FILE -- From left are Ronny Cedeno, Ian Snell and Jack Wilson. The Seattle Mariners acquired... 
(AP)Mariners, Pirates Trade Shortstops
Mariners get SS Jack Wilson, RHP Ian Snell from Pirates for SS Ronny Cedeno, C Jeff Clement
While they wait on a possible trade of top starter Jarrod Washburn, the busy Seattle Mariners acquired shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
The Pirates got shortstop Ronny Cedeno, Triple-A catcher-first baseman Jeff Clement and three minor league pitchers in return.
The 31-year-old Wilson, the most senior Pirates player and an All-Star in 2004, becomes Seattle's third everyday shortstop this season. He's so embedded in Pittsburgh, his wife flew home on the Pirates' charter from San Francisco on Wednesday as he flew north to his new team.
"I would call it a relatively major trade. We got a 27-year-old pitcher with three years' experience in the major leagues and arguably one of the better defensive shortstops in the league for guys who are yet to be proven," Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said.
Seattle also traded failed left fielder Wladimir Balentien to Cincinnati for right-hander Robert Manuel, who has 40 games of experience above Double-A.
A more major deal, of the coveted Washburn, could happen before Friday's non-waiver trading deadline. The Yankees, Brewers and Tigers are among the teams rumored to be interested.
"I'm all ears at this point," Zduriencik said. "I can't say anything's imminent. I don't think I have a framework yet. ... There are discussions."
Wilson arrived in the Mariners' dugout from Pittsburgh's road trip in San Francisco just as Ken Griffey Jr. was hitting the decisive double in the seventh inning of Seattle's 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, then joined in the hugs with Griffey and his new teammates.
"Pretty good first impression," Wilson said. "I was like, 'All right, I'm a Mariner."
Wilson and second baseman Freddy Sanchez, a fellow Southern Californian who was traded to the Giants hours later, are the latest to flee a Pittsburgh franchise that is shedding veterans to restock its farm system. Both were recently offered contract extensions. Neither player negotiated because each felt the offer was too low.
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