ANAHEIM - The A’s traded their 2017 All-Star on Sunday, sending first baseman Yonder Alonso to the Mariners in exchange for onetime Oakland prospect Boog Powell.
“Surprised but excited, going to a team that is one game out of the playoffs,” Alonso said. “I get to play some meaningful baseball, which will be probably the first time in my career I’ll be able to do that. I’m ecstatic.”
The Mariners put in a waiver clalim on Alonso, according to sources. Iinstead of withdrawing the revocable waivers, Oakland - continuing its stated mission to go young - worked out a deal for Powell, 24, an outfielder who hit .