The Seattle Mariners announced Sunday evening that they have traded OF Jarred Kelenic, LHP Marco Gonzales, 1B Evan White, and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves for RHPs Jackson Kowar and Cole Phillips. The deal ships just shy of $20 million in guaranteed money from Gonzales and White’s deals in the 2023 season and around $32-33 million in total, though the cash likely mitigates a small portion of that.
Kelenic departs the Mariners in a similar capacity to the way he entered it, being the young, promising player utilized to grease the wheels on a salary dump trade.