of the roster. If it was a baseball sim game he's trading three 72s for two 73s to get marginal upgrades. Unfortunately we've gotten few actual upgrades, as those 73s have fallen off during the season. His two big moves were Marte and Walker for Haniger and Segura (mostly a wash for this year) and Luis Gohara (who would be our best pitching prospect and is demolishing AAA) Thomas Burrows (a near-unhittable closer in the low-minors striking out 12 per in A-ball), and Ryan Yarbrough (lefty starter striking out 9 per while walking just 2 in AAA this year) for nothing, since Smyly was lost for the season and may not be back next year.
Seattle can't make up ground if they're either receiving even return or drastically losing deals. The hope is that Haniger is the real thing and makes that first deal a legit win, but that still only comes out at .500, much like the team.
And while Seattle flails about but doesn't get anywhere, Dipoto's old team the Angels is passing us by - again. Just frustrating. Welcome to the boat, Leake - start bailing.