Go ahead, Mariners fans, feel free to indulge a Bavasi Shiver. You're entitled. The trade of the franchise's minor league player of the year last season, a hard-hitting outfielder, for a starting pitcher, has the same sidewalk-chalk outline of the Adam Jones-for-Erik-Bedard baseball accident scene in 2008 that cannot be washed out of the memory of long-abused followers.

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The Mariners Friday activated  RHP David Phelps and, to make room on the 25-man roster, optioned RHP Max Povse to AAA Tacoma. Phelps, whom the Mariners acquired Thursday from the Miami Marlins for four minor league prospects, will be available Friday night when Seattle (48-49) plays the second of four against the New York Yankees at Safeco Field.

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The Mariners Friday acquired LHP Marco Gonzales from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for minor league OF Tyler O'Neill, who was widely considered the top prospect and best position player in Seattle's minor league system. Except for making a spot start against Milwaukee June 13, Gonzales has toiled in the minors this season as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery.

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The Mariners Thursday recalled RHP Max Povse from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned RHP Sam Gaviglio back to the Rainiers. Povse was available to the club when it began a four-game set with the New York Yankees at Safeco Field Thursday night.

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The Mariners Thursday acquired RHP David Phelps, 30, from the Miami Marlins for four prospects, the top one being Brayan Hernandez, a 19-year-old outfielder from Venezuela who has split this season between A Everett of the Northwest League and AAA Tacoma of the Pacific Coast League.

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Over the four seasons prior to 2017, the New York Yankees have 340 wins, none in the playoffs. In the same period, the Mariners have 320 wins, none in the playoffs. As the teams begin a four-game series at Safeco field Thursday night, the Yankees are 48-45, the Mariners 48-48.

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The Mariners Tuesday recalled RHP Sam Gaviglio from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man roster, optioned OF Boog Powell to the Rainiers. Gaviglio is Seattle's starting pitcher Tuesday night when the Mariners, who reached .500 with a dramatic 9-7 win in 10 innings Monday night, take on the Astros in Houston. Having won five consecutive games, they face RHP Brad Peacock (7-1, 2.63).

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Since the Mariners are celebrating 40 years of mostly major league baseball in Seattle, we would be remiss in not joining them with a review of what happened 20 years ago, because it represented the greatest squandering for a team that traditionally squanders with the best (worst?). Are we in the historical spirit, or what?

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The Mariners came out of the All-Star break knowing they would need more effective starting pitching in order to remain wild-card worthy. Except for Sunday, when they fell into a 5-0 hole after three innings against the White Sox, yet rallied to win 7-6 (box), making for a rare sweep in Chicago and a hot start to the second half.

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After winning a season-high six consecutive games from June 18-23, the Mariners went 4-10 heading into the All-Star break to finish the first half 43-47. That left a them light year-ish 17.5 games behind AL West-leading Houston (60-29), Seattle's largest deficit at midseason since the 1992 team lagged by 18. But the wild card game remains reachable -- four games in arrears with 72 to play.

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TACOMA -- The Class AAA Pacific Coast League – ahem, The Pacific Coast  -- has three baseball teams east of the Mississippi River, none in Canada and only the Tacoma Rainiers representing the four-state region of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

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The Tacoma Rainiers and Benjamin Bradbury Cheney’s namesake ballpark, Cheney Stadium, host the 30^th anniversary Triple-A All-Star Game -- Pacific Coast League vs. International League -- Wednesday night (MLB Network, 6:05 p.m.). Neither Tacoma, the longest-tenured PCL city, nor the Rainiers, the Mariners' AAA affiliate since 1995, have been involved with an event quite on the scale of this one.

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With Felix Hernandez finally pitching like an ace and All-Star Nelson Cruz bashing another home run, the Mariners defeated Oakland 4-0 Sunday (box) to avoid what would have been their nadir week of the season. As it was, they went 2-5 on a seven-game home stand, reaching the All-Star break with a 43-47 record. More important: Seattle lost 2.5 games in the wild card race and will need to leapfrog five teams over the final 72 to make the playoffs for the first time in 16 years. Doable, not likely.

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For a game, all was right. Felix Hernandez pitched a two-hit shutout over six innings, closer Edwin Diaz had a perfect ninth and DH Nelson Cruz homered. The 4-0 win Sunday salvaged a series split with Oakland.

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Mariners bullpen coach Mike Hampton has tendered his resignation, effective immediately. GM Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servias made the disclosure following Seattle' 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics Sunday afternoon at Safeco Field. Dipoto told mlb.com that Hampton sought to spend more time with his family.

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Robinson Canó of the Mariners was added to the American League All-Star Team Friday as an injury replacement and will join teammate Nelson Cruz in the midsummer classic Tuesday at Marlins Park in Miami (4:30 p.m., FOX).  Cano is an All-Star for the eighth time (third with Seattle). This is also the 10th time the Mariners have had multiple position players selected to the game (last: 2014, Canó and Kyle Seager).

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The appointments of 1B Justin Smoak and LHP Jason Vargas to the American League All-Star team bring up that favorite time of the season for Mariners cynics: The All Ex-Mariners team. For a franchise with four playoff appearances in 40 seasons, take your traditions where you find them.

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The Mariners Monday recalled RHP Andrew Moore from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned RHP Dan Altavilla back to the Rainiers. Moore was the starting pitcher for Seattle Monday night when the Mariners began a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Safeco Field.

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After getting swept by baseball's worst team, Philadelphia, at Safeco Field, the Mariners took two out of three over the weekend against the Angels in Anaheim, including Sunday's 5-3 triumph (box) to close within a game of .500 (41-42). The 2-3 week, interrupted by rare days off Monday and Thursday, did nothing to improve Seattle's status in the AL West (15 games behind Houston), but it kept the Mariners squarely in the wild card conversation, only 1½ games out.

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Nelson Cruz of the Mariners made the American League All-Star team Sunday as a reserve, the only Seattle player selected for the 88th renewal of the midsummer classic July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami. The 37-year-old Cruz is an All-Star for the fifth time in his career and for the fourth time in his past five seasons. Full list of Sunday's selections here.

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