The Mariners Sunday recalled INF Taylor Motter from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man roster, placed INF Danny Espinosa on waivers for the purpose of granting him his release. Motter was in the lineup at third base Sunday for the third of three games against the Tampa Bay Rays as Kyle Seager recovers from a stomach virus.

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The Mariners made four roster moves ahead of Saturday's 3:10 p.m. PT game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, most notably activating OF Mitch Haniger from the  disabled list and recalling RHP Casey Lawrence from AAA Tacoma. Both will be available for the second game of the three-game series.

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The Mariners Tuesday called up LHP Andrew Albers and RHP Sam Gaviglio from AAA Tacoma, optioned RHPs Casey Lawrence and Thyago Vieira to the Rainiers, and designated RHP Christian Bergman for assignment. Albers was to start Tuesday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field, becoming the 16th pitcher to start for Seattle in 2017.

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The Mariners Monday selected RHP Thyago Vieira from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned RHP Christian Bergman back to the Rainiers. Vieira was available to the club when it began a three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field.

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What started off as a good week -- the Mariners swept a two-game series in Oakland -- ended embarrassingly with four consecutive losses to the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field, including Sunday's 4-1 setback (box). Seattle rose to a season-high three games above .500 (59-56) and held sole possession of the AL's second wild card at mid-week, but ended it underwater (59-60) after dropping the quartet to the Halos.

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Watching Edgar Martinez be the respectable, graceful stoic he always has been Saturday night at Safeco Field, I couldn't help thinking how much fun it would have been to see him turn to the visiting dugout and say, "Hey, Angels -- you suck!"

Except that it would have induced about 45,000 heart attacks, and no one wants that. Everyone wanted Martinez to be Martinez, so he was. It was plenty.

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The Mariners Saturday recalled RHP Christian Bergman from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man MLB roster, optioned RHP Andrew Moore to the Rainiers. Bergman was available to the club when it played the third of four games against the L.A. Angels Saturday night at Safeco Field.

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According to multiple sources, including MLB.com, the Mariners Friday acquired LHP  Andrew Albers from the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations. The 31-year-old Albers has limited major league experience, but has a 12-3 record and  2.61 ERA record this season at AAA Gwinnett. The Mariners have yet to confirm the trade.

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The Mariners Friday recalled RHP Andrew Moore from AAA Tacoma to take the roster spot of LHP James Paxton, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left pectoral muscle. The loss of their best pitcher (12-3, 2.78 ERA) was a huge blow to a team that had reached wild-card level for the first time this season.

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When Edgar Martinez in January landed on 58.6 percent of Baseball Hall of Fame ballots, a major increase of 15.2 percent over his showing in 2016, he set in motion a process that will play out Saturday at Safeco Field: The club will, for the second time in more than 40 years, retire Saturday night the jersey of a former player, Martinez’s No. 11.

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LHP James Paxton will undergo an MRI Friday after apparently straining a pectoral muscle Thursday night on his 107th pitch of a game the Mariners trailed 3-0, tied 3-3, then lost 6-3 when Mike Trout hit a bases-loaded double off Edwin Diaz in a 6-3 Angels (box) win.

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What will end first: The regular season or the Mariners' solid bullpen performances?

In the wins at Oakand Tuesday and Wednesday, the bullpen produced 9.2 scoreless innings, which helped make for a 6-3 road trip and a 16-9 record since the All-Star break, best in the American League. The Mariners began Thursday three games above .500 (59-56) for the first time this season, and in possession of the second wild-card berth.

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RHP Felix Hernandez (shoulder bursitis) and RHP David Phelps (elbow impingement) were placed on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday by the Mariners, who also added IB Yonder Alonso to the 25-man roster. Hernandez is expected to miss three to four weeks, Phelps two to three weeks.

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The Mariners (57-56) split a doubleheader in Kansas City Sunday, winning 8-7 in the opener (box) and losing 9-1 in the nightcap (box) to finish a 4-3 week in which they remained competitive for a wild card berth. The good news: Seattle opened the week 2½ games in arrears of a playoff spot, but ended it a scant 1½ behind. The disconcerting news: Felix Hernandez went on the disabled list (biceps tendinitis) for the second time this season, and new reliever David Phelps may be headed that way (elbow).

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The Mariners Sunday acquired 1B Yonder Alonso from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor league OF Boog Powell.  Alonso, 30, is batting .266 with 22 home runs and 49 RBIs. The 2017 All-Star already set career highs in home runs, on-base percentage, slugging and OPS. Among AL  first basemen, his .527 slugging mark ranks second, while his 22 homers and .369 on-base mark rank third.

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Scheduled to start Saturday against Kansas City, Felix Hernandez instead landed on the 10-day disabled list for the second time this season, this time with right biceps tendinitis. The Mariners recalled LHP Marco Gonzales from AAA Tacoma. He would have started Saturday but the Mariners game in Kansas City was postponed by thunderstorms, making for a doubleheader Sunday,

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The American League Wednesday named LHP James Paxton its Pitcher of the Month for July and also named closer Edwin Diaz Reliever of the Month. Paxton, who went 6-0, 1.37 with 46 strikeouts and six walks in six starts, is the first Mariners pitcher to win a monthly award since Felix Hernandez in June 2014, and also the first to earn six wins in a calendar month.

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Mariners LHP James Paxton Monday was named co-American League Player of the Week for July 24 for two impressive victories. He shares the award with Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre, a Mariner from 2005-09, who reached 3,000 career hits Sunday. The weekly honor was Paxton's second of the season (April 10-16).

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James Paxton won twice during the week, becoming the most successful pitcher in franchise history for a calendar month, and rookie OF Ben Gamel extended his hitting streak to 16 games Sunday in a 9-1 romp over the New York Mets (box), Despite those superlatives, the Mariners did nothing over the past seven days to improve their position in the American League wild card race.

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The Mariners made a flurry of roster moves Sunday ahead of their series finale against the New York Mets at Safeco Field, recalling CF Leonys Martin from AAA Tacoma, activating RHP Erasmo Ramirez, placing OF Mitch Haniger on the 10-day DL (facial laceration), optioning RHP Cody Martin to the Rainiers and designating INF D.J. Peterson, a former No. 1 draft pick, for assignment.

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