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While no one knows what Friedman will do or allow to be traded, the scuttlebutt is that the Dodgers want to get YOUNGER and they want to get under $200M for a team payroll. Right now, the Dodgers are about $200M allocated for 2015, and they have a few holes that need to be filled. Thus, to help reach these goals, any team could trade for Puig. In return, the Dodgers want a couple of MLB ready players at positions the Dodgers need like SS/3B, SP. and OF... AND that team MUST take on Crawford or Ethier - both of whom are on 3 year contracts for roughly $60M total... AND one other salary like Haren, League or Wilson which all make roughly $10M for 2015. Lastly, the Dodgers need to clear at least 3 spots on the 40 man before the Rule 5 draft, so non rostered players are also very attractive to them.
If the Mariners traded Taylor, Saunders or Ackley, Guerrero, and maybe Hicks... The Mariners could get back Puig, Crawford, Haren, Van Slyke, and a couple of the young fireballing pitchers that the Dodgers have either on the 40 man or ones that need to be put on the roster... names like Zach Lee, Chris Reed, Onelki Garcia, Yimi Garcia, Pedro Baez, or Jose Dominguez.
Yes that would be too much salary for the Mariners to take on, but maybe then Jack could make other trades... but at least we would have some offense and more trading chips.