Whether these moves surprise you or not, the fact is, the Mariners have now opened up two more sports on their forty-man roster for 2017.
Both men had one season to show GM, Jerry Dipoto that they were worth keeping, but neither was able to convince Dipoto with their play.
Aoki started out 2016 with dismal numbers. Most eye-popping about Aoki’s hitting figures through the first part of the year was his unusually low batting average. Aoki has hit around .280 by the time the all-star break comes around. But, this past year he hit a measly .