Seattle Post-Intelligencer · Mar 20, 2020
Seattle Mariners place reliever Tuivailala on unconditional release waivers
The Seattle Mariners placed reliever Sam Tuivailala on unconditional release waivers Friday for the purpose of granting him release, the club announced.
The right-hander Tuivailala, 27, did not appear in a Cactus League game this year prior to the suspension of spring training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He'd been battling a shoulder impingement.
He went 1-0 with a 2.35 ERA with 27 strikeouts and 11 walks in 23 appearances (2 starts) with the Mariners last season. Tuivailala began 2019 on the Injured List recovering from a rupture Achilles.