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Mariners Announce Six Roster Moves

By Mark Polishuk | July 9, 2022 at 6:41pm CDT

Mariners manager Scott Servais told reporters (including MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer) about a series of roster moves prior to tonight’s game with the Blue Jays, including catcher Luis Torrens being activated from the 10-day injured list.  Torrens joins minor league callups Matt Brash and Matt Festa as new faces on Seattle’s roster, while right-hander Ken Giles was placed on the 15-day IL due to shoulder inflammation, catcher Andrew Knapp was designated for assignment, and right-hander Erik Swanson was placed on the paternity list.

Left shoulder inflammation sent Torrens to the IL back on June 27, so he’ll return after missing only just beyond the 10-day minimum.  The Mariners were hoping Torrens’ good numbers in 2021 meant he was ready to take a step forward as a part-time DH and catcher this season, but he has struggled to a .222/.280/.241 slash line over 118 plate appearances.  Cal Raleigh has started to emerge as a solid regular starter behind the plate, and Tom Murphy is gone for the season due to shoulder surgery, so there would seemingly be room for Torrens to remain as the backup catcher for the remainder of the year.

Seattle selected Knapp’s contract when Torrens hit the injured list, and Knapp has appeared in two games in a Mariners uniform.  Due to Knapp’s service time and the fact that he has been outrighted off a 40-man roster in the past, he has the freedom to elect free agency rather than accept an outright assignment to the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate — Knapp already chose free agency when the Pirates DFA’ed him in May, which paved the way for Knapp to sign with the Mariners.  It remains to be seen if Knapp will become a free agent again, or if he’ll choose to remain at Triple-A Tacoma (assuming he clears DFA waivers) as a depth option.

After missing all of 2021 due to Tommy John surgery, Giles then suffered a strained tendon in his right middle finger that delayed his M’s debut until June 21.  The veteran reliever has allowed no runs and only one hit over 4 1/3 innings of work, albeit with four walks in that small sample size.  Unfortunately for Giles, he’ll now be sidelined again with this latest injury.

Brash and Festa will look to fill the holes in Seattle’s bullpen, and Brash is making his return to the big leagues in a new relief role.  Beginning the year as a starting pitcher, the former top-100 prospect posted a 7.65 ERA over five starts and 20 innings, recording almost as many walks (17) as strikeouts (19).  The Mariners made the aggressive decision to promote Brash to the majors without any time spent at Triple-A, so Brash got his first taste of the top minor league level when the M’s demoted him in May and then converted him to relief pitching.

The results have thus far been impressive.  Over his last 17 innings, Brash has posted a 1.59 ERA, a whopping 37.9% strikeout rate, and only a 7.57% walk rate.  The hard-throwing Brash has the stuff to be a dominant reliever on paper, should he keep his past control problems in check.

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  1. TalkingBaseball

    3 years ago

    Glad to see Brash called up! Also nice to see Torrens coming back.

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    • dshires4

      3 years ago

      Dear god, why? Torrens has been abysmal.

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      • mdbaseball05

        3 years ago

        Better than Knapp. He was an automatic out. Either way, both are just to give Raleigh a break

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      • myaccount2

        3 years ago

        Torrens is much better than Knapp and the sample size is pretty small this season. I, too, am much happier to see him on the roster than Knapp. I think he’ll post more respectable numbers going forward.

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      • ayrbhoy

        3 years ago

        Because even an abysmal Torrens is miles better as a seldom used backup C than Andrew Knapp! Besides- Torrens is still so young, he’s not only learning to be a backup/emergency Catcher he’s also learning to control the K-zone

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  2. Fred Park

    3 years ago

    The good thing is that all those temporary measures have worked really well.
    The Mariners are on a roll.
    I didn’t like some of those replacements, Santana for one, but they have made a believer out of me.
    I commented a week or two ago that Raleigh was ceoming a great clutch hitter Now it’s being recognized.

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    • myaccount2

      3 years ago

      Santana has been decently effective in Seattle, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him as the odd man out after the trade deadline just because he lacks versatility.

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      • Fred Park

        3 years ago

        Oh, I agree.

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      • lee cousins

        3 years ago

        I don’t think so, though the thought is probable. he does have other tangible worth other then hitting or being a backup to France. He is a solid veteran player that can add to the chemistry of the team. Will see how this plays out..

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    • compassrose

      3 years ago

      Torrens used to let many pitches down below the family jewels get past. He has cleaned that now it seems but he still can’t hit. I think he has made a decent jump on D now can he start hitting? Seems a good catcher be in store this offseason. Not sure if there is an upgrade out there hopefully the scouts can find him. Not necessarily in.the draft a free agent would be great. Unless an Addley is there not sure it would happen though.

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      • Irishblade

        3 years ago

        His name is Willson Contreras

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        • crazybaseballgal

          3 years ago

          Contreras isn’t playing back up. So we sign him then what happens to Cal?

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        • Irishblade

          3 years ago

          I was referring to trading for him which likely would’ve required us to send Cal to the Cubs. But they stood pat so nothing hurt here.

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  3. kjt404

    3 years ago

    Be hard pressed to find two baseball players more fragile than Ken Giles & Kyle Lewis; make it back from injuries only to return to IL within a week or two.

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    • mdbaseball05

      3 years ago

      In all fairness, Lewis got hit in the head with a baseball…

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    • ayrbhoy

      3 years ago

      I don’t understand why people think Kyle Lewis is fragile after a projectile smashed into the side of his brain traveling at nearly 80mph!! You let someone throw a hardball to into the side of your skull. See how fragile you are after that! I don’t care that it ricocheted of his shoulder first he took a hard ball to the side of his skull bro.

      Btw the M’s are rolling Lewis out in the OF over this Rehab stint. Not just DH’ing. He will be be in the OF mix in order to rotate Santanas bat now that France is back

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