CHICAGO — Can the reliever reclamation project that the Mariners are running continue with one more repair job this season?
It started with closer Steve Cishek early and then turned to Tom Wilhelmsen midseason. Now the focus is on one-time Nationals closer Drew Storen.
On Tuesday, the Mariners swapped the struggling veteran reliever for a slightly younger struggling veteran reliever, sending Joaquin Benoit to the Blue Jays in exchange for Storen.
“It’s a situation where you’re hoping a change of scenery helps both guys,” manager Scott Servais said. “I don’t know Storen’s whole story in Toronto, but you look at the numbers, and they’re kind of similar.