Thanks to the expedited off season, teams only have five days to negotiate with their outgoing free agents and more importantly for the Mariners, options must be decided on this week as well. The Mariners have four such options to decide on.
Russell Branyan has a $5 million mutual option. Branyan was worth 2.9 wins last year as a Mariner and 2.0 wins this year combined with the Indians and Mariners.