The 2019 Mariners doesn’t have the bullpen horses to contend and are too far under .500 at this point. So as the Mariners will be sellers this summer, let’s simulate a trade of Edwin Encarnacion to the AL East’s biggest surprise, the Rays.
This trade would help the Mariners in that they are giving Tampa a playoff-experienced slugger while landing a couple young Rays in this continued rebuild. Despite not the world’s highest average, Edwin’s slugger status hasn’t gone away as a Mariner. And six of his already 20 homers have come in pairs. Yesterday’s win featured his third two-homer game of the season, with two of them coming against the Angels.