HOUSTON – Now it’s only about baseball.
The 2019 MLB trade deadline – the one and only this season – is now a memory of frenetic social media activity and a record-setting day. Per MLB, 77 players were traded in 30 deals that became official on deadline day. Last year, 43 players were traded swapped in 16 moves on deadline day. This year’s 30 deadline-day trades crushed the previous record of 18 set in 2016.
The Mariners made two of those 30 moves, trading away three pitchers – Mike Leake, Hunter Strickland and Roenis Elias – and getting four prospects in return.