Per a report from the Seattle Times, and beginning to be confirmed by others, the Rays are nearing a trade of Mallex Smith to the Seattle Mariners for catcher Mike Zunino and outfielder Guillermo Heredia.
Sources: The Rays and Mariners are finalizing a deal that would send C Mike Zunino and OF Guillermo Heredia to Tampa Bay for OF Mallex Smith. Still pending medicals, etc., so it's not official yet. @RyanDivish had deal first and @Ken_Rosenthal first mentioned Zunino to Rays.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 8, 2018
Mallex Smith was infamously a Mariner for 77 minutes as Tampa Bay and their most frequent trade partner the Mariners ironed out what was essentially a three team trade built around Drew Smyly.