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Which is why my first question about Martinez was whether he is worth over $20M a year to the team. The parallel may not turn out the same but at this point I don't see a large difference. If the Mariners offer 30+% more again it is not hard to see him taking it. If there is only 2 bidders it's mainly a question of who stops raising their hand first. We know both teams probably desperately want him, beyond that seems like guesswork to me.
After the Cruz thing I am not listening to claims that the Ms are so undesirable anymore. Upton was easily explainable as it was known he wanted to join his brother in Atlanta. Between being mentioned daily in national MLB conversations until the final day, showing numbers on the All-Star team and that THE OPPOSITE of how we thought the Cruz situation went is how it actually did I'm just not as worried that they're an undesirable destination. There's still reasons that people will prefer other teams, they just don't seem as pronounced or numerous as previous offseasons.
Taylor and Miller I'd rather have both as well. If Taylor is being overvalued as some have speculated and he can lead a package for the right bat, while Miller can't, I could see moves that would make sense. There's again some depth up the middle behind them, even if Marte is further away than Taylor was last year and Tyler Smith has a ways to go. Ex-Ranked prospect Noriega still has a glove and could be liveable as a short term black hole in the lineup if the need arose. He's already been playing around the infield and is RH as well, question is if he can hit in MLB.