Last week the Rays sold high traded Nate Karns to the Mariners in a six player swap, giving away top-20 prospect Herschel "Boog" Powell and lefty relief depth C.J. Riefenhauser to net forced-utility SS Brad Miller, 1B/OF Logan Morrison, and RHRP Danny Farquhar. Before the GM Meetings no less!
For many reasons, Mariners fans are not pleased, and I'd like to direct your attention to a few reasons why.
Brad Miller was a cult favorite among Mariners fans, and seemed to have been a generally great guy. Remembering a Spring Training outing in which Miller was pulled after five innings and an RBI, Lookout Landing's Andrew Rice recalls being near Brad as he greeted some fans before exiting the field:
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