Pending anything else happening between now and 3 p.m. PT on this Thursday, the Seattle Mariners have already had an extremely successful 2025 trade deadline. The additions of Eugenio Suárez, Caleb Ferguson and Josh Naylor have undoubtedly made this a stronger team, and one that is more than capable of making a run at the first ever World Series appearance in franchise history.
At the risk of being what Brock Huard would call a Debbie Downer, though, this trade deadline could have been even more successful for the Mariners, and realistically so. You only have to consider all of the available information surrounding closer Jhoan Durán to contend that he could, and maybe should, have ended up in Seattle.