked that

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5. Good for Seattle tho!!

6. #HOT STOVE

   #EVERYONE GET IN HERE

7. WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS

8. Stoves a lil toasty

9. Holy shit. And before December.

   Alright, Jerry. Alright.

10. THE PAIN OF THAT SAM DARNOLD PERFORMANCE NO LONGERS HURTS.

    LETS GO!!!!

11. He just feels like such a mariner 

12. HOT STOVE IS STARTIN EARLY

13. Fuck yeah happy for my mariners bros

14. Chills.

15. Nicely done Seattle. This guy is so fun to watch.

16. Oh hell yeah, that’s great for baseball!

17. Did we…. did we not fuck this up?

18. Mariners paying their players???? what!!?????

19. 5 year contract wow, good for naylor

20. Hell yeah. Good for the M’s.

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22. That’s the first free agency move no?

23. Thata awesome, glad to see mariners spending money

24. Josh Naylor 40/40 season incoming.

25. Are we finally spending some money?

26. Good for the mariners (and for naylor too!) he fit in there like a glove and it would have been a shame to have seen him walk

27. I hope Seattle being the first team to give out a big contract/make a big move is a sign that this off-season is going to be fun and chaotic to follow

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30. Fell to my knees at a Costco I’m so happy

31. nice, glad it worked out. like it when former guards land places that i can still root for them without it being a rival or a team i don’t like