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M’s designate Rafael Montero for assignment

The Seattle Mariners designated Rafael Montero, the former Texas Rangers reliever, for assignment on Friday.

The 30 year old Montero was signed as to a minor league deal as a free agent by the Rangers in January, 2019. Montero was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery which cost him all of the 2018 season, and he was released by the New York Mets, the team he had spent his entire career with, in November, 2018.

Montero returned to the majors in the second half of 2019 and pitched well, putting up a 2.