ST. PETERSBURG, FL.--The Mariners have activated Austin Jackson from the DL and optioned Danny Farquhar to Tacoma. Rather than making a move with one of their position players the Mariners sent a struggling reliever down and will go with a 6-man pen for the short term.
"We think that for a temporary period of time it is the right thing to do," said Jack Zduriencik after the Mariners 4-1 win over the Rays. "It keeps our position players in tact. We feel pretty good about what we are sending them out in the next couple of days, but you never know.