Paul Sewald walked quickly into the clubhouse, carrying his phone, looking at a few people and nodding as he exited out the back, presumably to notify his family of what he had just learned.Moments later social media began to leak reports that the Mariners had traded the veteran reliever to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for infielder/outfielder Josh Rojas, outfielder Dominic Canzone and infielder Ryan Bliss.MLB sources confirmed the parameters of the trade.”I honestly thought he was just going to switch clubhouses when we were in Arizona,” said one Mariners player. “They NEED him.”Players like Ty France, Eugenio Suarez and J.P. Crawford were told by the media that Sewald had been traded and were more curious about the return.After Jerry Dipoto, Mariners president of baseball operations, traded closer Kendall Graveman when they were one game back in the wild card standings in 2021, they learned a hard lesson about the game.”We know better,” said one player. “You can’t be surprised by anything.”This story will be updated.
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Mariners trade veteran reliever Paul Sewald to Diamondbacks – Yakima Herald
