While you marvel at the prodigious home runs and the .464 batting average outfielder Mark Trumbo has produced over his first seven games with the Orioles, keep in mind the Orioles probably would not be where they have been the past four-plus years without a big assist from the Seattle Mariners.
The deal that brought Trumbo and pitcher C.J. Riefenhauser to the Orioles for Steve Clevenger over the winter might look like the steal of the century right now, but it isn't in the same league as the one that brought Adam Jones, Chris Tillman, George Sherrill and two other players to Baltimore for starting pitcher Erik Bedard in 2008.