Thanks for the stats. I was just wondering if anyone thought Toro and company made the difference or if there were regrets about falling just short of the postseason without Graveman, Chargois, etc. I had heard a few Mariners were outraged at the deals at the deadline. The before and after numbers for guys who came and went are interesting, as long as we acknowledge change of scenery contexts: new or modified roles living in new cities and time zones, with new teammates, coaches and home ballparks, playing against different opponents and divisions, etc., etc.
Reports were that the trade of two months of Kendall Graveman resulted in an immediate intense negative reaction in the Seattle clubhouse. Those emotions reportedly calmed down two days later when the Mariners acquired three years and two months of a more established reliever in 27-year-old Diego Castillo.
Small-sample reliever ERA has its limitations, but post-trades Graveman had a higher ERA than Castillo and Joe Smith.