Analyzing Mariners' Post-Trade Deadline Success
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The Seattle Mariners may already be the winners of this season's MLB trade deadline.
Seattle entered the All-Star break just six games over .500 but has since been one of the best teams in baseball. The Mariners have been especially good since July 31, the day of the MLB trade deadline.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 10: Eugenio Suárez #28, Mitch Garver #18, Jorge Polanco #7 and Matt Brash #47 of the Seattle Mariners dance with teammates after the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at T-Mobile...
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 10: Eugenio Suárez #28, Mitch Garver #18, Jorge Polanco #7 and Matt Brash #47 of the Seattle Mariners dance with teammates after the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at T-Mobile Park on August 10, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Mariners won 6-3. MoreThey entered Tuesday 9-1 since the deadline passed, 7-0 in their last seven games and just one game behind the Houston Astros for first place in the American League West.
The success has come on the heels of general manager Jerry Dipoto being ultra-aggressive at the MLB trade deadline. He acquired both first baseman Josh Naylor and third baseman Eugenio Suarez from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Suarez was the bigger acquisition of the two, but it has been Naylor that has produced at an extremely high level since being acquired.
So far this month, Naylor boasts a slash line of .346/.433/.808, good for a 1.241 OPS.
Josh Naylor is the first player in @MLB HISTORY with 4+ home runs and 10+ stolen bases in his first 15 games with a franchise.
Naylor has 4 HR and 11 SB in his first 15 games with Seattle. https://t.co/f4FPwOqLRH — Mariners PR (@MarinersPR) August 10, 2025
Suarez, on the other hand, has not quite been as advertised in his second stint with Seattle.
The slash line for Suarez in August sits at .088/.135/.176, totaling just a .312 OPS.
He came to Seattle with 36 home runs on the season but has homered just one time since being traded from the Diamondbacks.
Eugenio Suarez since the Trade Deadline:
1 HR
10 RBI
.105 AVG
.357 OPS
-2 wRC+
In 10 games. pic.twitter.com/ZO3TMeScy1 — StatMuse (@statmuse) August 11, 2025
The lack of success from Suarez has been picked up by MLB's home run leader, Cal Raleigh.
Raleigh has been a catalyst of the Mariners' success all season but has picked it up again over the last four days. He has homered in each of the last three games to increase his league-leading total to 45 home runs on the season.
Superstar centerfielder Julio Rodriguez has also picked up his play of late with 12 home runs and a 1.011 OPS in the last month.
Julio Rodríguez in the last month:
1.011 OPS, 12 HR, 21 RBI, 7 SB, .296 AVG (32x108) & 1.8 fWAR in 26 games, with the @Mariners going 18-8 in those contests.@JRODshow44's 12 home runs since July 11 LEAD the American League and rank T-1st in @MLB during that span. pic.twitter.com/PgFtfj6Rjg — Mariners PR (@MarinersPR) August 11, 2025
With one of the best lineups and a pitching staff boasting the sixth-best ERA in baseball, Seattle has a chance to make quite a bit of noise in the postseason.
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