{"id":551566,"date":"2026-02-03T03:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/551566\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:47:17","slug":"brendan-donovan-headed-to-mariners-in-three-team-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/551566\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Donovan headed to Mariners in three-team trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mariners are bringing Brendan Donovan to the Pacific Northwest as part of a trade that includes the Cardinals and Rays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals are getting right-hander Jurrangelo Cijntje, center fielder Tai Peete, outfielder Colton Ledbetter and two competitive-balance Round B picks, and the Rays will get third baseman Ben Williamson, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2018480705899270406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan reported. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donovan hit .287 \u2014 a career best \u2014 last season while recording 10 home runs and 50 RBIs in 118 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38368881\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/donovan-main-1-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Brendan Donovan looks to make a play during the Cardinals' September 2025 game.\" class=\"wp-image-38368881\"  \/>Brendan Donovan looks to make a play during the Cardinals\u2019 September 2025 game. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He also had the team lead in doubles, with 32 and WAR, with a 2.7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has played four seasons in the big leagues, all of which have been with the Cardinals.\u00a0Donovan was an All-Star for the first time in his career last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals had been looking at signing Donovan to a long-term deal, but the sides never came close to a new contract, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47809716\/mariners-deal-all-star-brendan-donovan-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN reported.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donovan brings versatility to Seattle that will help as it looks to address questions at second and third base, both positions that Donovan has played.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Donovan had mostly spent time at second base last season and has more than 100 career innings at third base, shortstop, third base and right field under his belt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38368880\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/donovan-main-2-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Brendan Donovan swings during the Cardinals' June 17 game.\" class=\"wp-image-38368880\"  \/>Brendan Donovan swings during the Cardinals\u2019 June 17 game. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>And in 2024, he could usually be found in left field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also gives the Mariners another player at the top of their order who has been an All-Star over the previous two seasons, a list that includes Josh Naylor, Cal Raleigh, Randy Arozarena and Julio Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mariners are coming off a season in which they just missed out on making it to the World Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seattle took the Blue Jays to seven games in the ALCS before Toronto escaped to the Fall Classic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal helps make the Mariners a team to watch once again going into 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mariners are bringing Brendan Donovan to the Pacific Northwest as part of a trade that includes the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2392],"tags":[5,620,4,619,65,3235,185,67,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-551566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-mariners","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mariners","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-mariners","13":"tag-seattlemariners","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","16":"tag-tampa-bay-rays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116004655084039273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}