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Mariners Designate Steven Souza Jr., Select Sam Haggerty

By Darragh McDonald | May 22, 2022 at 11:27am CDT

The Mariners are making a series of roster moves today, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times. Infielder Abraham Toro is heading to the 10-day injured list. He had hurt himself in a collision with Adam Frazier during last night’s game. The club’s announcement of the moves describes his injury as a left shoulder sprain. Also leaving the roster is outfield Steven Souza Jr., who has been designated for assignment. To fill those two holes on the active roster, the club has recalled utility player Sam Haggerty and outfielder Taylor Trammell.

With the recent demotion of Jarred Kelenic and injury of Mitch Haniger, the Mariners turned to the veteran Souza as another outfield option. He had been off to a great start to the year in Triple-A, hitting .267/.417/.533 for a wRC+ of 140. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to carry that production into the big leagues, as he’s hit .158/.158/.158 over six games since his promotion. The club will now have a week to trade the 33-year-old or put him on waivers.

Taking his spot on the 40-man roster is the 27-year-old Haggerty. Over 59 career games between the Mets and Mariners, he has a batting line of .207/.265/.321, wRC+ of 66. Last year, he went on the IL in May with a shoulder injury and never returned. He was outrighted by the M’s at the end of the season after clearing waivers. He seems to have recuperated and gotten things back on track this year, as he’s hitting .304/.378/.512, 123 wRC+ through 32 Triple-A games so far. The club will now see if he can sustain that in the big leagues. He’s played exclusively at second base so far this year, though he’s previously spent time at third base, shortstop and all three outfield positions. He’ll likely fill the utility role that was previously filled by Toro, who had spent time at first, second and third base this year.

As for Trammell, he will be the club’s latest attempt to get some kind of production out of its corner outfielders. Julio Rodriguez has played well in center but hasn’t gotten much help from those on his flanks. Kelenic and Souza struggled enough to get demoted and designated for assignment, respectively, with Haniger only able to play nine games on the year so far. Jesse Winker has slumped to a line of .216/.310/.304, 89 wRC+ on the campaign. Dylan Moore has technically been above average with a wRC+ of 104, though in a very uneven fashion. He’s popped a couple homers and walked in 14.6% of his plate appearances, though he’s also struck out 27.1% of the time and is hitting .154.

Trammell suffered a hamstring strain in April and has been gradually working his way back to health, though he hasn’t even begun a rehab assignment before today’s recall, having been in extended Spring Training until now. He played 51 games last year and hit just .160/.256/.359, 73 wRC+, though his Triple-A numbers were much better.

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Seattle Mariners Transactions Abraham Toro Sam Haggerty Steven Souza Taylor Trammell

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18 Comments

  1. bravesfan0618

    3 years ago

    Great trade.

    Reply
  2. Oddball Hererra

    3 years ago

    So they pretty clearly have no intention of playing Lewis in the OF then

    Reply
    • myaccount2

      3 years ago

      We shouldn’t, at least not immediately.

      Reply
    • MoneyBallJustWorks

      3 years ago

      Haggerty likely to be a Util guy and trammel probably gets sent down once they are comfortable with Lewis in the OF everyday

      Reply
      • kjt404

        3 years ago

        I doubt Lewis is ever a full time outfielder, at least not for the foreseeable future; the dude is more fragile that 1-ply toilet paper. He is destined to split time at DH/OF with Winker.

        Reply
  3. Pedro 4 Delino

    3 years ago

    Guys have OPS/wRC+ at league average with batting averages in the .100’s

    What is manfred doing messing with the baseballs? He’s changing them in season and his adjustments are ruining baseball stats.

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    • MoneyBallJustWorks

      3 years ago

      the whole baseball’s being tinkered, humidors, checking pitchers in between innings is messed up.

      The league doesn’t know if it wants more or less scoring.

      more scoring – check pitchers for substances that provide an advantage and eliminate the shift

      less scoring – tinkering with baseballs and installing humidors at every ballpark.

      I get in a few places the humidor may have the opposite impact but for the most part it will decrease HR and scoring like it has to date.

      Manfred simply wants his stamp on the game and that is it, regardless of if all of the tinkering makes any logical sense.

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    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      two words: bad metric

      Reply
      • myaccount2

        3 years ago

        How is wRC+ a bad metric?

        Reply
  4. AHH-Rox

    3 years ago

    Looks like Souza is dropping a fly ball in the photo.

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  5. SashaBanksFan

    3 years ago

    I think the photo selected is appropriate

    Reply
  6. toycannon

    3 years ago

    Does this mean Upton is headed for extended spring training first?

    Reply
  7. chaneyb

    3 years ago

    Panic setting in

    Reply
  8. slimmycito

    3 years ago

    Souza was fantastic against the jays. I think he hit into a double play, dropped a ball and threw made another terrible throw in the same inning while striking out 3 times. Shame the Jays don’t play them more often and their stadium in mid July gets overrrun by Jays fans every year.

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    • slimmycito

      3 years ago

      I apologize for my rudeness and lack of punctuality and words I’m kind of out of it

      Reply
  9. Bart Harley Jarvis

    3 years ago

    At first Lacey, I thought the Mariners were selecting Sammy Haggar. Now that would’ve been news.

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      3 years ago

      *glance

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    • vinc3nt3

      3 years ago

      Since Sammy is the Red Rocker, I would think the Cincinnati Reds would select him. Lol

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