In between spicier moves like trading for Teoscar Hernández from their slain Wild Card foe, signing Trevor Gott, and acquiring Kolten Wong from the Brewers, the Mariners made a smaller swap on November 17th, sending former Rookie of the Year Kyle Lewis to Arizona. Though Lewis climbed back to the bigs amid another injury-wracked year - bashing a homer off of Justin Verlander in the process - it was clear his agility was nowhere near his scintillating 2020, and a bad slump in the second half led to his optioning to Tacoma, where he finished the season and didn’t see the playoffs - a big bummer for a player who many thought would be a key part of ending the drought.
40 in 40: Cooper Hummel is coming home
