Mariners get 2B Polanco from Twins in trade for pitchers DeSclafani, Topa and prospects
Associated PressSEATTLE — After several seasons of asking and coming up short, the Seattle Mariners finally found a trade package that worked to land Jorge Polanco. The Mariners acquired Polanco from the Minnesota Twins on Monday for pitchers Anthony DeSclafani and Justin Topa, two minor leaguers and cash. The Twins get a standout reliever in Topa, a viable starter in DeSclafani and one of Seattle’s top prospects in outfielder Gabriel Gonzalez. The 30-year-old Polanco became expendable with the emergence last season of rookie Edouard Julien for the Twins, who are trimming their club-record payroll from 2023 in light of the uncertainty around their regional broadcast revenue. “One of the things that is important to us and was important to our training staff is understanding what kind of worker is and all of our feedback was that he works as hard as anybody.” Seattle was set to go into the season with Josh Rojas as its likely primary second baseman after he was acquired last summer from Arizona.
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