Mariners’ Dominic Canzone trade worked out better than expected originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The trade doesn’t go down as a loss for the Arizona Diamondbacks by any means.
But one of the reasons the Seattle Mariners have one of the deepest lineups in baseball is that they got Dominic Canzone in a deal with the Diamondbacks a few years ago.
Canzone wasn’t a well-known commodity at the time, but Seattle sure is reaping the benefits now.
At the 2023 trade deadline, Seattle traded reliever Paul Sewald to Arizona for Josh Rojas, Ryan Bliss and Canzone.
“Almost every contender is on the hunt for bullpen help at the Deadline, and the D-backs found their man in the veteran Sewald, who was fabulous in the ninth inning for Arizona on its journey to the National League pennant,” MLB.com’s Brian Murphy wrote in a new article Wednesday in which he revisits some past trades.
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Rojas and Bliss didn’t amount for much for Seattle.
Canzone, though, is a true slugger.
“The lefty hitter has terrorized right-handed pitchers, slashing .301/.351/.552 in 366 plate appearances against them since the start of 2025,” Murphy writes.
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Seattle spends some time platooning Canzone, but that’s no big deal. If he keeps hitting while when he gets his chances, the Mariners will keep reaping the rewards of the Sewald trade.
“This year, Canzone, whose Baseball Savant page is bathed in red, has 10 homers in 181 PAs for the first-place Mariners,” Murphy writes. “His 157 wRC+ ranks 10th among all players with at least 150 PAs.”
Maybe the pedigree of Canzone didn’t quite suggest this level of hitter, but there’s no faking the way that he’s hitting right now.
