Like many teams, the middle of October is the time for roster reorganization in preparation for the beginning of the offseason. The Seattle Mariners underwent a major stretch of that shuffling today, outrighting five players and seeing a sixth claimed on waivers. The flurry of moves appear to leave the 40-man roster at a functional state of 38 players, something we’ll get to in a moment. The moves are, in their totality:
- Outrighting UTIL Sam Haggerty to Triple-A Tacoma (w/option to elect free agency)
- Outrighting 2B/OF Shed Long Jr. to Triple-A Tacoma (w/option to elect free agency, which he appears intent on selecting)
- Outrighting OF Marcus Wilson to Triple-A Tacoma (w/option to elect free agency)
- Outrighting RHP Ryan Weber to Triple-A Tacoma (has already elected free agency)
- Outrighting RHP Darren McCaughan to Triple-A Tacoma (not a free agent)
- RHP Ljay Newsome was claimed on waivers by the St.