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The Mariners Saturday recalled RHP Rob Whalen from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the club’s 25-man MLB roster, optioned LHP Zac Curtis to AA Arkansas. Whalen was available for the 2:05 p.m. PT game against the Rangers Saturday at Globe Life Park.

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The Mariners Friday recalled LHP Zac Curtis from AA Arkansas and, to make room on the club’s 25-man MLB roster, optioned RHP Chase De Jong to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. Curtis was available to the Mariners (33-35) for Friday night’s series opener (three games) against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field.

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The Mariners Wednesday selected 30 more players on the final day of the first-year amateur draft, bringing to 40 chosen over the past three days. Seattle selected 23 pitchers, three catchers, nine infielders (two first basemen, five shortstops, two third basemen) and five outfielders). Of the 40 choices, 32 were college players, only eight high

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Rick Tuten, the only Seahawks punter to make the Pro Bowl, died this week unexpectedly in Costa Rica, according to the Ocala Star Banner in his hometown of Forest, FL. The cause of death for Tuten, 52, who was with the Seahawks from 1991-97, was unknown. 

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The Mariners Wednesday recalled RHP Chase De Jong from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned RHP Casey Lawrence to the Rainiers. De Jong was available to the club Wednesday night when it played the third game of a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in

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The Mariners Tuesday selected eight players in rounds three through 10 on the second day of the MLB draft, starting in the third round with RHP Wyatt Mills, a 6-3, 175-pound native of Spokane who was an All-West Coast Conference selection out of Gonzaga University (93rd overall).

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The Mariners Monday recalled RHP Casey Lawrence from AAA Tacoma and optioned RHP Emilio Pagan back to the Rainiers. Lawrence was available to the club Monday night when it began a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

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The Mariners Sunday activated OF Mitch Haniger from the disabled list (strained right oblique) and, to make room on the 25-man major league roster, optioned OF Boog Powell to AAA Tacoma. Haniger, who had been on a rehab assignment with the Rainiers, started in right field Sunday afternoon against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco

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The Mariners Saturday recalled RHP Emilio Pagan from AAA Tacoma and, to make room on the 25-man roster, optioned RHP Tyler Cloyd to the Rainiers. Pagan was available to the Mariners Saturday night when they play the second of three games against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field.

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