ARLINGTON, Texas – And now all Mike Leake can do is to wait for a phone call from general manager Jerry Dipoto that seems unlikely to come.
The Mariners’ quest to move him before Wednesday’s Major League Baseball trade deadline appears to be headed nowhere and the veteran right-hander will remain with the team until the end of the season. Seattle will almost certainly try again to trade him this offseason as they did last offseason.
If the Mariners had any legitimate interest in Leake from other teams, he would have never taken the mound in the blistering 100-degree temperature Globe Life Park for his scheduled start on Tuesday.