Eugenio Suarez trade grades: Who won the Diamondbacks and Mariners deal?
The Mariners are now all-in, which is good for a team that's five games out of first place in the American League West. The D-backs? Well, they're in sell mode and so sending the free-agent-to-be to another team made the most sense for them.
As usual, we're going to hand out some grades and see who won and lost this trade as we wait for more deals by 6 p.m. ET Thursday evening:
Diamondbacks and Mariners trade details
Mariners get: 3B Eugenio Suarez
Diamondbacks get: RHP Hunter Cranton, RHP Juan Burgos, 1B Tyler Locklear
Mariners trade grade
WOW. What a deal for Seattle! They get the league leader in RBI who has hit 36 dingers and a player who slugged for them in 2022 and 2023. That's huge for a team that already boasts Naylor, Julio Rodriguez, Randy Arozarena and -- of course -- MVP leader Cal Raleigh. Without a doubt, the Mariners are one of the most dangerous teams in the AL.
Plus, as you'll see, they barely gave up anything in the trade. Perfect move, no notes.
GRADE: A+
Diamondbacks trade grade
This always happens when it comes to trading a player on an expiring deal in baseball: the return is never overwhelming unless it's a superstar, right?
Still... could they have gotten more for a player have an out-of-this-world season? Locklear could be a righty power bat that could be the best out of this lot, but there's some strikeout risk. The other two aren't high-upside pitchers. So it's not the greatest of returns.
Still, they did what they had to do at least and got something back for Suarez instead of losing him for nothing.
GRADE: B-
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