{"id":1862,"date":"2016-11-12T21:42:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T02:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2016-11-12T21:42:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T02:42:32","slug":"seattle-mariners-trade-danny-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/11\/12\/seattle-mariners-trade-danny-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners Trade for Danny Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, the <strong>Seattle Mariners<\/strong> brought in some help via trade. They sent right- handed pitcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.cgi?id=blackb000pau&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Blackburn<\/a><\/strong> to the <strong>Oakland Athletics<\/strong> for utility man\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/valenda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Valencia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mariners?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Mariners<\/a> acquire UTL Danny Valencia from Oakland for RHP Paul Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Dutton (@TNT_Mariners) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TNT_Mariners\/status\/797542329322086400\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Seattle Mariners Trade for Danny Valencia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Danny Valencia turned in a .287\/.346\/.446 slash line for his 2016 campaign. He also added 17 home runs and 51 RBI through 130 games. Paul Blackburn spent all season in Double-A ball, and went 9-5 with a 3.27 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia joins <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vogelda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Vogelbach<\/a><\/strong> as potentially potent bats from the right side. With <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/aokino01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nori Aoki<\/a><\/strong> leaving, there is an opening in the outfield where they can put Valencia. He can also spend time at first base. The Mariners have been pretty devoid of power from the right side. Over the last few years, they have had a lot of trouble when facing lefties in the <strong>American League<\/strong>. Valencia, though sometimes streaky, swings a solid bat and can get scalding hot at times. He&#8217;s an inexpensive option, and should go a long way toward solving the Mariners issues with left-handed pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn will join an Oakland team that looks like it is in another rebuilding phase. During the 2016 season, Oakland made trades that pointed to that fact. They sent <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crispco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coco Crisp<\/a><\/strong> to the <strong>Cleveland Indians<\/strong>. They also traded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reddijo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Reddick<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hillri01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rich Hill<\/a><\/strong> to the <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like <strong>Jerry DiPoto<\/strong> is starting early again this offseason in his efforts to add pieces to put another winner on the field. This is the already the second trade the Mariners have been involved in, as they previously acquired\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?results=ruizca01,ruiz--005car&amp;search=Carlos+Ruiz&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Ruiz<\/a><\/strong> from the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 0; max-width: 550px;\"><a id=\"ld-3504-7889\" href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\/9112744049813528\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"auto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Should the one game play-in Wild Card be expanded to a three game series?<\/a><span id=\"ld-3504-7889-equiv\"> in <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LastWordOnSports&#8217;s Hangs<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LockerDome<\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id,elid) {window.ldInit = window.ldInit || []; ldInit.push(elid);if (d.getElementById(id)) return;var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id;js.async=true;js.src=\"\/\/cdn2.lockerdome.com\/_js\/embed.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document, \"script\", \"lockerdome-wjs\", \"ld-3504-7889\"));<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/609561230\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 65.824916% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/609561230?et=6w_2-x0RTYhjt7iRWDsJ-A&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=6uhXPCV3XoeBZUuzZhcUYi6U4kLmVSdehEoMGKqYeDY=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"391\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, the Seattle Mariners brought in some help via trade. 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