The easiest way to add to a bullpen in the off-season is by signing any of the free agent relief arms flooding the market, but Jerry Dipoto just can’t quit out of the trading screen that easily. Jeff Passan reports the Mariners are trading with the Rangers to acquire 30-year-old righty Rafael Montero. (Please, hold your Montero trade jokes till the end of the article.) In return, the Mariners will be sending the Rangers #22 prospect Jose Corniell, a big-bodied righty who received the second-highest bonus from the Mariners in the 2019 signing class. The 17-year-old was most recently at the Mariners’ fall development league, where Rangers execs would have gotten a good look at him.
Mariners acquire RHP Rafael Montero from Texas; show interest in FA relief market
