The Seattle Mariners picked up an All-Star first baseman for peanuts.
That's the big takeaway from the deal completed by the M's and the Oakland Athletics, with Seattle sending minor league outfielder Boog Powell to Oakland in exchange for Yonder Alonso, who represented the American League in this year's All Star Game. He's enjoying a banner year in 2017, already racking up a career-high 22 home runs. In fact, it's the first time in Alonso's MLB life that he's had double digit dingers, his previous career high being 9.
In 371 plate appearances, Alonso is batting .