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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Their records, at this point in the season, couldn’t be any closer. The Mariners sit at 56-52, six back in the American League West standings and three and a half out of the final AL wild card spot. The Angels are 56-53, six and a half games back in the AL West and four out of the wild card. And yet these division rivals, who will play four games in Anaheim from Thursday through Sunday, took immensely different approaches to the trade deadline. Who do you think did it right? The Mariners’ moves, for instance, had all the flavor of cucumber water. They dealt a solid-but-not-stratospheric closer…