Mariners Recall Christian Bergman, Casey Lawrence and Select Mike Morin
Seattle options Gordon Beckham and Nick Rumbelow to AAA Tacoma and places James Paxton on the 10-day disabled list
Mariners General Manager Jerry Dipoto announced today the following roster moves:
· Christian Bergman, RHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma.
· Casey Lawrence, RHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma.
· Mike Morin, RHP, selected from AAA Tacoma.
· Gordon Beckham, INF, optioned to AAA Tacoma (post-game 7/12).
· Nick Rumbelow, RHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma (post-game 7/12).
· James Paxton, LHP, placed on the 10-day disabled list with lower back inflammation.
Seattle’s Major League, 40-man roster, is now at 38 players.
Bergman (#56) will be Seattle’s starting pitcher in tonight’s (5:40 pm PT) game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Lawrence (#61) and Morin (#64) will be in uniform and available for tonight’s game at Colorado.
Bergman, 30, is in his 2nd stint with the Mariners this season (also: 5/16–17). He made a spot start on May 16 vs. Texas and tossed 7.0 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits while striking out 5. Dating back to May 28, 2017, the 6-foot-1, 195-pound right-hander has worked at least 5.0 innings while allowing 2 or fewer runs in 5 of his last 6 Major League starts, including 2 starts of 7.0 scoreless innings.
Since being optioned to AAA Tacoma on May 17, he is 3–3 with a 5.87 ERA (37 ER, 56.2 IP) with 46 strikeouts and 14 walks in 10 starts. Overall, he is 6–6 with a 4.78 ERA (54 ER, 101.2 IP) with 87 strikeouts and 26 walks in 18 starts with the Rainiers this season.
Bergman has appeared in parts of five Major League seasons with Colorado (2014–16) and Seattle (2017-c), compiling a record of 11–14 with a 5.39 ERA (125 ER, 208.2 IP) with 128 strikeouts and 46 walks in 69 games (24 starts). The native of Glendale, CA, was originally selected by Colorado in the 24th round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of UC Irvine. He made his Major League debut with the Rockies on June 9, 2014 vs. Atlanta.
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Lawrence, 30, is appearing in his third stint with the Mariners this season (also: 3/28–4/14 and 5/1–12). He is 4–2 with 1 save and a 2.87 ERA (20 ER, 62.2 IP) with 58 strikeouts and 11 walks in 11 games, including 9 starts, since being optioned to AAA Tacoma on June 12. Overall, he is 6–3 with 1 save and a 2.81 ERA (23 ER, 73.2 IP) with 69 strikeouts and 12 walks in 14 games (11 starts) with the Rainiers. In 4 relief appearances over his two stints with the Mariners this season, he has a 10.13 ERA (9 ER, 8.0 IP) with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks. The 6-foot, 175-pound right-hander was named to his first career Opening Day roster after recording a 1.80 ERA (3 ER, 15.0 IP) with 17 strikeouts and 2 walks in 6 games (2 starts) with Seattle during Spring Training.
In parts of 2 Major League seasons with the Blue Jays (2017) and Mariners (2017-c), he is 2–3 with a 6.82 ERA (48 ER, 63.1 IP) with 59 strikeouts and 29 walks in 31 games (2 starts). He was claimed off waivers by the Mariners from Toronto on May 11, 2017. The native of McSherrytown, PA, made his Major League debut with the Blue Jays on April 8, 2017 at Tampa Bay. Lawrence was originally signed by Toronto as a non-drafted free agent on June 15, 2010.
Morin, 27, is appearing in his second stint with the Mariners this season (also: 6/8–14). He is 1–1 with a 4.50 ERA (5 ER, 10.0 IP) with 8 strikeouts and 2 walks in 7 games, including 1 start, since being outrighted to AAA Tacoma on June 16. Overall, he is 3–2 with 3 saves and a 3.60 ERA (14 ER, 35.0 IP) with 36 strikeouts and 8 walks in 27 games (1 start) with Tacoma this season. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound right-hander was selected by the Mariners on June 8 and made 2 relief appearances, posting a 4.50 ERA (1 ER, 2.0 IP) with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk, before being designated for assignment on June 14.
Morin was claimed off waivers by Seattle from Kansas City on Dec. 8, 2017. He has appeared in parts of 5 Major League seasons with Los Angeles-AL (2014–17), Kansas City (2017) and Seattle (2018), compiling a 10–8 mark with 1 save and a 4.60 ERA (88 ER, 172.0 IP) with 163 strikeouts and 49 walks in 185 games. The native of Andover, MN, was originally selected by the Angels in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of the University of North Carolina.
Beckham, 31, appeared in 1 game with the Mariners after being recalled from AAA Tacoma on July 10 for his second stint with the Major League club this season (also: 5/14–31). He went 0-for-1 in last night’s game at Los Angeles-AL. Overall, he is batting .200 (7x35) with 1 run, 1 double, 1 RBI, 3 walks and 1 stolen base in 13 games with the Mariners this season. In 57 games with AAA Tacoma before and after his stint in Seattle, he is batting .318 (67x211) with 13 doubles, 1 triple, 7 home runs and 33 RBI with a .418 on-base percentage and a .488 slugging percentage (.906 OPS).
In parts of 10 Major League seasons with Chicago-AL (2009–14, 2015), Los Angeles-AL (2014), Atlanta (2016), San Francisco (2016) and Seattle (2017-c), he is a career .239 (758x3171) hitter with 174 doubles, 5 triples, 74 home runs and 336 RBI in 977 career games. The native of Atlanta, GA, was a 1st round selection (8th overall) by the Chicago White Sox in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.
Rumbelow, 26, appeared in 2 games with the Mariners after being recalled from AAA Tacoma on July 10 for his second stint with the Major League club this season (also: 6/14–7/7). He allowed 5 earned runs in 3.0 innings (15.00 ERA), while allowing 6 hits (3 home runs), walking 1 and striking out 1 in his last 2 outings. Overall, he has a 7.84 ERA (9 ER, 10.1 IP) with 8 strikeouts and 2 walk in 8 relief appearances with the Mariners this season. After being optioned to Tacoma on July 7, he did not make an appearance before his recall to the Majors on July 10. The 6-foot, 190-pound right-hander began the season on the AAA Tacoma disabled list with a brachial plexus injury before being reinstated on June 5. He recorded 3 scoreless relief appearances of 1.0 inning apiece with the Rainiers prior to his original recall on June 14.
Rumbelow was acquired by the Mariners from New York-AL in exchange for minor leaguers JP Sears (lhp) and Juan Then (rhp) on Nov. 18, 2017. The native of Bullard, TX, was originally selected by New York-AL in the 7th round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Louisiana State University. He made his Major League debut with the Yankees in 2015, making 17 relief appearances and posting a 1–1 record with a 4.02 ERA (7 ER, 15.2 IP) with 15 strikeouts and 5 walks. In 2016 he made 1 appearance at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to being placed on the minor league disabled list on April 11 and missing the remainder of the season after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery on April 19.
Paxton, 29, left last night’s game in Anaheim with lower back stiffness after facing 5 batters. He is 8–4 with a 3.70 ERA (49 ER, 119.1 IP) with 155 strikeouts and 33 walks in 20 starts this season. Among Major League leaders, he ranks 6th in strikeouts and strikeouts per 9.0 innings (11.69/155 K, 119.1 IP). The 6–4, 235-pound left-hander has struck out 10-or-more batters in 7 starts this season, tied for 3rd-most such games in the Majors. He is one of three pitchers in the Majors this season to have thrown 2 complete games (also: Jose Berrios-MIN and Carlos Carrasco-CLE). Paxton pitched the 6th no-hitter in Mariners history on May 8 at Toronto. He became the first American League pitcher to record a 16-strikeout game (5/2 vs. OAK) and a no-hitter in the same season since Nolan Ryan in 1991.
The Ladner, British Columbia, Canada, native is 38–24 with a 3.38 ERA (203 ER, 541.1 IP) with 564 strikeouts and 159 walks in 94 career starts. Paxton was selected by Seattle in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB Draft and has spent 8 years in the Mariners organization, including parts of 6 Major League seasons.
