The Mariners introduced that catcher Seby Zavala went unclaimed on waivers. He was outrighted again to Triple-A Tacoma. Zavala has the fitting to elect free company as a result of he has been outrighted a number of instances in his profession, although he accepted his earlier project to Tacoma a pair weeks in the past.
Zavala spent nearly all of the season because the backup catcher behind Cal Raleigh. Seattle has given Mitch Garver extra time behind the dish in current weeks, pushing Zavala off the roster as they attempt to discover extra offense. The M’s briefly introduced him again up final week whereas Garver was day-to-day with a wrist problem.
The 30-year-old Zavala is a .205/.271/.342 hitter in 557 huge league plate appearances. Most of that point got here with the White Sox earlier than transient stints with the D-Backs and Mariners during the last couple years. Raleigh and Garver are the one catchers on the 40-man roster. Assuming he sticks within the group, Zavala would in all probability be the following man up if both of Seattle’s huge league backstops undergo an damage.