Twenty-four hours before the start of the winter meetings in Orlando, Jerry Dipoto and Justin Hollander checked another item off their offseason to-do list.

The Seattle Mariners acquired left-handed reliever Jose Ferrer from the Washington Nationals on Saturday in exchange for catching prospect Harry Ford and minor league pitcher Isaac Lyon, who was selected in the 10th round of the 2025 MLB Draft.

Mariners trade Harry Ford to Nationals for lefty reliever

The Mariners prioritized relief help this winter, with Hollander acknowledging at a press gathering in November that the heavy bullpen usage in 2025 would necessitate bolstering the group in ’26.

“The reality is that our high-leverage group just worked really hard for an extra month of the season,” Hollander said. “We would be silly

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