The following players elected Free Agency between Oct 30th - Nov 1st...
* David Aardsma
* Josh Bard
* Adam Kennedy
* Jamie Wright
* Willy Mo Pena
* Luis Rodriguez
The following players were activated from the 60-day disabled list on October 31st...
* Franklin Gutierrez
* Adam Moore
Jeff Gray was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on October 31st
The following players were added to the Mariners 40-man roster (which now stands at 37)
* Carlos Truifel
* Chih-Hsien Chiang
* Francisco Martinez
Minor Moves...
* LHP Steve Garrison
(reunited with signing scout Tony Blengino who also worked with Jack Z in Milwaukee)
* re-signed Luis Rodriguez
* RHPs Jarret Grube and Jeff Marquez
* LHP Sean Henn
And, just today, the M's make their first major league roster move....
saying goodbye to Josh Lueke (and a PTBNL) and welcoming John Jaso - lefty catcher from the Rays.
Jaso, 28, has hit .245 with 10 home runs and 71 RBIs in 595 at-bats over three seasons with the Rays and could be used in a platoon situation with incumbent starter Miguel Olivo and backup Adam Moore, who are both right-handed hitters.
"John gives us a left-handed-hitting catcher with some big league time who is still young," Zduriencik said. "His left-handed bat will be a nice complement to our right-handed-hitting group. He's a tough kid with postseason experience, and should be a nice fit with us."
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Jaso was the Rays' Opening Day starter last year, and finished his first full season in the Majors batting .224 with 15 doubles, five home runs and 27 RBIs in 246 at-bats.
He started 67 games at catcher -- with 65 of those coming against right-handed pitchers. He started 50 of Tampa Bay's first 90 games, before going on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle that forced him to miss 33 games.
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