The 2024 baseball season officially concluded Wednesday night with the Los Angeles Dodgers beating the New York Yankees in the World Series.

With the season officially over, we are now in the offseason for all clubs, including the Seattle Mariners.

The first question of cleaning in the low season according to MLBTradeRumors It is the change of official templates.

OCTOBER 31: Free agency begins for eligible players, but they are not allowed to sign with other teams for at least five days. Free agents no longer count against their previous teams’ 40-man rosters. Trades for players who were on the 40-man roster are reopening for the first time since last summer’s deadline.

So yes, Jerry Dipoto can’t get involved in the trade market anymore. In addition, the M’s have five days to negotiate exclusively with their own free agents. However, those free agents are now also off the 40-man roster.

That means Justin Turner and Yimi Garcia are on the open market.

Turner, who was acquired at the trade deadline from the Toronto Blue Jays, made a big impact in Seattle. In 48 games with the Mariners, he hit .264 with five home runs, 24 RBIs and a .363 on-base percentage. He also helped maintain a continued veteran presence with the M’s in the clubhouse. Your presence was greatly appreciated.

For the entire season, he hit .259 with 11 home runs.

Turner just finished the 16th year of his career with the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Blue Jays and Mariners. He is a career .285 hitter who helped the Dodgers win the World Series in 2020.

The Mariners certainly could be interested in bringing him back next year, although it remains to be seen if Turner officially wants to return. The M’s could use an upgrade at first base and could opt to sign a big name like Pete Alonso, or they could use a platoon of Turner and Luke Raley and each of them would also get time at designated hitter.

As for Garcia, he was a disappointment after also being acquired in a trade with the Blue Jays.

The 34-year-old had a 6.00 ERA in 10 games with the sailorsdelivering multiple crushing home runs that led to losses. He finished the year with an elbow injury and there are questions about his health going forward.

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