Mariners Moose Tracks, 7/27/24: Randy Arozarena, Zach Eflin, and James Paxton

The trade deadline is heating up!

Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend! Let’s get to the latest.

In Mariners news...

• Our new friend Randy had a day off yesterday before reporting for the team in Chicago today, so he watched the Rays game against Cincinnati as a fan.

• To put yesterday’s first inning barrage into context...

• Lookout Landing writer Jake Mailhot broke down the Randy Arozarena trade over at Fangraphs.
• Meanwhile at Baseball Prospectus, former LL writer Patrick Dubuque gave his take on the swap. ($)
• Want to hear discussion of the trade in audio form? The Meet at the Mitt folks analyzed the Arozarena acquisition in the latest episode of the pod.

Around the league...

• The Red Sox have re-acquired left-hander James Paxton in a deal with the Dodgers.
• We saw a trade between two contenders yesterday, with the Phillies acquiring outfielder Austin Hays from the Orioles in exchange for righty reliever Seranthony Domínguez and outfielder Christian Pache.
• It was an active day for the O’s, who made a move for Rays right-hander Zach Eflin after seemingly failing to make headway in their discussions for Garrett Crochet and Tarik Skubal.
• Mike Trout’s MRI on his knee came back clean, and he is expected to resume his rehab assignment any day now.
• Brewers manager Pat Murphy says that Christian Yelich will need back surgery at some point in the near future, but the team is hoping he can manage it until the offseason.