The Mariners took Mike Leake off the hands of the Cardinals:
The Mariners acquired right-hander Mike Leake from the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday for minor league infielder Rayder Ascanio as Seattle tries to bolster its beleaguered starting rotation during the AL wild-card race.
Seattle is without James Paxton, Felix Hernandez and Hisahi Iwakuma due to injuries and has struggled to get five innings out of their starters for most of the past month. Seattle has had just 16 starts of at least six innings in 43 games since the All-Star break.
Ascanio is a 21-year-old shortstop who is showing little offensive value at A ball. He the Mariners had to move a body, but the main thing the Cardinals are getting is salary relief as Seattle assumes $38 million of the remaining $55 million on Leake’s rather bloated contract.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2wjl2kD
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