Mariners Pick up Every Stitch? How Donovan Deal Makes Seattle AL West Favorite

Get thy bearings. Punxsutawney Phil may have foreseen six more weeks of winter, but the Mariners got their sunshine utility guy in the Cardinals’ Brendan Donovan. The fit had been noted very early on in the offseason, and although Cardinals general manager Chaim Bloom waited until every other stitch had been picked up in the offseason infield market, Mariners brass made their mind up and dove for it.