It was a busy day around MLB as teams hurried to add top prospects to rosters to protect them from the Rule 5 draft, swinging trades and DFA’ing players to clear roster space. But for once the Mariners weren’t at the center of the transactional hubbub. Despite having five open spots on the roster and a few deserving candidates in the stables, the Mariners opted to stand pat at the deadline, offering no players 40-man protection.
The most surprising omission is RHP Ljay Newsome, whom we saw as a lock to make a fairly wide-open roster.