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Acquiring Price Should be about filling the hole in the rotation, not upgrading a rotation spot already filled. I can't see the sense, monetarily, in then going after Jiminez or Colon at that point. Then it's price plus a cheap veteran fill in. It's not Walker or Price, if it's Walker and Colon/Jiminez Or Price and Haren/Arroyo/etc..Though possibly worse than that.
I also think that Lee should be very available, though there hasn't been much talk of it. The Phillies could be asking for Walker+too and not budge either. Maybe he's not available at all, that's just where I'd go with that roster.
If you're talking to Milwaukee about Braun, Kyle Lohse could come into the same conversation. Not my favorite pair to trade for (Kemp/Ethier and Van Slyke). How about Encarnacion and Bautista? OK that's way out there...
When it comes to what Walker is worth there are also answers that are made up of more than one name that the Mariners also have. If certain teams are determined to get the #3 pitcher currently on our roster when we're simply trying to move that pitcher to #4 then those teams just don't seem like a fit. Should we waste assets upgrading Seager for a shorter term player too? I don't see how either move really fits this teams needs. Acquiring a starter is more of a stop gap move, not that they shouldn't get a quality player. It's just not necessary to do that. I love David Price but they can keep him at the cost of Walker+. There are other ways to fill that hole without creating one right behind it.