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- Updated: November 19, 2016
SEATTLE — The Mariners acquired Richie Shaffer and Taylor Motter, two versatile players with some Major League experience, from the Rays on Friday in a trade for three Minor League prospects, and they also added hard-throwing southpaw reliever James Pazos from the Yankees in another deal.
Right-hander Dylan Thompson, Seattle’s fourth-round Draft pick in 2015 and the club’s No. 22-ranked prospect by MLBPipeline.com, was sent to Tampa Bay along with first baseman/outfielder Dalton Kelly and right-hander Andrew Kittredge. Right-hander Zach Littell, previously the Mariners’ No. 14 prospect, was shipped to the Yankees for Pazos.
After trading Mike Montgomery in July and Vidal Nuno earlier this month, general manager Jerry Dipoto is looking for southpaws for the Seattle bullpen and feels Pazos could help there immediately.
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“That’s a real need of ours and we’ll continue to look to address those needs,” Dipoto said. “But James is a big arm, and he’s performed quite well at the Minor League level. He still has two [Minor League] options, so he’s a flexible piece. But he’ll enter Spring Training as a guy with a chance to make our club.”
Pazos pitched in 18 games for the Yankees over the past two seasons, posting a 5.40 ERA in 8 1/3 innings in limited duty. But the 6-foot-2, 235 pounder out of Arizona was 2-2 with a 2.63 ERA with 41 strikeouts and 19 walks in 27 1/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last year and features a mid-to-upper 90s fastball and quality curve.
Littell, 21, was 13-6 with a 2.66 ERA …
