With the 2025 American League West division and a 90-win season on their resume, the Seattle Mariners have been diligently piecing together a roster that could be contenders for years to come. The front office brain trust, general Josh Hollander and president of baseball of operations Jerry DiPoto, has drawn praise from fellow MLB executives for their approach thus far in free agency.
However, it’s the contract structures themselves that have virtually guaranteed that Seattle’s superstars will make up the team’s nucleus for 2026 and beyond. Notably, the trio of Julio Rodriguez, Cal Raleigh, and freshly re-signed Josh Naylor is set to form a powerful 1-2-3 punch for the foreseeable future.
That all started with Rodriguez, who signed a 12-year, $209.3 million contract extension with the team in August of 2022. That takes him through his age 34 season and likely guarantees that J-Rod will spend all (or at least the majority of) his big-league career in the Emerald City.