Here are Thursday’s minor moves from around the league…
- The Mariners announced that veteran infielder Gordon Beckham cleared waivers and was outrighted off the 40-man roster to Triple-A Tacoma. He’d been designated for assignment Monday after Seattle acquired right-hander Adam Warren from the Yankees. Beckham, 31, appeared in 13 games with Seattle this season and batted just .200/.263/.229 in 40 trips to the plate. At the time of his DFA, he was playing with the team’s Tacoma affiliate, where he’d delivered a productive .305/.406/.469 slash through 315 plate appearances. Beckham has more than enough service time to reject the outright in favor of free agency. Seattle’s announcement didn’t indicate whether he’d accepted, though he’s stuck around with the Mariners on the heels of a DFA multiple times over the past two seasons.
Quick, how many players had their best season by far as a 22 year old rookie?
Jerome Walton.
That’s close, but Jerome was 23. We can go under 22 in this game.
Dwight Smith Sr
Dwight Smith sr and derome Walton were both youth hitting coaches on the south side of Atlanta not that many years ago. Fun fact
Mark Fidrych
José Fernández?