Indians trade Branyan back to Mariners

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06/27/2010 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians, mired in a seven-game losing streak, have dealt first baseman Russell Branyan back to the Seattle Mariners, where he enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2009.

The Indians will receive Triple-A outfielder Ezequiel Carrera and High-A shortstop Juan Diaz from the Mariners. Additionally, Cleveland will either pay the remainder of Branyan's $2 million contract for 2010 or send Seattle a player to be named later.

The impetus behind the trade is for the Indians to recall Matt LaPorta, who has struggled in the big leagues while being shuffled between the majors and Triple-A Columbus. LaPorta, the key ingredient to the deal that sent CC Sabathia to the Brewers in 2008, has hit .218 in 35 games this year for the Indians and .353 in 17 games for the Clippers in 2010.

Branyan, meanwhile, will go back to the Mariners after hitting a career-high 31 homers for them in 116 games in 2009. He is currently batting .262 with 10 homers and 24 RBI for the Indians through 51 games in 2010.

"It's no secret that we've been pursuing a bat for some time," said Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik. "The opportunity to consummate a deal presented itself today. In Russell, we have added a bat that can help bolster our offense. With three-plus months to play we want to give our team every opportunity to be as productive as possible this season while not harming the long-term plan for the franchise."

Carrera, 23, who was also involved in a 12-player deal in the 2008 offseason that involved the Mets, Indians and Mariners, will be sent to Columbus and was batting .268 with six doubles and 18 RBI in 64 games for Triple-A Tacoma.

Diaz, 21, was batting .295 with seven homers and 41 RBI at High Desert and will be sent to Class-A Kinston.

The Indians and Mariners are rather common trade partners in recent years, with Cleveland coming out on the winning end the majority of the time. In two separate 2006 deals between the clubs, the Indians received starting shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera and starting outfielder Shin-Soo Choo in exchange for Eduardo Perez and Ben Broussard.

Recently, in the aforementioned 12-player trade involving Carrera, the Mariners received outfielder Franklin Gutierrez from Cleveland, which got infielder Luis Valbuena from Seattle and pitcher Joe Smith from the Mets.

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