Polanco's (knee) agent, Ulises Cabrera, said Monday that his client is expected to be cleared for full baseball activities by January, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.
Polanco dealt with a patellar tendon issue in his left knee for much of the 2024 season before finally undergoing surgery in October. He's a free agent after the Mariners declined his $12 million club option for 2025 but is expected to enter spring training fully healthy. Polanco, who turns 32 in July, posted a career-worst .651 OPS this season and was worth 0.3 fWAR in 118 games.
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Jorge Polanco: Free agent after option declined
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Polanco (knee) had has $12 million club option for 2025 declined by the Mariners on Friday.
He'll receive a $750,000 buyout instead and is now a free agent. Polanco produced a career-worst .651 OPS in 2024 while playing through a patellar tendon issue in his left knee which eventually required surgery in October. The expectation is that he will be healthy in time for spring training, but the veteran infielder is now looking for a new employer.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Undergoes knee surgery
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Polanco underwent surgery Thursday to repair the patellar tendon in his left knee, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Polanco had a career-worst .651 OPS in 2024 while playing through the knee issue, and he's now getting the injury addressed. The second baseman is expected to be ready for spring training, but it remains to be seen which uniform he will be donning in 2025 as the Mariners weigh a $12 million club option or $750,000 buyout.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Four hits in Tuesday's loss
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Polanco went 4-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Astros.
Polanco continued his recent surge at the plate -- he's 10-for-21 (.476) with four RBI and three extra-base hits over his last five games. Unfortunately for the Mariners, Polanco was often stranded on base as the bottom third of the order went hitless. The second baseman has had a career-worst season with a .214/.295/.359 slash line over 115 contests, though he's added 16 homers, 45 RBI, 43 runs scored, four stolen bases and 11 doubles while seeing regular playing time when healthy.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Raps out three hits in win
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Polanco went 3-for-5 with an RBI single and a double in a win over the Rangers on Saturday.
Polanco plated the Mariners' second run of the day with his timely first-inning knock, and he later added his first two-bagger since Aug. 20. The veteran infielder is having another mostly difficult month, however, as even Saturday's production only served to push his September slash line to a forgettable .169/.219/.288 across 64 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Homers Tuesday
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Polanco went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees.
Polanco got the Mariners on the board early with a solo home run off Luis Gil in the second inning. The home run was just his second extra-base hit and sixth hit overall in 53 plate appearance since Aug. 30, a span during which he's hit just .128. Polanco is having by far the least productive campaign of his career, slashing just .203/.292/.346 with 15 homers, 40 RBI, 41 runs, four steals and a 44:129 BB:K in 428 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Getting Sunday off
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Polanco is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
Polanco will be joined on the bench by Josh Rojas, Luke Raley and Cal Raleigh as the Mariners give some regulars a breather in a day game after a night game. Dylan Moore will check in at second base in place of Polanco, who has gone just 5-for-40 (.125 average) at the plate thus far in September.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Slugs 14th homer Sunday
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Polanco went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a win over the Cardinals on Sunday.
Polanco got in on the fun of the Mariners' 13-hit barrage with a fifth-inning shot off Steven Matz with Justin Turner aboard, extending Seattle's lead to 9-2 at the time. Polanco snapped a nine-game homer drought with the round tripper, which was also just his second hit in the last eight contests. The 31-year-old notably went down on strikes in his other three plate appearances Sunday, pushing his strikeout rate to a career-worst 30.6 percent and highlighting one of the primary culprits behind his career-low .204 average, .296 OBP and .643 OPS.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Heads to bench
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Polanco is not in Friday's lineup against the Cardinals.
Polanco will head to the bench for the second time in three games after starting the previous three. Dylan Moore is getting the start at second base, even with righty Erick Fedde on the hill for St. Louis.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Idle Wednesday
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Polanco isn't in Seattle's lineup Wednesday against the Athletics.
Polanco will get a chance to regroup Wednesday after going 0-for-13 with four walks over his last five games. While he rests, Dylan Moore will start at the keystone and bat ninth.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Connects for 13th homer
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Polanco went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a win over the Rays on Monday.
Polanco uncorked a 341-foot laser to right field in the second inning to answer a Josh Lowe homer for the Rays in the visitor half of the frame. Polanco's round tripper snapped an eight-game homerless drought, and he's now just four away from putting together his best season in that department since his outlier 33-homer campaign for the Twins in 2021.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Records fourth steal Saturday
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Polanco went 0-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base and a run in a 4-3 loss to the Giants on Saturday.
Polanco got it done with some classic small ball Saturday, showing solid plate discipline and recording a rare steal during one of his trips on the basepaths. The veteran has progressively crawled out of a deep hole at the plate over the course of the second half of the season, with Saturday's production pushing his post-All-Star-break slash line to .269/.358/.529 across 120 plate appearances. Despite the quiet night from a power perspective Saturday, Polanco has also shown some welcome pop during that span, knocking 13 of his 28 hits for extra bases while driving in 18 runs.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Plates three runs
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Polanco went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and three RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers.
Polanco drove in all three runs for the Mariners. Tuesday marked just the third time this season he's had three RBI in a game, but he now has three multi-hit efforts over his last eight games and is batting .357 over that span. It's still been a sluggish year overall for the 30-year-old, who's now slashing .221/.306/.368 with 12 homers, 36 RBI, 34 runs, three steals and a 35:108 BB:K in 346 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Lifts 12th homer Friday
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Polanco went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run in a loss to the Pirates on Friday.
Polanco uncorked his 12th home run of the season in the ninth inning with the bases empty to give Seattle a brief ray of hope in what was ultimately a two-run loss. The veteran has now left the yard in two of the last four games and reached safely in each contest during that span, a brief reprieve from his season-long struggles.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Taking seat Tuesday
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Polanco is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Tigers.
Polanco is absent from the starting nine for the second time in nine games, yielding to Dylan Moore at second base Tuesday. Polanco is 6-for-27 (.222) with a 34.5 percent strikeout rate in August.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Goes deep Sunday
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Polanco went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, a double and two runs scored in Sunday's win over the Mets.
Polanco opened up the scoring with a solo home run in the second inning off Luis Severino. He later doubled and scored in the sixth and singled in the eighth for his second three-hit effort of the season. Coming into Sunday, Polanco had just three hits in 22 at-bats this month while striking out eight times over that span. He's currently striking out at a 31.1 percent clip, which would be the highest mark of his career and the first time he's ever had a strikeout rate north of 30 percent. It's been a struggle for Polanco in his first year in Seattle, as he's slashing .211/.292/.352 with 11 homers, 30 RBI, 31 runs, three steals and a 30:99 BB:K in 318 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Back in action Saturday
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Polanco (knee) will start at second base and bat fifth Saturday against the Phillies.
Polanco was forced to sit out Friday's series opener after exiting Wednesday's game due to a knee injury, but the issue seems to have subsided ahead of Saturday's contest. The 31-year-old infielder has put up a career-worst batting average (.210) and OPS (.644) through 289 plate appearances this season, but he's begun to heat up lately, slashing .273/.340/.682 with five homers and nine RBI since the All-Star break.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Sitting Friday
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Polanco (knee) is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Phillies.
Polanco was removed in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game against the Red Sox due to a knee injury, and he will sit for the series opener Friday. Leo Rivas will start at second base and bat ninth against Phillies right-hander Tyler Phillips.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Managing knee injury
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Polanco was removed from Wednesday's game due to knee issues, Shannon Drayer of SeattleSports.com reports.
Polanco went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a walk before Leo Rivas replaced him in the field during the eighth inning. Polanco's knee also forced him to make an early exit from Sunday's game against the White Sox, so it's possible the Mariners sit him down for a game or two as a precaution.
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Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Goes yard against Red Sox
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Polanco went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, an RBI double and two additional runs scored during Tuesday's 10-6 win over the Red Sox.
Polanco lifted his 10th homer of the season Tuesday, tagging James Paxton for a solo shot in the fourth inning. The second baseman has been hot at the plate, clubbing four homers in his last five games and going a combined 7-for-19 with eight RBI and eight runs scored during that stretch. On the year, Polanco has recorded career worsts in OPS (.649) and strikeout rate (30.5 percent).
