Geno Suarez arrived with much more fanfare, returning to Seattle with all of his home runs, bringing back “Good Vibes Only,” and getting a raucous celebration on the team plane’s flight from Sacramento last month.

I’m not sure how Josh Naylor arrived, but I’m guessing it was on a commercial flight, maybe even in a coach seat, followed by an Uber ride to a local hotel.

And I’ll bet if that’s how it happened, he was perfectly fine with it. You’ve got a much better chance of recognizing Suarez in public, but Naylor has been the Most Valuable Diamondback that the Mariners acquired at the trade deadline thus far.

It’s not even debatable. Suarez came here two weeks ago with 36 home runs and has hit only one for the Mariners while averaging .105, going 4 for 38.

Naylor’s averaging .288 as a M

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