Rays Snag Legumina, Mariners Fans Nervous

0:00It's April 24th. This is MLB News. Today, AI-powered stories shaping the season. Tampa Bay Rays just scooped up pitcher Casey Lagumina off-wavors after the Seattle Mariners designated him for assignment. The Rays, true to form, spotted potential in this 25-year-old righty that Seattle decided to cut loose. Lagumina pitched 11 and 2-thirds innings for the Mariners this season with a 4.63 ERA. Earlier this week, he had a rough 8-inning against the Oakland Athletics, giving up three earned runs, which pushed Seattle to make the move and... Recall another reliever from Triple A. Before that meld down though, his underlying stats look solid. No home runs allowed, nine strikeouts, just three walks and a 3.14, F-I-E. Mariners fans are feeling that familiar twitch because of the back-and-forth trade history with Tampa Bay. Seattle grabbed Luke Rayleigh, Randy Arasarena, and others from the Rays, but Tampa's flips some pieces the other way too, like in deals involving Austin Shinton and Cole Wilcox.

1:05The Rays thrive on these bargain-bin arms, turning overlaid talent into bullpen gold with their development magic. They don't need finished products, they build them from scratch, and it's worked enough to make rivals nervous. Keep an eye on Lagumina and Tampa. If he sticks and delivers average innings down the stretch, it'll sting for C. Seattle, but if the Rays pass later, we learn they saw the limits too, either way, classic