Ben Gamel is healthy. And he’s played nine games with 32 at-bats in his rehab assignment since straining his oblique during spring training.
So why is Gamel sitting during a rained-out Triple-A Tacoma game in Sacramento on Monday and not with the Mariners in Seattle?
“He’s in a pretty good spot ready to come back,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “We’re just trying to do the right thing roster-wise. So that all plays into it.”
That could mean a lot of things that Servais didn’t want to get into before the Mariners’ played the Houston Astros on Monday at Safeco Field.