The struggling Arizona Diamondbacks acquired closer Paul Sewald from the Seattle Mariners on Monday, hoping to shore up a bullpen that has faltered over the past month and taken Arizona from leading the National League West to out of a playoff spot.
While the Diamondbacks (56-50) and Mariners (54-51) have near identical records, Seattle took advantage of a thin pitching market and received three hitters in return: rookie outfielder Dominic Canzone, utilityman Josh Rojas and Ryan Bliss, a Double-A middle infielder.
With the Diamondbacks' window of contention opening, they were searching for more of a long-term solution than a rental player, and they got it in Sewald, who is under team control through the end of the 2024 season.