The Seattle Mariners and marquee hitters in free agency have rarely matched up since the team moved outdoors to the pitcher-friendly T-Mobile Park.

How Josh Naylor left Seattle Mariners GM ‘blown away’ in meeting

There have been exceptions, chiefly when the team won the bidding for superstar second baseman Robinson Canó with a massive 10-year, $240 million contract in 2013. But there is something different about the five-year, $92.5 million deal the team signed first baseman Josh Naylor to just weeks into the current period of free agency.

And that’s something worth pointing out, as MLB Network insider Jon Morosi did Wednesday during his weekly conversation with Seattle Sports’ Wyman and Bob.

“I think it was emblematic of where the Mariners are,” Morosi said, “that they made a strong

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