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Mariners Release Jason Vosler

By Darragh McDonald | January 28, 2023 at 2:15pm CDT

TODAY: The Mariners have released Vosler, in the latest update to his MLB.com page.  The circumstances behind the abrupt release aren’t known, though in some similar instances with other players, the move indicates that the player has instead agreed to a guaranteed deal with a team overseas.

JANUARY 25: The Mariners have signed infielder/outfielder Jason Vosler to a minor league contract, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. Volser will presumably receive an invitation to major league Spring Training.

Vosler, 29, has been an up-and-down player with the Giants for the past two years. In 2021, he got into 41 games and hit .178/.256/.356 for a wRC+ of 63. He was much better in 72 Triple-A games, with a line of .295/.385/.529, 125 wRC+. In 2022, that split was bizarrely reversed, as he produced a .242/.311/.433 line in the minors but hit .264/.342/.469 in the big leagues. The former line led to a wRC+ of 82 whereas he had a 127 wRC+ in the majors. Defensively, Vosler has played all over, having lined up at all four infield positions and the outfield corners. Despite that versatility and some positive results at the plate, the Giants non-tendered him at season’s end.

For the Mariners, their infield will likely consist of Eugenio Suárez, J.P. Crawford, Kolten Wong and Ty France from left to right on most nights. Tommy La Stella is sort of in the mix but he’s coming off an injury-plagued year where he hardly took the field. The outfield will have Julio Rodríguez, Teoscar Hernández and AJ Pollock, as well as young players that aren’t yet established like Jarred Kelenic and Taylor Trammell.

Vosler will likely be competing with Dylan Moore and Sam Haggerty to serve in a bench/utility role, with injuries possibly opening a path to get onto the roster as the season rolls along. Vosler hits from the left side and has a noticeable platoon split in his limited big league time so far, 102 wRC+ against righties but a 78 otherwise. He could potentially be used situationally since the club has a bunch of righties set to be in their regular lineup. If Vosler does get selected to the roster, he still has an option year remaining and less than a year of service time, allowing the M’s to cheaply retain him for the foreseeable future if they so choose.

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Comments

  1. Winslow Leach

    3 days ago

    Lol I think JP’s goal is to sign, release or trade every player in MLB except Ohtani and Trout..lol

    Reply
    • Pete'sView

      3 days ago

      As a Giant fan who watched Vosler the past to seasons, don’t count this guy out. He’s got pop and seems to handle 3B quite well, especially coming in on the ball.

      Reply
    • Balk

      3 days ago

      Good pick up…the kid can rake. Hope he can get it going in the show

      Reply
    • slund24

      3 days ago

      Excited to see where Ohtani will be playing next year or later this year if Angels actually made a good baseball decision and traded him rather then letting him walk to Padres, Dodgers, Yankees, or Mets next year.

      Reply
      • Balk

        3 days ago

        If the teams were smart, they would stay out of trading for Ohtani. He’s going to the FA market and doubt he would agree to an extension contract with any org unless they over pay market value. So would be a waste of farm players for that caliber of player imo. But what do I know? Lol

        Reply
      • WampumWalloper

        9 hours ago

        Ohtani will be a Dodger

        Reply
        • Balk

          8 hours ago

          Ohtani will be a Giant…seee anyone can guess. Lol

  2. Bart Harley Jarvis

    3 days ago

    The Mariners having Sammy Hagar serving in a bench/utility role is very rock n roll.

    Reply
  3. Fred Park

    3 days ago

    This signing is just a pot-boiler, keeping the farms fed players,
    the way I see it. Any payoff, if any, would be down the road a ways.

    Reply
  4. Redwolves3

    3 days ago

    First La Stella and now Vosler. Any other players the Mariners would like to take off the Giants?

    Reply
    • Rsox

      3 days ago

      Is Logan Webb available?

      Reply
      • Not a clever name

        3 days ago

        Touché

        Reply
    • Fred Park

      3 days ago

      Maybe, Redwolves3, if any more of those giant toddlers have anything to show . . .

      Reply
  5. Bookbook

    3 days ago

    We got tired of the middle reliever pile. Now the M’s are all about the middle infielder pile.

    Reply
  6. slund24

    3 days ago

    Minor league depth for Mariners although would probably start 140+ games on the Angels roster

    Reply
  7. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    3 days ago

    Don’t forget we have the middle infield sensation known as Jonathan Villar in the mix as well. I can’t sleep at night trying to figure out all the puzzle pieces.

    Reply
    • Stevil

      3 days ago

      Villar is a free agent.

      Reply
      • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

        3 days ago

        Well that narrows the field. I just saw him under the Mariners on Fangraphs ZIPS projections but maybe they had nowhere else to put him. My bad.

        Reply
        • tstats

          3 days ago

          ZiPS puts players in their most recent team unless they’ve signed

  8. Bright Side

    3 days ago

    Put up some impressive numbers in a small sample in 2022. Is the same age Matt Stairs was before his first big year.

    Reply
  9. Ben10

    3 days ago

    Would be cool to find another Austin Nola!

    Reply
  10. lee cousins

    2 days ago

    Vosler does enough to stick with teams, The Giants have brought him up a few times. He Vosler has not be able to crack the MLB. he does have some tools he but doesn’t have enough in the tool box.. just the same he can be useful given injuries occurring. I know you’re starting to laugh but Dipoto has done well to supplement the minors.

    Reply
  11. compassrose

    11 hours ago

    So long Jason it was like we never knew you. You will be missed though.

    Reply
  12. hiflew

    11 hours ago

    Mariners legend.

    Reply
  13. Fred Park

    11 hours ago

    Easy come, easy go.

    This was just a low-level “pot-boiler” from the first, as far as fans and owners are concerned.
    But baseball players are people. Players’ lives do matter.
    Players at this level are lucky to have Japan and Korea as a possible place to land, which was not always so.
    But they have this resource now, and I wish Vosler well if he does go abroad.

    Reply
  14. SFBay314

    11 hours ago

    Bummer. has one of the prettiest swings from the left side. Panik too :/

    Reply
  15. Redwolves3

    6 hours ago

    Watch for Zaidi to sign Vosler to Minor League deal.

    Reply
  16. lee cousins

    3 hours ago

    I guess these minor league signings are non binding but then the M’s might have been obliging having not getting in the way of a players opportunities..

    Reply
  17. Buzz Killington

    1 min ago

    Damn these physicals getting harder and harder to pass.

    Reply

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