The Mariners introduced that they’ve claimed right-hander Eduardo Salazar off waivers from the Dodgers and assigned to Triple-A Tacoma. The Dodgers designated him for project earlier this week. In a corresponding transfer, left-hander Sammy Peralta has been designated for project.
Salazar, 26, signed a minor league take care of the Dodgers within the offseason and he was added to their roster in mid-April. He solely made one look for the large league membership, tossing two scoreless innings, spending most of his time this 12 months on non-compulsory project.
He made seven begins for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis this 12 months, tossing 33 2/3 innings with a 5.61 earned run common. He solely struck out 13.7% of batters confronted however restricted walks to a 7.8% clip and bought grounders on 58.6% of balls in play. With a .389 batting common on balls in play, it’s attainable that luck performed a job in what number of runs he allowed to cross the plate.
Protecting the ball on the bottom has been a characteristic of his recreation up to now as effectively. He made his main league debut with the Reds final 12 months and had a 51.1% grounder fee in 12 1/3 innings, whereas additionally getting opponents to pound the ball into the dust at an analogous fee within the minors.
Salazar has labored each as a starter and a reliever in his profession and will maybe present the Mariners with depth in each departments. He will be optioned for the remainder of this 12 months and for another season as effectively. He additionally has only a handful of service days, which means the Mariners can hold onto him for the foreseeable future so long as he continues to justify his roster spot.
Peralta, 26, was claimed off waivers from the White Sox in early April. He has made 12 appearances for Triple-A Tacoma however allowed 13 earned runs in 12 1/3 innings. His 20% strikeout fee, 13.3% stroll fee and 36.8% floor ball fee are all subpar.
That poor efficiency has led to him being got rid of Seattle’s roster and they’re going to now have one week to commerce him or go him by means of waivers. Maybe some membership can be primarily based on his earlier work. He made his main league debut final 12 months with the White Sox and had a 4.05 ERA in 20 innings. His 5.09 ERA in Triple-A final 12 months wasn’t particularly spectacular however he did strike out 23.1% of batters confronted whereas strolling simply 6.4%.