Catcher Jesus Sucre and reliever Jonathan Aro, as it turns out, are staying with the Mariners. Both players remained in the organization Wednesday when they cleared waivers after being designated Jan. 26 for assignment.
The Mariners outrighted both players to Triple-A Tacoma in removing them from the 40-man roster but invited both to big-league camp, which begins Feb. 14, when pitchers and catchers report to the club’s year-round complex in Peoria, Ariz.
Sucre, 28, and Aro, 26, were designated for assignment to clear roster space after the Mariners acquired catcher Tuffy Gosewisch in a waiver claim from Atlanta, and pitcher Dillon Overton in a trade with Oakland.