Trade Deadline

The MLB trade deadline has come and gone, and what big move did the Mariners make? They traded Julio Mateo to the Phillies for a AA outfielder. If you're scoring at home, that makes 3 former Mariner pitchers the Phillies have now, and it doesn't seem to be helping them win many games.

Now, as far as I'm concerned, and as far as any Mariner fan should be concerned, this is a great trade. No, it's not the blockbuster to bring in an ace to the starting rotation, but it does ensure that the dreadful Julio Mateo will never wear a Mariner uniform again. Not only is he a terrible pitcher who baffled me year after year with his ability to not only stay on the roster, but continually make it in to games somehow. And close games too, not just the blowouts. But he is also a terrible human being. Mariner fans were only spared his terrible pitching after he was arrested for beating his wife.

And so it is that I say farewell to Julio Mateo and hope that one day the Mariners will face him and score about 35 runs off him. I don't know that I've ever been so happy to see a player leave town.