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Mariners swap shortstops with Rainiers, win trade

Luis Sardinas returns, Chris Taylor departs, Ketel Marte continues to ice regularly.

Baseball is a silly game, with a bevy of silly rules. One of those rules is that if a player is sent to the minor leagues, he cannot be recalled to the major leagues until ten days have passed. I don't feel like looking this up but for now I'm going to assume this rule was enacted by Branch Rickey, who was, despite his many notable and worthwhile contributions to the game, an amazing and legendary cheap ass. So, I dunno, maybe this rule made it easier to plan out cheaper Greyhound tickets or something.