MINNEAPOLIS – Given their contract status and the money owed to them, Mike Leake and Edwin Encarnacion aren’t likely increasing the value of what the Mariners would receive in return. But with their recent play, they are possibly expediting the timeline for their eventual trade to another organization.
It’s never been if the Mariners will trade right-hander Leake, designated hitter Encarnacion and the handful of other veterans on guaranteed contracts, but when the team will make those moves and how much money they will have to eat in the process. A prospect return, well, given the recent trade of Jay Bruce and circumstances surrounding the others players’ situations, it probably won’t be as much fans might hope.