Doolittle, do late

The trade deadline may have come and gone, but the Mariners nevertheless acquired a new reliever today. Former Oakland A and Washington National southpaw Sean Doolittle joins the M's on a waiver claim after being designated for assignment by the Cincinnati Reds. To make room, reliever Keynan Middleton has been placed on waivers by the Mariners and may now be claimed by another team.A two-time All-Star, Doolittle has had a rough go of it the last couple of years. Having missed most of the abbreviated 2020 campaign with injuries (knee and oblique issues), "Obi-Sean Kenobi" signed a one-year free-agent contract...

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen, Sean Doolittle  |   Posted on August 26, 2021 at 7:03pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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More roster moves

In addition to yesterday's announcement that Jarred Kelenic was being demoted to Triple-A Tacoma and Shed Long Jr. was returning to the Mariners, there was another pair of moves announced today, ahead of the opening game of a three-game series in Detroit between the Mariners and the Tigers.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on June 8, 2021 at 4:33pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Kelenic era paused

In a stunning admission of reality, the Mariners have optioned prized prospect Jarred Kelenic back to Triple-A Tacoma. The 21-year-old would-be phenom was brought up to the Majors back on May 13th after just six games in Triple-A. Despite a good second game in the bigs—a 3-for-4 night against Cleveland that included his first home run—Kelenic turned out, unsurprisingly, not to be ready for prime time. His first stint in the Majors was 23 games and 92 plate appearances, in which he posted a batting line of .096/.185/.193.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Jarred Kelenic, Shed Long  |   Posted on June 7, 2021 at 10:30pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Yet more roster moves

The Mariners have made a few more roster moves today, continuing the season-long dance known as the Injury List Shuffle.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Marco Gonzales, Bullpen, Kyle Lewis  |   Posted on June 1, 2021 at 5:15pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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More injuries, more roster shuffling

The already popular Mariners' injured list is adding two more names. First baseman Evan White has officially been placed on the 10-day IL with a hip flexor strain, suffered on a diving play in last night's loss to Cleveland. Infielder/DH Ty France is headed there as well, having been unable to adequately play through wrist pain suffered from being hit on the forearm by a 98-mph fastball on April 19th.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Transactions, Injuries, Evan white, Ty France  |   Posted on May 14, 2021 at 5:37pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Minor moves & notes

As we get ready for the Mariners' third game in this week's four game set in Houston, a few minor notes to pass along:

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Rules, Injuries  |   Posted on April 28, 2021 at 5:48pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Goodbye Mallex?

The Mariners today have outrighted Mallex Smith from their satellite training facility off of the 60-player pool of available personnel for 2020. On paper, he is now assigned to Triple-A Tacoma. The move was not, apparently, made to clear a spot on the 60-man list for someone else.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Mallex Smith  |   Posted on September 11, 2020 at 4:29pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Mariners add outfielder for reasons(?)

Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto added a player to the Mariners' major-league roster today by claiming outfielder Phil Ervin off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on September 3, 2020 at 6:31pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's postponed until Friday and other news bits

In addition to tonight's and tomorrow's games between the Mariners and the Oakland A's being postponed, Thursday's contest has also been pulled form the schedule. This doesn't appear to be because the Oakland crew has had any further COVID-19 issues beyond the one case that was revealed on Sunday; rather, it seems to be more of a logistical issue for the A's coupled with extra caution. Instead of traveling to Seattle, the A's will go home to Oakland and prepare for their series with San Diego, scheduled to begin Friday.

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Posted in Mariners, News, MLB; Tagged Transactions, Schedules  |   Posted on September 1, 2020 at 6:39pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trade deadline recap and the new state of the M's

The wild and wacky 2020 mini-season, with its expanded playoff structure and small-sample-sized skewing of performances, made for some interesting wheeling and dealing over the last few days. With 2020's oddly timed August 31st trading deadline now behind us, what interesting conclusions can we make?

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Jerry Dipoto, Future M's  |   Posted on August 31, 2020 at 11:10pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Another trade, plus COVID hits the West and postpones next games

Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto swung one last trade as this afternoon's MLB trading deadline hit, sending reliever Taylor Williams to San Diego in exchange for a player to be named later.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Oakland A's, San Diego Padres, COVID-19, Taylor Williams  |   Posted on August 31, 2020 at 7:11pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trade Completed

Well, that didn't take long.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, San Diego Padres, Austin Nola  |   Posted on August 30, 2020 at 8:26pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trade winds blowing

Having already made one deal ahead of tomorrow afternoon's trading deadline—Taijuan Walker to the Blue Jays for a player to be named after the season ends—the Mariners find themselves fielding calls from contenders desiring other Seattle valuables.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Rumors  |   Posted on August 30, 2020 at 6:27pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Walker traded

The Mariners have agreed to a trade that will send starting pitcher Taijuan Walker to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for a player to be named later.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Taijuan Walker  |   Posted on August 27, 2020 at 9:08am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Better late than never: Fraley promoted

It took them until the season was half over, but the Mariners have finally promoted outfielder Jake Fraley to the team. He is slated to start tonight in right field in Seattle's game against the Texas Rangers.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Jake Fraley, Dylan Moore  |   Posted on August 22, 2020 at 4:32pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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More roster moves

The Mariners made another pair of roster moves today, placing relievers Erik Swanson and Taylor Guilbeau on the injured list with muscle strains. To fill their spots, the club has activated veteran reliever Yoshihisa Hirano from the COVID-19 injured list and recalled left-handed pitcher Aaron Fletcher from the satellite camp.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on August 21, 2020 at 6:04pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Vogey DFA'd, Mallex to taxi squad

The Mariners made a series of roster moves upon their return home from their 1-7 road trip, giving them a slightly different look as they prepare to take the field at TMP tonight against the Dodgers.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Daniel Vogelbach, Transactions, Mallex Smith, Jake Fraley  |   Posted on August 19, 2020 at 4:35pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's make minor moves

The Mariners made a couple of minor transactions today ahead of their game tonight in Arlington, Texas. They are:

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Injuries, Bullpen  |   Posted on August 10, 2020 at 3:39pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Still no baseball

Hi, everyone. Weird times we're living in, aren't they? With COVID-19 having shut down so much of our regular lives, we're all making do as virtual shut-ins.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Books, From the archives  |   Posted on March 22, 2020 at 8:01pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's add players you may have heard of

The rumors proved to be true: The Mariners have reunited with onetime prized prospect Taijuan Walker.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on February 13, 2020 at 6:56pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Offseason check-in

Spring Training is on the horizon for 2020 and we have yet to check in on the Mariners' doings in the offseason since they traded away catcher Omar Narváez a couple of months ago.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on February 8, 2020 at 9:41pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trader Jerry boots an easy grounder

As we speculated about last week, the Mariners today traded catcher Omar Narváez. He was dealt to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Class-A pitcher Adam Hill and a competitive balance draft pick.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Omar Narvaez  |   Posted on December 5, 2019 at 3:59pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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End of season potpourri

Well, that was a fun World Series, eh? The Washington Nationals won their first championship (as either the Nats or the Expos), the Astros were denied bragging rights, and weirdness abounded—the road team won every game (unprecedented); the umpiring was comically bad at times; an assistant GM got fired; Gerrit Cole lost a game; Justin Verlander lost two games; and on a team with Cole and Verlander, the best start for Houston came from a rookie most of us had never heard of.Solid. Too bad it was one of the lowest-rated ever in terms of TV viewers. People missed out.

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Posted in Columns, Around the Horn; Tagged Transactions, World Series, Hot Stove League, Ron Fairly  |   Posted on November 3, 2019 at 7:18pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trade deadline action

Greetings from our nation's capitol, where while attending the Nationals-Braves game this afternoon grandsalami.net kept tabs on all the wheeling and dealing as today's 1:00pm PDT MLB trading deadline approached. The Mariners were involved in a couple of notable deals (one involving the Nationals, as it happens).

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Bullpen, Mike Leake  |   Posted on July 31, 2019 at 3:33pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes eighth trade of the season, inspires plethora of puns

Adiós to the Accidental Mariner.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on June 15, 2019 at 10:07pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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BREAKING: Encarnación traded to Yankees

Within the last half hour, 1B/DH Edwin Encarnación has been traded to the New York Yankees. Details are still forthcoming, and a more involved post will be available later tonight. All that is known right now is that the "Accidental Mariner" is a Mariner no more, he is a Yankee.

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Posted in News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on June 15, 2019 at 6:10pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Injury update, near-trade, and the bullpen shuffle

A quick roundup of Mariner roster moves and almost-moves over the past few days:

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on June 7, 2019 at 6:40pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Bruce trade final

The trade we reported on yesterday involving outfielder/first-baseman Jay Bruce was completed today, with Bruce headed to join the Philadelphia Phillies. To take Bruce's roster spot, outfielder Braden Bishop was recalled form Triple-A Tacoma.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on June 2, 2019 at 8:57pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto nearing seventh trade of the season

Outfielder/first-baseman Jay Bruce may be headed to Philadelphia. According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Mariners and Phillies have been discussing a trade of Bruce; Passan had indicated the deal would be completed this weekend, but more recently has amended his report to say that nothing has been formally agreed to.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on June 1, 2019 at 5:42pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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More roster juggling

The Mariners today made several more changes to their active roster. Infielders Dee Gordon and Ryon Healy have been placed on the 10-day injured list—Gordon due to lingering pain from being hit by a pitch in New York two weeks ago and Healy due to a lower back strain—reliever Parker Markel has been optioned down to Triple-A Tacoma, utilityman Dylan Moore has been activated from his stint on the injured list, and infielder Shed Long and pitcher Tommy Milone have been promoted from Tacoma to the big-league club.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Dee Gordon, Bullpen, Ryon Healy  |   Posted on May 21, 2019 at 4:56pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes sixth trade of the season

When reliever Anthony Swarzak entered a game against the Twins last week in Seattle, an encouraging cheer was heard in the upper deck of the ballpark by Elliott Bay: "Swarzak! Raise your trade value!"He didn't, really, despite his one scoreless inning of work, but he was nevertheless traded today. Swarzak will head to Atlanta, where he'll join a similarly middling bullpen for a team that has some potential. In exchange, the Braves are sending left-handed reliever Jesse Biddle to the Mariners.Seattle GM Jerry Dipoto has a tendency to seek out potentially undervalued players and reclamation projects, and Biddle fits that profile.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on May 20, 2019 at 6:42pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Roster juggling redux

The Mariners made yet more roster moves today, recalling pitchers Matt Festa and Ryan Garton from Triple-A Tacoma. Both will be available in the bullpen immediately. To clear space for them, southpaw reliever Zac Rosscup has been designated for assignment and alleged starting pitcher Erik Swanson was optioned to Tacoma.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on May 17, 2019 at 7:04pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Roster juggling

The Mariners' active roster has seen a lot of additions and subtractions since Opening Day in Tokyo, with players seemingly coming and going several times a week, and we're due for some more before today's game versus the Twins.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Felix Hernandez, Transactions, JP Crawford, Mallex Smith  |   Posted on May 16, 2019 at 3:30am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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The JP Crawford era begins

Infielders Dee Gordon and Dylan Moore both had to come out of yesterday's game against the New York Yankees due to injury, leaving the under-benched Mariners in the position of having to play someone at second base who had never played the middle infield. Moore has been placed on the 10-day injured list, Gordon has not (for the moment), but the upside of this misfortune is that Seattle's shortstop of the future can now become Seattle's shortstop of the present.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Transactions, JP Crawford  |   Posted on May 10, 2019 at 3:44pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes fifth trade of the season

Seattle General Manager Jerry Dipoto made yet another trade this weekend, acquiring right-handed reliever Austin Adams from the Washington Nationals in exchange for Class-A prospect Nick Wells and cash considerations.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on May 5, 2019 at 9:59pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes fourth trade of the season

The Mariners traded minor-league infielder Ryne Ogren to the Orioles for right-handed reliever Mike Wright today.Wright has had a spotty professional career, pitching reasonably well at the Triple-A level and poorly at the Major League level. In ten appearances this year with Baltimore, he's posted an ugly 9.45 ERA and brutal 2.025 WHIP, and last year's 5.55 ERA/1.625 WHIP in 481⁄3 innings weren't much better. At Triple-A Norfolk from 2015-2017, however, he was 17-11 with a 2.99 ERA and 1.152 WHIP (2401⁄3 IP).Perhaps GM Jerry Dipoto thinks Wright was mishandled in Baltimore and better coaching can bring his big-league performance...

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on April 24, 2019 at 6:57pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes third trade of the season

The Mariners today traded backup catcher David Freitas to Milwaukee for 23-year-old pitcher Sal Biasi, who has been playing in the Class-A Midwest league.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on April 14, 2019 at 5:17pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Bullpen shuffle

The Mariners made two roster moves today, activating reliever Shawn Armstrong from the injured list and promoting fellow right-hander Ruben "R.J." Alaniz from Triple-A Tacoma. Pitchers Erik Swanson and Matt Festa were sent to Tacoma to make room.Armstrong was expected to be a significant contributor to the Seattle bullpen from the get-go, but landed on the IL just before the club opened the season in Tokyo with an oblique strain. The career reliever spent the bulk of last season with Tacoma, where he went 2-5 with a brilliant 1.77 ERA, and impressed with the big club after a promotion to...

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on April 12, 2019 at 4:17pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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More IL traffic

After pitching two innings in yesterday's drubbing of the Royals, reliever Chasen Bradford went on the injured list today with shoulder inflammation. Bradford had been one of the Mariners' more effective relievers in the early season. The injury is considered to be mild and he isn't expected to be out more than the minimum 10 days.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on April 9, 2019 at 5:18pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Swarzak to the rescue(?)

The Mariners have activated right-handed reliever Anthony Swarzak from the injured list today, He will be available in the bullpen for tonight's tilt against the Angels.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on April 2, 2019 at 6:36pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes second trade of the season

We're just six games into the season, and General Manager Jerry Dipoto has already made two trades. The first, last Friday, brought in backup catcher Tom Murhpy. Today's deal with the Texas Rangers nets the Mariners relief pitcher Connor Sadzeck (not to be confused with Anthony Swarzak).Sadzeck has had a brief taste of the big-leagues—91⁄3 innings with the Rangers last season—but has little experience above Double-A. Last season he threw 38 innings for Round Rock in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, where he was uninspiring (5-3, 4.03 ERA, 1.368 WHIP) but not terrible.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on April 1, 2019 at 5:56pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Strickland out for weeks

After blowing a save in the second game of the Boston series, reliever Hunter Strickland was diagnosed with a grade-2 latissimus strain and will be out of action for at least eight weeks. Strickland felt discomfort while warming up in the bullpen prior to entering the game, but didn't consider it to be debilitating until he'd thrown pitches in the game. He was tagged with the loss after serving up a three-run home run to Mitch Moreland in the ninth inning.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Injuries, Bullpen  |   Posted on March 31, 2019 at 9:56pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto makes first trade of the season

It's not even April yet and the always-restless general manager of the Mariners, Jerry Dipoto, has made another trade. This one is small and eminently reasonable: Dipoto has dealt 20-year-old prospect Jesús Ozoria to San Francisco for catcher Tom Murphy.The Mariners began the season with defensively-challenged Omar Narváez as the primary catcher and warm body David Freitas as the backup, so a low-risk pickup for a second-string receiver is a sensible move. Whether Murphy is actually an upgrade over Freitas is yet to be determined, but this one goes into the "why not? Can't hurt" bucket.Murphy was waived by Colorado...

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on March 29, 2019 at 5:17pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Mariners sign free-agent Strickland

Right-handed reliever Hunter Strickland, last seen in the uniform of the San Francisco Giants, today signed a one-year contract with the Mariners. Financial details were not yet available, but the contract value is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $2.5 million. Strickland, 30, is still shy of the six years of service time needed for unrestricted free agency, so even though the deal is for one year, the M's still have team control through 2021 via arbitration.Released by the Giants last November, Strickland has a career record of 14-14 with a respectable 2.91 ERA over four-plus seasons in San Francisco.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Bullpen  |   Posted on January 24, 2019 at 1:55pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Where are they now?

Updated 3/1/19

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on January 21, 2019 at 2:15pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Mariners sign different infielder Beckham than last year's infielder Beckham

The Mariners signed two free agents yesterday to Major League contracts, infielder Tim Beckham (not to be confused with veteran Gordon Beckham, who spent the last two years bouncing back and forth between the M's and their Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma) and relief pitcher Cory Gearrin.Beckham, who will be 29 later this month, came up with the Tampa Bay Rays and spent the last season and a half with Baltimore. Primarily a shortstop, he's also logged plenty of innings at both third base and second base.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on January 11, 2019 at 10:08am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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An odd reunion

In a weird but no-risk move today, the Mariners signed Dustin Ackley to a minor-league contract with an invite to spring training.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Dustin Ackley  |   Posted on January 9, 2019 at 9:15pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Yusei Kikuchi signing official

The Mariners have officially signed Japanese free-agent pitcher Yusei Kikuchi to a multi-year contract. The former Saitama Seibu Lions star was posted for Major League teams' consideration at his request by the Nippon Professional Baseball club last month and chose Seattle after meeting with representatives of several MLB teams in December.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Yusei Kikuchi  |   Posted on January 1, 2019 at 9:59am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Kikuchi deal coming?

According to Yahoo! Sports, the Mariners are close to signing Japanese southpaw Yusei Kikuchi to a multi-year contract. Details are sparse, but due to the rules of the posting arrangement with Nippon Professional Baseball, Kikuchi must sign by January 2nd or forfeit is right to leave NPB for 2019.Kikuchi had reportedly been open to signing with any Major League team when his posting became official early in December and has met with several clubs.An eight-year NPB veteran, all with the Saitama Seibu Lions, Kikuchi holds a career record of 74-48 with a 2.81 ERA and 1.177 WHIP to go with...

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions, Yusei Kikuchi  |   Posted on December 30, 2018 at 11:20pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Dipoto deals another

Mariner General Manager Jerry Dipoto has made another trade, this time with the Milwaukee Brewers. The trade sends outfielder Ben Gamel and 22-year-old minor-league pitcher Noah Zavolas to Milwaukee in exchange for outfielder Domingo Santana.Santana—not to be confused with first baseman Carlos Santana, whom the M's recently dealt to Cleveland—is a right-handed batter, offering some platoon balance to an outfield that had been overstocked with lefties. Since breaking into the Major Leagues with the Astros as a late-season callup in 2014, Santana has produced a career batting line of .261/.349/.458, mostly as a part-time player.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Ben Gamel, Domingo Santana  |   Posted on December 21, 2018 at 5:50pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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So Long Santana

Well, that didn't take long.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Jerry Dipoto  |   Posted on December 13, 2018 at 6:55pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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How did we get here?

It's not exactly standard procedure for a team that won 89 games to go straight into a massive rebuild. When you just barely miss the postseason, you typically look to improve on one or two areas that could put you over the top, not declare defeat and look to try again in three years. So WTF, you might ask of the Mariners, why are they blowing up the team?

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Transactions, Jerry Dipoto, History, Free Agents  |   Posted on December 5, 2018 at 9:28pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trades are official

The deals are done, and the Mariners are no longer the team of Robinson Canó, Edwin Díaz, or Jean Segura.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on December 3, 2018 at 9:08pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Who's Left?

With General Manager Jerry Dipoto on another of his trading benders, the Mariners' roster is undergoing some stark change. Though Dipoto is by no means done tinkering—as we'll see, there are still some holes to fill—if games had to be played tomorrow, how things would look on the field?

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Posted in Mariners, Columns, Around the Horn; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on December 2, 2018 at 2:12am   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trader Jerry ships Colome to Chisox

While the giant trade of Robinson Canó and Edwin Díaz to the Mets is still pending, Mariner GM Jerry Dipoto did trade a closer today. Reliever Alex Colome, who came to Seattle in an in-season deal with Tampa Bay last May, was dealt to the Chicago White Sox for catcher Omar Narvaez.Trading Colome leaves the Mariners without an established closer (presuming the deal with the Mets goes through), but adding Narvaez gives the M's a starting catcher, something they're in dire need of after trading Mike Zunino last month.Narvaez, who will be 27 in February, hit .275/.366/.429 in a part-time...

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions, Jerry Dipoto, Alex Colome  |   Posted on November 30, 2018 at 8:26pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Big Maple to Big Apple

Prompting memories of 1998’s trade of Randy Johnson to the Astros, today Mariner General Manager Jerry Dipoto dealt his team's ace left-hander to an already-upper-echelon team: James Paxton is now a New York Yankee.Much like the Johnson deal made by then-GM Woody Woodward, Paxton was traded for three relatively-unknown minor leaguers, two pitchers and one position player. One of them, left-handed starter Justus Sheffield, may be ready for the bigs as soon as next season. The other pitcher, righty Erik Swanson, has a chance to crack the bigs but will likely play in Tacoma next year, while the position player,...

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, James Paxton, Transactions  |   Posted on November 19, 2018 at 10:53pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Expanded Rosters

It's September, which means Major League roster limits expand from 25 to 40 for the rest of the regular season. Who have the Mariners added? Well, today we saw a number of moves:

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on September 1, 2018 at 5:48pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Mariners trade for Maybin

As today's 1:00pm trading deadline approached, GM Jerry Dipoto was, naturally, still working the phones. His efforts landed the Mariners one more piece as we head into the dog days of August, outfielder Cameron Maybin.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on July 31, 2018 at 4:51pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Mariners trade for more relief help

The Mariners made two more trades today, bolstering their bullpen with two veteran rental pieces.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on July 30, 2018 at 6:23pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Mariners trade for relief help

Mariner General Manager Jerry Dipoto struck another deal today, trading minor-league pitcher Seth Elledge to St. Louis for right-handed reliever Sam Tuivailala.While not a high-profile trade, the acquisition does fit Dipoto's pattern of hunting down players in controllable contracts that fit specific needs. In this case, the 25-year-old Tuivailala slots into the Mariners' relief corps as a righty-batter specialist, though he has had full- and multi-inning appearances this year for the Cardinals and could be used that way here as well.Drafted by the Cardinals in 2010, Tuivailala is a converted shortstop with a power arm.

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Posted in News; Tagged Trades, Transactions  |   Posted on July 27, 2018 at 7:22pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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Trader Jerry Strikes Again

General Manager Jerry Dipoto made his first in-season trade of the year earlier today, acquiring relief pitcher Alex Colomé and outfielder Denard Span from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for minor league pitchers Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero.Colomé led the American League in saves last year with 47, but won't be asked to close in Seattle so long as Edwin Díaz remains effective. Instead, he will slot into a setup role, where Juan Nicasio has struggled.But the big piece of this deal, at least in the short term, appears to be Span.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Jerry Dipoto, Transactions  |   Posted on May 25, 2018 at 5:37pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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You Get Nothing!

Because of a rainout in Detroit last week, the Mariners needed to bring up someone from Triple-A to make a spot start against Texas this past Wednesday afternoon. To make room, the M's designated reliever Erik (don't call him Eddie) Goeddel for assignment.This move struck me as problematic. Goeddel had been very effective in his short time with the Mariners and would certainly be lost to the organization with the DFA; meanwhile, other pitchers had been, shall we say, bad, and probably ought to be cut anyway.Today Goeddel was claimed off the waiver wire by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Posted in Mariners, News; Tagged Transactions  |   Posted on May 18, 2018 at 2:23pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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