PT TODAY: Mariners trade for innings-eater Leake

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Mariners | Mike Leake trade update
Updating a previous report, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Mike Leake was traded along with cash considerations and $750,000 in international bonus pool money to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for INF Rayder Ascanio on Wednesday, Aug. 30.  Source: MLBRosterMoves
 
BHQ take: With Félix Hernández and James Paxton only now beginning throwing programs, and Hisashi Iwakuma's outlook becoming bleaker in each report, Leake becomes the "ace" of the SEA staff for now. In truth, Leake is more of an innings-eater than ace, although he's been a bit better than the typical innings-eater,...

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