With a little less than an hour to go until the 5pm deadline to tender contracts to potential free agents, Jon Heyman broke that the Mariners reached an agreement with recently-acquired utilityman Andrew Romine:
Shortly after, the MarinersPR Twitter account broke the news that RHP Shae Simmons and LHP Drew Smyly were non-tendered, making them free agents:
#Mariners tender contracts to 27 players on the Major League roster. Seattle has non-tendered RHP Shae Simmons and LHP Drew Smyly. The 40-man roster is now at 35.
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