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Mariners send Aoki and Wilhelmsen to Tacoma, add Donn Roach, David Rollins, and Wade LeBlanc to the 25-man roster

The Mariners make a bunch of moves to shake things up because hey why not nothing else seems to be working. Also so many of their pitchers are broken/tired/ineffective, wheeeeeeeee!

After injuries to Taijuan Walker and Adrian Sampson, we all knew some roster moves were coming. We just weren't sure exactly what that shakeup would look like. Now we do:

Big news from Scott Servais: Nori Aoki, Wilhelmsen to Triple-A. Sampson to DL. Activated are Wade LeBlanc, Donn Roach and David Rollins.

— Brent Stecker (@Stecker710) June 24, 2016

In a moderately surprising move, the M's have decided to option Norichika Aoki to Tacoma and roll with a short bench in order to add an extra arm to their bullpen.