Would it cost a lot for the Mariners to acquire a slugger like the Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. at the trade deadline? Of course. Here's why that shouldn't matter one bit.

The Seattle Mariners were in a bad spot after their three-game series against the New York Yankees on July 8-10. The Mariners were swept, and allowed six unanswered runs in the final game of the series,

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The Detroit Tigers will head into the All-Star break with the best record in the majors, but they're stumbling toward the layoff. The Tigers have lost three straight, including two at home to the Seattle Mariners.

The Mariners have had Cijntje use his right arm much more than his left in the last month-plus, but there's still plenty of time to develop both. Their current development plan has had him pitch with different arms at different points in the week, almost as if he is two different pitchers on a schedule, rather than switching mid-inning.

After a frustrating set of games against the New York Yankees last week, the Mariners went on the offense in matches against the Detroit Tigers Friday and Saturday, winning 12-3 in Friday play and again Saturday with 15 runs to the Tigers’ seven.

After Luis Castillo outpitched Tarik Skubal and Cal Raleigh broke another home run record on Friday night, the offense and pitching were on full display Saturday, too, during a 15-7 win that allowed the Mariners to claim an important series win.