The Seattle Mariners have announced they have traded for OF Teoscar Hernández from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for RHP reliever Erik Swanson and LHP prospect Adam Macko.
You may remember Hernández from his most recent work: attempting to single-handedly will the Blue Jays through the AL Wild Card round with a multi-homer effort off Robbie Ray that by rights should have buried the M’s.
That series may have solidified the impetus for this trade in the eyes of Canada’s team, of course, as their bullpen collapsed like a flan in a cupboard.