The Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays remain peas in a pod. On Friday, the Mariners announced they’ve traded recently DFA’d reliever Casey Legumina to the Rays for minor league RHP Ty Cummings. Despite some difficult outcomes with Seattle, Legumina’s capability to pitch multiple innings and tease a Paul Sewald-esque pitch mix. Unfortunately for Seattle, their immediate bullpen depth takes a hit, though their 40-man roster is still stuffed chock-a-block with relievers.
In return comes Cummings, who Seattle selected in the 7th round of the 2023 draft. The former Campbell Camel was the player to be named later in Seattle’s deal to acquire OF Randy Arozarena in 2024. He joins a healthy tradition of players the M’s have dealt away and re-acquired. Cummings himself has been an effective, efficient sinker/slider slinger, pitching his way up to Triple-A Durham a year ago. He’s returned to Double-A Montgomery where he’s been highly effective, if not imposing in the low-90s. Not on the 40-man roster himself, he may report to the Travelers in Arkansas or Rainiers in Tacoma depending on the organization’s keenest need for rotation depth. Cummings has the efficiency to become a depth starter.
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