Just a day after acquiring reliever Rafael Montero from the Rangers, the Mariners have again pilfered from an AL West rival, signing free agent reliever Keynan Middleton, formerly of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, Disneyland, USA, Planet Earth. In order to make room for Middleton on the roster, OF Phillip Ervin was DFA’d. Please send your condolences to Connor, LL’s greatest Phillip Ervin Stan.
Unlike the Montero acquisition, which felt like a bit of a head scratcher to me and some others as well, this one feels like a slam dunk, and not only because I called for it in the non-tender targets piece.