The Mariners sent catcher Seby Zavala outright to Triple-A Tacoma. Seattle designated him for assignment on Friday when they promoted Emerson Hancock to take Luis Castillo’s spot in the rotation.
That was a predictable transaction. The M’s had only promoted Zavala a few days earlier when Castillo hit the injured list. Seattle didn’t need a fifth starter for a few days between Castillo’s IL placement and the Hancock recall. They briefly added to their depth behind the plate by calling Zavala to serve as the #3 catcher behind Cal Raleigh and Mitch Garver. Zavala didn’t get into a game before being DFA for the third time of the season.
Zavala was presumably aware that this stay on the roster could be brief. He at least picked up a few days of major league pay. Acquired from Arizona in the Eugenio Suárez deal, Zavala has hit .154 in 18 games for Seattle this season. He’s hitting .188/.325/.376 across 33 contests with Tacoma. The 31-year-old defensive specialist has a .205/.268/.345 slash over parts of five seasons in the majors.
As was the case when Zavala cleared waivers for the first two times this season, he has the right to elect free agency. It’s likelier he’ll accept the assignment and stick around as injury insurance for Raleigh and Garver. Zavala would become a minor league free agent at the start of the offseason unless the M’s call him back up.
Wow!
This could be a minor and irrelevant news for many but as a yankee fan, I’m delighted with it, not that I’m happy to see an mlb player be demoted or released but b/c Seby has been a thorn on the side for the yankees with any team he played for most recently the Chisox. So I’m glad he would not show at the plate with a .128 avg 0 Hrs and then boom there goes Ms Rawlings.
Or seby would go 0-2 with 2 Ks before being lifted for a pinch hitter
Worst Dipoto trade ever.
Unfortunately, Dip_$hit_oto made too many horrible and senseless trades that it’s difficult to say which trade was worse.
It’s so insane how he thinks he is the savior/messiah of the team when Seattle really hasn’t done anything of note in his years besides making a wild card appearance
But if we win 54% of our games we become winners of the galaxy!!!
@Sad Tormented But the profits! The profits!
Jays need another backup catcher…