The Mariners won the trade.
Full stop.
That’s it. The end.
Hyperbolic and reactionary? Perhaps. It’s incredibly difficult to assess trades generally, and particularly challenging to do so during the season in which they were carried out. Often times there are piles of money, long-term contracts, teenage hopefuls, and other such butterfly wing flaps standing in the way of a swift assessment.
But on this night, with just 29 games (30, if you’re the Astros) remaining in the regular season, I feel okay calling this one for Seattle.
Kendall Graveman’s contract will expire at the end of this year.