Perhaps there were some of you still clinging to the naive hope we’d get to see Logan Gilbert or someone called up in the wake of the trade deadline departures. Today the Mariners patted you on the head and told you to always keep dreaming, little buddy, and instead claimed RHP Walker Lockett off waivers from the Mets.
Lockett, whose first name is Andrew and started his career with that name, was drafted out of a Jacksonville high school in the fourth round way back in 2012 by the Padres, so he’s only 26 years old despite having Been Around A While.