Sunday morning, the annual ritual continued as the Mariners called up two relievers, sent down one, DFA’d one, and transferred one to the 60-day Injured List. This laundry list of moves are headlined by Jesse Biddle, who was DFA’d to make room on the 40-man roster for the two call-ups.
Acquired from Atlanta in the Anthony Swarzak deal, Biddle struggled in his 11 appearances over his month-long stint with the Mariners. His last two appearances saw him surrender two runs each to Kansas City and Baltimore, helping balloon his ERA to 7.54 on the season.
As for those two call-ups, the Mariners have selected the contracts of both Matt Carasiti and Mike Wright.