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Looking back at the trade deadline moves, the Mariners made strategic acquisitions to bolster their offense by acquiring Josh Naylor and Yainer Diaz from the Diamondbacks. However, these players were pending free agents, meaning they were "rental" players intended for a short-term boost rather than long-term building blocks.
This approach underscores a critical aspect of team-building: "running it back"—the idea of maintaining the same roster and hoping for similar success—is almost never a reality in Major League Baseball. No General Manager (GM) ever plans to field the exact same team season after season because players inevitably change teams due to contracts, injuries, or strategic shifts.