Seattle Mariners Acquire 3B Jack Hannahan From Oakland Athletics

We obviously have seen just the beginning of the wheeling and dealing to commence before the trade deadline. 

One day after dealing Yuniesky Betancourt for a pair of minor leaguers the Mariners have struck again nabbing 3B Jack Hannahan from the Oakland Athletics for Double-A pitcher Justin Souza. 

We still have 20 full days until the trade deadline, and still have all of our trade chips intact like Jarrod Washburn, and Miguel Batista, both will be subject to plenty of Hot Stove rumors. 

This by all means is a minor deal, but so was David Aardsma, Russell Branyan, Garrett Olson, so keep that in mind.

He is not the long term solution, not even the likely starter ahead of fill in 3B Chris Woodward. 

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