{"id":545789,"date":"2026-01-30T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/545789\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:42:15","slug":"eugenio-suarezs-return-to-the-mariners-appears-increasingly-unlikely-heading-into-the-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/545789\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugenio Suarez\u2019s return to the Mariners appears increasingly unlikely heading into the 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/eugenio-suarez\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Eugenio Suarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eugenio Suarez<\/a> remains without a team, and a new report suggests that a return to the Seattle Mariners is far from certain, largely because of Colt Emerson. The highly regarded prospect is expected to need playing time next season at Suarez\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>The report came from Adam Jude during an appearance on Foul Territory. Jude noted that Suarez would be an ideal fit for the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/seattle-mariners\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mariners<\/a> but emphasized that the organization is reluctant to block its top prospects. \u201cHe [Su\u00e1rez] checks all the boxes, an amazing clubhouse guy,\u201d Jude said. \u201cThey [the Mariners] have a lot of young, talented infielders coming, knocking at the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want to block those guys,\u201d Jude added, specifically pointing to Emerson as a prime candidate to take over at third base, a factor that could be one of the main obstacles to Suarez returning to Seattle next season.<\/p>\n<p>Developing story\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eugenio Suarez remains without a team, and a new report suggests that a return to the Seattle Mariners&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2392],"tags":[5,92,620,4,619,65,3235],"class_list":{"0":"post-545789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-mariners","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-eugenio-suarez","10":"tag-mariners","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-seattle","13":"tag-seattle-mariners","14":"tag-seattlemariners"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115984108295403699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}