The Seattle Mariners have been active recently and have made a monster move by trading left-handed starting pitcher Robbie Ray to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for outfield Mitch Haniger and right-hander Anthony DeSclafini according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
BREAKING: The San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a trade that will send former Cy Young winner Robbie Ray to the Giants for outfielder Mitch Haniger and right-hander Anthony DeSclafani, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 5, 2024
Before the 2022 season, Ray chose to leave the Toronto Blue Jays after his breakout season with the team and signed a five-year contract with the Mariners worth $115 million. In his breakout season, he recorded a league-best 2.84 earned runs average in 193.1 innings and added 248 strikeouts which resulted in a Cy Young award. Since joining the Mariners though, Ray hasn’t been able to replicate that performance.
DeSclafani finished last season with a 4.88 ERA and 79 strikeouts through just under 100 innings. The 33-year-old is joining his fourth major league team. Haniger, who is also 33, hit six home runs in 61 games after a fractured forearm kept him out of the lineup for over two months.
Haniger spent five seasons with the Mariners between 2017-2022, opting out of the shortened 2020 COVID season, and was an all-star in 2018 when he hit .285 with 26 home runs.
Ray is under contract through the 2026 season and is owed $73 million in that deal. DeSclafani is owed $12 million in 2024 and is the final year of his contract and Haniger is entering the second season of a three-year deal he signed with the Giants last offseason.
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