The Mariners kicked off deadline season by trading for Diamondbacks first baseman , but it appears the club is far from done adding to its roster this summer. They remain to Arizona third baseman in the rumor mill, and beyond that GM Jerry Dipoto himself spoke about the clubs needs in a recent interview on . Dipoto made clear that a priority for the club is adding a high-leverage reliever to the bullpen and went on to note that he expects the club to be as aggre sive as anyone in that corner of the market. That may seem like something of a surprise at first glance, given that Seattle boasts an impre sive back-of-the-bullpen duo of Jon Lester Jersey (1.35 ERA) and (1.04 ERA). While that pair is arguably the best one-two punch in all of baseball, the rest of the Mariners relief corps has been really quite pedestrian this season. As a whole, Seattles bullpen has a 3.81 ERA, good for 12th-best in the majors. Their FIP has been even le s impre sive, with a 4.06 figure that places then 17th among all big league clubs. and are arguably the clubs only trustworthy relief arms behind Munoz and Brash, so adding another leverage option to the bullpen who can push those two into middle relief would make plenty of sense. As is to be expected, Dipoto did not mention any specific targets. There are plenty of interesting high-leverage arms who could make sense for Seattle to take a look at this summer. If the club is still intent on adding a player like Suarez to their offense in addition to bolstering their bullpen, perhaps adding a rental arm could be le s taxing on their farm system. Cardinals closer is surely the best rental reliever available, but Twins lefty or perhaps even Braves closer could also be intriguing candidates. On the other hand, a controllable addition to the bullpen to join Munoz and Brash would be beneficial given that the Mariners surely hope to keep their current window of contention open for quite some time, and budgetary constraints left them unable to pursue high-priced additions this offseason. Someone like Pirates right-hander , either and of the Twins, or perhaps of the Rays would come with mutliple seasons of control (two in the case of Bednar and Fairbanks, three in the case of Jax and Duran). Regardle s of whether the clubs relief addition is a controllable piece or someone who will reach free agency this year, another reliever would be a major a set to the clubs hopes of winning in the postseason this year. Having a third shut-down relief arm to pair with Munoz and Brash could give the Mariners a three-headed monster their starters can reliably pa s the baton to during the playoffs to shut down the opposing offense. And given the vaunted crop of starters the Mariners have developed, rival batters would be hard pre sed to score runs off that sort of elite run prevention in a short series. Juniel Querecuto Jersey
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