Alex Bregman is seemingly done with the Houston Astros. He has yet to sign and could accept a deal with opt-outs similar to Matt Chapman and Cody Bellinger last offseason. Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller suggested the Mariners could sign him if they cleared up some payroll by trading Luis Castillo.

“If they were to trade away Luis Castillo’s $24.15M salary for the next three years, that would create enough room in the budget for the M’s to make Alex Bregman an offer on par with those ‘one year plus two years’ worth of player options’ offers that Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman and Carlos Correa accepted in recent years, if and when he and agent Scott Boras accept that the desired $200M deal probably isn’t happening,” wrote Miller.

The longer Boras and Bregman wait to sign a large deal, the less likely it becomes. The Mariners have a surplus of talent and could afford to part with Castillo. He signed a five-year, $108 million deal in 2023. He has a 3.43 ERA in 74 starts with the Mariners. The Mariners are very familiar with Bregman from playing against him for years.

Bregman is a two-time All-Star, Silver Slugger and Gold Glover. He has a .259/.325/.400 career slash line at T-Mobile Park. He has also hit five home runs there.