MINNEAPOPLIS--If there was any doubt, the trading of Mark Lowe confirms the Mariners are sellers. While Dustin Ackley who was traded yesterday was a part time player, Mark Lowe, who is heading to Toronto was a key piece of the Mariners bullpen. Pre season dreams of playing into October are a thing of the past. With the Mariners twelve games back in the division, eleven games under .500 they have traded their best reliever to the Blue Jays for three minor leaguers.
Never mind the feel good story of Lowe's return to the Mariners and success he has had after signing a minor league contract with the team in January, since Charlie Furbush went on the DL before the All Star break Lowe was the only reliable arm Lloyd McClendon could go to in the bullpen.