re: Players that almost ended up on your favorite teams

For the Mariners...

Troy Tulowitzi - They called him a few minutes before the draft and told him that they planned on taking him. They changed their mind at the last second and took Jeff Clement instead.

Mike Trout - The Mariners had the #2 overall pick that year and almost took Trout with it, but decided on the "safe" pick and went Ackley instead. The previous year under a different GM, they drafted a reliever name Josh Fields with the 20th pick overall. He held out until the last day to sign and most assumed that under the new regime they wouldn't sign him and just take the 21st pick of the 2009 draft. They decided to sign him, he sucks, and Trout ended up going 25th overall in that 2009 draft.