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PEORIA, Ariz. -- With Opening Day now just 11 days away, the Mariners trimmed their Major League camp to 40 players on Sunday, sending four players to the Minor League side, including promising relief prospect Art Warren.
Warren, the Mariners' No. 8 prospect per MLB Pipeline, will likely open the season at Double-A Arkansas after pitching last season for Class A Advanced Modesto, according to manager Scott Servais.
Also sent down were right-handed relievers Mike Morin and Shawn Armstrong and outfielder John Andreoli. The moves leave Seattle with 40 players in big league camp.
Three of the remaining 40 figure to open the year on the disabled list -- right-handed starters Erasmo Ramirez and Hisashi Iwakuma and left fielder Ben Gamel. So essentially there are still 37 players competing for the final 25-man roster spots when the season opens March 29 against the Indians at Safeco Field.
The Mariners likely will open the season with an eight-man bullpen and just four starters due to three off days in the first nine days, and that picture is clarifying with just 10 relievers still in camp.
The remaining relievers are right-handers Edwin Diaz, Juan Nicasio, Nick Vincent, David Phelps, Dan Altavilla, Casey Lawrence, Chasen Bradford and Ryan Cook and lefties Marc Rzepczynski and James Pazos.
Warren never was projected to make the club, but he took advantage of his opportunity to open some eyes.
"The last couple outings he had maybe a little of the dead arm, a young player who was juiced up early," Servais said. "Maybe not quite as sharp as he was early, but I thought he showed very well in this camp."
Armstrong, a 27-year-old acquired from the Indians in December, has gone the opposite direction as he's been able to build up arm strength after a slow start and threw a pair of scoreless innings in Saturday's 4-1 win over the A's in Mesa.
Both Armstrong and Morin -- who'd been claimed off waivers from the Royals in December -- cleared waivers recently to move them off the 40-man roster, but were kept in the organization.
Warren, the Mariners' No. 8 prospect per MLB Pipeline, will likely open the season at Double-A Arkansas after pitching last season for Class A Advanced Modesto, according to manager Scott Servais.
Also sent down were right-handed relievers Mike Morin and Shawn Armstrong and outfielder John Andreoli. The moves leave Seattle with 40 players in big league camp.
Three of the remaining 40 figure to open the year on the disabled list -- right-handed starters Erasmo Ramirez and Hisashi Iwakuma and left fielder Ben Gamel. So essentially there are still 37 players competing for the final 25-man roster spots when the season opens March 29 against the Indians at Safeco Field.
The Mariners likely will open the season with an eight-man bullpen and just four starters due to three off days in the first nine days, and that picture is clarifying with just 10 relievers still in camp.
The remaining relievers are right-handers Edwin Diaz, Juan Nicasio, Nick Vincent, David Phelps, Dan Altavilla, Casey Lawrence, Chasen Bradford and Ryan Cook and lefties Marc Rzepczynski and James Pazos.
Warren never was projected to make the club, but he took advantage of his opportunity to open some eyes.
"The last couple outings he had maybe a little of the dead arm, a young player who was juiced up early," Servais said. "Maybe not quite as sharp as he was early, but I thought he showed very well in this camp."
Armstrong, a 27-year-old acquired from the Indians in December, has gone the opposite direction as he's been able to build up arm strength after a slow start and threw a pair of scoreless innings in Saturday's 4-1 win over the A's in Mesa.
Both Armstrong and Morin -- who'd been claimed off waivers from the Royals in December -- cleared waivers recently to move them off the 40-man roster, but were kept in the organization.
