Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/1/19: Trade Deadline Fallout, Zack Greinke, and Nicholas Castellanos

Good morning everyone! The trade deadline has come and gone, and it was a wild one. Let’s recap everything that you might have missed.

In Mariners news...

• Corey Brock at The Athletic wrote about this year’s Arkansas Travelers team, which is ridiculously talented. ($)
• Here’s what the farm system looks like after yesterday’s deals.

Around the league...

• The Astros made the big surprising move of the afternoon, acquiring Zack Greinke from the Diamondbacks for a healthy package of prospects.
• In addition to Greinke, the Astros added pitchers Joe Biagini and Aaron Sánchez from Toronto.
• The Braves made a couple of major deals for relievers, acquiring Shane Greene from the Tigers and Mark Melancon from San Francisco.
• The Cubs managed to snag outfielder Nicholas Castellanos from the Tigers.
• The Rays acquired first baseman Jesús Aguilar from the Brewers.
• Tony Kemp of the Astros and Martín Maldonado of the Cubs swapped places in a deal.
• In addition to acquiring Roenis Elías and Hunter Strickland from the Mariners, the Nationals made a deal for right-hander Daniel Hudson from the Blue Jays.
• Although Madison Bumgarner stayed put, the Giants sent left-hander Drew Pomeranz to the Brewers.
• The A’s got some reinforcements for their rotation by trading for Tanner Roark.
• In a deal that confused many, the Diamondbacks and Marlins swapped top prospects by sending starter Zac Gallen to Arizona for shortstop Jazz Chisholm.
• The Phillies got the outfield bat they needed in Corey Dickerson, who was acquired from the Pirates.
• We had a trade within the AL West with the Angels acquiring catcher Max Stassi from the Astros.
• The Rays and Marlins made a multi-player swap, sending Nick Anderson and Trevor Richards to Tampa for Ryne Stanek and Jesús Sánchez.
• Second baseman Scooter Gennett was sent from the Reds to the Giants.
• Their division rival Dodgers also added some infield help by getting Jedd Gyorko from the Cardinals.
• The Cubs got rid of reliever Carl Edwards, Jr. by sending him to San Diego.
• John Sickels at The Athletic has scouting reports on every prospect traded at the deadline yesterday. ($)
• Phillies reliever David Robertson will miss the rest of the 2019 campaign to undergo and recover from right elbow surgery.
• Former top Mariners prospect Luiz Gohara was designated for assignment by the Braves.
• The Dodgers will promote top pitching prospect Dustin May to make his MLB debut.
• In case you weren’t keeping track...

• With Greinke no longer on the Diamondbacks...

• The Oregon State product could soon find himself in the big leagues.

• Really happy to see that Danny has found a role in the Chicago White Sox organization.