The MLB trade deadline doesn’t just shake things up around the league; it shakes up clubhouses, beaming players in and out like a Star Trek transporter. Familiar faces disappear overnight, new neighbors move in, and families are uprooted. For as overjoyed as Mariners fans were to acquire Randy Arozarena at the deadline last year, it was hard to see Randy’s wife wiping away tears while watching one last game at the Trop from Randyland, as the couple took in the game post-deadline from his fan section, the original Randyland. “This is next-level weird,” comments one of the Rays’ announcers, and yes, it is.
The Yin Yang Twins: Mariners’ two big trade deadline acquisitions lengthen, balance lineup
