Mariners 40-man Roster Update
M’s decline options on Iwakuma, Gallardo; activate Smyly, Phelps
With the World Series wrapping up yesterday, free agency officially kicked off today’ however, teams have exclusive access to negotiate with their impending free agents until 2:00p.m. PT on Monday, when they become eligible to be signed by any team.
- 1B Yonder Alonso has elected free agency
- INF Gordon Beckham has elected free agency
- OF Jarrod Dyson has elected free agency
- C Carlos Ruiz has elected free agency
- 1B Danny Valencia has elected free agency
As expected, the Mariners declined options on a pair of starting pitchers who fell short of expectations in 2017.
- Mariners decline $13M team option on RHP Yovani Gallardo, pay $2M buyout
- Mariners decline $10M team option on RHP Hisashi Iwakuma, pay $1M buyout
Per our own John Trupin, teams cannot keep players on the disabled list once the offseason is underway, and as such, the M’s activated two pitchers who appeared in a combined 10 games in their first year with the M’s.
- Mariners activate RHP David Phelps from 60-day disabled list
- Mariners activate LHP Drew Smyly from 60-day disabled list
And Jerry’s first acquisition since the 2017 MLB season officially wrapped up...
- Mariners claim INF Andrew Romine off waivers from the Detroit Tigers
Here is the Mariners’ current 40-man roster as it currently stands. Changes since the last update are in bold.
- Infield: Robinson Canó, Jean Segura, Kyle Seager, Taylor Motter, Andrew Romine, Daniel Vogelbach
- Outfield: Ben Gamel, Mitch Haniger, Guillermo Heredia
- Catchers: Mike Zunino, Mike Marjama, David Freitas
- Nelson Cruz: Nelson Cruz
- SP: James Paxton, Félix Hernández, Mike Leake, Drew Smyly, Ariel Miranda, Erasmo Ramirez, Andrew Albers, Marco Gonzales, Andrew Moore, Chase De Jong
- RP: Edwin Díaz, Emilio Pagán, Nick Vincent, Tony Zych, Shae Simmons, James Pazos, Marc Rzepczynski, Dan Altavilla, David Phelps, Max Povse, Thyago Vieira, Seth Frankoff, Rob Whalen
Total: 36: 13 position players, 23 pitchers