This weekend the Mariners made a trade to acquire a 21-year-old minor league pitcher named Edwin Quezada. This type of move typically is included in our Links posts as it is of minimal initial consequence. Today the Mariners acquired another minor league pitcher, but considering his name recognition it is unequivocally front page news.
The return of Roenis Elías (note the accent over the í) is unlikely to be a move of dramatic baseball consequence, but the once-promising LHP is still intriguing. Four years removed from his solid debut season in Seattle, Elías battled both ineffectiveness and injuries during his time in Boston.