Mariners lose yet another bat to rival Rangers in worrying trend

Seattle Mariners v New York Yankees | Evan Bernstein/GettyImagesThe Texas Rangers have done the thing again, and we're unfortunately not just talking about how they got another win on Tuesday to make it 13 out of their last 17 games.

They've also signed yet another former Seattle Mariner, this time inking Donovan Solano to a minor league contract. This comes a little more than a week after the Mariners released the veteran right-handed hitter, a move that corresponded with the expansion of rosters on September 1.

If anything, Solano's ouster was overdue. He was a curious signing to begin with, and all the Mariners got out of him was an 85 OPS+ OPS in 69 games. After they solidified first base…