There weren't too many bright spots for the Mariners in 2015, but the play of Ketel Marte was definitely one of them.
In Major League Baseball, July 31st is a date that is filled with significance; it's the trade deadline! The unofficial start of the playoff race, where teams proclaim themselves to be either buyers or sellers, winners or losers, throw-everything-to-the-wind-ers or maybe-next-year-ers. This season, the Seattle Mariners made two trades on the deadline, flipping J.A. Happ and Mark Lowe for a handful of youngish pitchers. It was one of the M's busier deadlines over the past several seasons.