PT TODAY: Paxton returns to Seattle

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Mariners | Seattle bringing back James Paxton
Free-agent LHP James Paxton (Yankees) has agreed to a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners worth $8.5 million with incentives that could raise that total to $10 million, according to sources.   Source: SNY
 
BHQ take: Paxton returns to his original club toting plenty of question marks after a dismal, injury-riddled 2020. When healthy, Paxton has been a consistent and effective starter in recent years -- in fact, before last season, he'd never posted a season ERA over 3.90. But health has always been the hang-up for the big lefty, and that hit a new low last...

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