In the past three days, the Seattle Mariners’ Eric Byrnes:
The Mariners made that not-too-difficult decision about two hours after today’s game, releasing Byrnes and replacing him with outfielder Ryan Langerhans, who they’ve called up from Class AAA Tacoma.
The Mariners also optioned little-used infielder/outfielder Matt Tuiasosopo to Tacoma and called up infielder Josh Wilson, who led the Raininers with a .333 average, 11 doubles, a triple and 11 RBI. His 11 doubles led the Pacific Coast League.
Langerhans was batting .282 with a .391 on-base percentage.
Because neither Langerhans nor Wilson were on the 40-man major league roster, the Mariners must move one more player (in addition to Byrnes) off that roster. They’re expected to make that move Monday, and it’s not expected to be anyone off the current major league club.
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