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Wait what the hell? The day I signed up to cover links turns out to be the day after the trade deadline? They should really announce the date of the trade deadline in advance to avoid this kind of problem.
It was a busy day around the league, though a number of rumored names stayed with their own teams, including Mason Miller, Trevor Larnach, and George Kirby and Emerson Hancock. Which deadline deal did you like the most?
In Mariners News . . .
- The biggest news of the day for the Mariners was the trade of RHP Alex Hoppe, as well as prospects RHPs Brock Moore and Harrison Kreiling to Baltimore for Taylor Ward. In addition to the LL write-up, you can get Ryan’s take at FanGraphs.
- Kate added to the Luis Castillo Appreciation Tour with a deeply reported piece on Castillo’s impact on his fellow pitchers.
- Max gave his overall assessment of the Mariners’ trade deadline.
- John, joined by Patrick Dubuque, had some thoughts ($) on that for Baseball Prospectus as well.
- At the Times, Divish laid out ($) how the Mariners will handle the roster changes.
Around the league . . .
- MLB.com put together a helpful overview of every trade that went down this deadline.
- Second to the Skubal trade, the buzziest development this deadline was Baltimore’s trading Adley Rutschman to the division rival Red Sox.
- The move most likely to affect the Mariners was the Astros acquiring ($) Daulton Varsho from the Blue Jays.
- Elsewhere in the division, the Rangers decided to sell, sending Josh Smith to the Blue Jays.
- And the Angels sent Jose Soriano to the Blue Jays and Jo Adell to the Guardians.
- Outside the AL West, yesterday’s biggest moves were Lars Nootbar to Arizona, Luis Arraez to Philadelphia ($), Robbie Ray to San Diego, and Heliot Ramos to the Yankees.
- If you’re into the returns for all these trades, Baseball America ranked ($) every prospect traded at the deadline.
Zach’s Picks . . .
Read about the device created by Oregon’s Roy Kim that turns the moisture in
the air into water for farmers facing droughts. Oh, Roy’s 13 years old. Eat your heart out, Colt Emerson.
