Mariners option 4 players to Triple-A Tacoma
Though baseball is on hiatus until further notice as clubs join in the effort to slow the coronavirus outbreak, the Seattle Mariners continued to shuffle their roster Friday for when play eventually resumes.
Four players — right-handed relievers Zac Grotz and Taylor Williams and infielders Donovan Walton and Patrick Wisdom — have been optioned to Triple-A Tacoma, leaving Seattle’s spring training roster at 45 players.
The four are the latest to join the Rainiers eventual roster. Outfielder Braden Bishop, left-hander Nick Margevicius and right-hander Art Warren were optioned to Tacoma earlier this month.
Here is a look at all of the moves the club has made to whittle down the 71-player spring training roster it was carrying in February:
MARCH 1
▪ RHP Matt Festa reassigned to minor league camp (he later underwent Tommy John surgery)
MARCH 2
▪ RHP Jack Anderson reassigned to minor league camp
▪ RHP Darren McCaughan reassigned to minor league camp
▪ RHP Wyatt Mills reassigned to minor league camp
▪ RHP Penn Murfee reassigned to minor league camp
▪ INF Jordan Cowan reassigned to minor league camp
▪ INF Connor Hoover reassigned to minor league camp
▪ OF Eric Filia reassigned to minor league camp
▪ OF Luis Liberato reassigned to minor league camp
MARCH 6
▪ RHP Art Warren optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ OF Jose Siri optioned to Double-A Arkansas
MARCH 7
▪ LHP Ian McKinney reassigned to minor league camp
MARCH 10
▪ LHP Nick Margevicius optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ OF Braden Bishop optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ LHP Manny Banuelos reassigned to minor league camp
▪ C Joseph Odom reassigned to minor league camp
▪ C Joe Hudson reassigned to minor league camp
▪ OF Rymer Liriano reassigned to minor league camp
▪ OF Julio Rodriguez reassigned to minor league camp
MARCH 11
▪ LHP Anthony Misiewicz reassigned to minor league camp
MARCH 12
▪ RHP Ljay Newsome reassigned to minor league camp
MARCH 20
▪ RHP Zac Grotz optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ RHP Taylor Williams optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ INF Donovan Walton optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ INF Patrick Wisdom optioned to Triple-A Tacoma
▪ RHP Sam Tuivailala placed on unconditional release waivers
The players remaining on Seattle’s spring training roster — which includes 32 players on the 40-man roster, 13 non-roster invitees and one player on the 60-day injured list — are listed below:
PITCHERS (24)
RHP Austin Adams (on 60-day IL)
RHP Dan Altavilla
RHP Cody Anderson
RHP Gerson Bautista
RHP Brandon Brennan
LHP Wei-Yin Chen
LHP Nestor Cortes
RHP Sam Delaplane
RHP Justin Dunn
RHP Carl Edwards Jr.
LHP Aaron Fletcher
RHP Joey Gerber
RHP Logan Gilbert
LHP Marco Gonzales
RHP Kendall Graveman
LHP Taylor Guilbeau
RHP Yoshihisa Hirano
LHP Yusei Kikuchi
RHP Matt Magill
RHP Yohan Ramirez
LHP Justus Sheffield
RHP Erik Swanson
RHP Taijuan Walker
CATCHERS (4)
Tom Murphy
Austin Nola
Brian O’Keefe
Cal Raleigh
INFIELDERS (11)
J.P Crawford
Dee Gordon
Sam Haggerty
Alen Hanson
Shed Long Jr.
Tim Lopes
Jose Marmolejos
Dylan Moore
Kyle Seager
Daniel Vogelbach
Evan White
OUTFIELDERS (7)
Collin Cowgill
Jake Fraley
Carlos Gonzalez
Mitch Haniger
Jarred Kelenic
Kyle Lewis
Mallex Smith
For a full rundown of Seattle’s 40-man roster moves, visit our 2020 roster tracker.
This story was originally published March 20, 2020 at 11:01 AM.
