ARI/SEA

[Michael (Mariners)]

Diamondbacks Trade:
Brandon McCarthy ($9M '14)
Heath Bell ($9M '14)
Tyler Skaggs ($.5M '14)($.5M '15)(ARB '16)(ARB '17)(ARB '18)
Archie Bradley (prospect)
Jake Lamb (prospect)

Mariners Trade:
Hisashi Iwakuma ($6.75M '14+)(Mariners pay $6.75M in 2014)
Stephen Pryor ($.5M '14)($.5M '15)(ARB '16)(ARB '17)(ARB '18)
Tom Wilhelmsen ($.5M '14)(ARB '15)(ARB '16)(ARB '17)
Stefen Romero (prospect)
James Paxton (prospect)
2014 4th Rnd Pick

ARI -17.5M
SEA +17.5M

Mariners accept. We don't feel like we will be competing in 2014 so we are looking at 2015 and beyond. Bradley and Skaggs will fit nicely in that plan as will Lamb if he continues to develop. We give a lot of good players, but we feel that the additions we are making in this deal will have a higher impact on the future of the Mariners.

[Rich (D'Backs)]

I accept. I had a few things on my list to do to the DBacks before the start of the 2014 season. I accomplish some of those things here. I dump 2 awful contracts(3 more to go!!), save some cap next year for future use(17.5m) and I get some arms to revamp my pitching staff. I love this package of players I am getting back. Iwakuma gets my RHP pitcher I need for my rotation. I think this guy is a stud who doesn't get the recognition he deserves, mainly because he is in Seattle and behind King Felix. Dude is 13-6 with an ERA under 3!! He slides in perfectly as my #2 behind Corbin. Pryor, I think, is another stud, that can close or be an awesome set up man for me. Injuries this year has derailed him, but I believe next year will be his year. Wilhelmsen, I also think, will rebound from a sub par year this year and regain it in 2014. With Soria, Pryor, and Wilhelmsen, I really like how my pen is setting up. Paxton is another guy I can use. He will offset the loss of Skaggs easily. Romero I wanted badly. He will add to my OF depth and perhaps 2b.

I only hated to part with Bradley here. I know he will be a stud once he hits the majors. I said to myself if I move him, whoever gets him will have to take some awful contracts with him. Enter McCarthy and Bell. They are overpaid and under performing players who I am very glad to be rid of. Lamb was my 4th 3b on the depth chart behind Prado, Davidson, and Drury. I could afford to lose him. I am not as high on Skaggs as most. I like him, sure, but I really don't think he will be more than a 3rd starter in majors.

All in all, I think this deal was a no-brainer to make. I am excited about the pieces coming to me, and very excited to see how this deal plays out for me and the Mariners in the future. Nice dealing M's. and good luck to you.

[Troy (Cubs) (LM)]

Love this for Seattle. Huge win for them IMO. Huge.

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[Deleted]

Pass

[Robbie (Padres)]

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