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With the MLB trade deadline looming and the Seattle Mariners on the cusp of a playoff birth -- despite being in the midst of a "rebuilding" season -- here are 6 players they should consider unloading to stay the course and look towards long-term success.

With not a dry eye in the house, a teary farewell for an emotional Felix Hernández as he walked off the mound as a Mariner, as the A's look to clinching an AL wild-card berth.

Kyle Lewis broke up a no-hitter bid with a home run for the second consecutive game, helping the Mariners to a 5-3 win over Sonny Gray and the Cincinnati Reds.

Kyle Lewis hit a towering home run on the day he was called up to the big leagues. Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give the Mariners 4-3 win over the Reds.

Micheal Brantley hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning to give Houston an 11-9 comeback victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Gary Sanchez, DJ LeMahieu and Mike Ford all followed Judge's lead with long balls, as the Yankees finished off a three-game sweep of the Mariners with a 7-3 win.

Tom Murphy hit a tiebreaking homer, his sixth in the last four games, in the sixth inning Tuesday night to lift the Mariners to a 7-4 win over the Rays.

Yusei Kikuchi needed just 96 pitches to complete a two-hitter Sunday that led the Mariners over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0, Seattle's third shutout of the season.

Kyle Seager drove in three runs, including two in a three-run third inning, and the Mariners topped the Tigers with a 7-2 victory.

Kyle Seager and Tom Murphy hit back to back homers in the fourth, sixth and Seager adds another in the ninth innings, Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 11-6.