The freewheeling trade machine that is the Seattle Mariners’ GM is back at it. After not making a trade since December 9th, Dipoto dealt outfielder Seth Smith, Seattle’s favorite baseball Dad.
In return, they added a much-needed back-of-the-rotation arm, the 30-year-old pitcher from the Baltimore Orioles, Yovani Gallardo.
After experiencing Smith for the past two years, I think many are aware of what the Mariners lost, now let us familiarize ourselves with what they gained.
If you’re not familiar at all with Gallardo, he was once an All-Star pitcher and worth more than 4.