The impact of the Nov. 12, 2015 trade that brought veteran reliever Joaquin Benoit to the Mariners for two minor-league players could shape the club’s bullpen for years to come.
Not for anything that Benoit did directly on the field. He was mostly an injured bust for four months before a trade last July 26 sent him to Toronto for veteran reliever Drew Storen, who departed last winter as a free agent.
Benoit and Storen posted a combined 4.43 ERA last season in 45 appearances as Mariners. Not much of a return on an $8 million expenditure.