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- Updated: August 3, 2016
SEATTLE — Recently acquired left-handed pitcher Ariel Miranda will start for the Mariners Thursday night against the Red Sox, manager Scott Servais announced Tuesday.
Miranda was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma after the Mariners acquired him in the trade of pitcher Wade Miley to Baltimore on Sunday. They will recall Miranda to start in what had been Miley’s spot in the rotation.
“I think if we turn him loose in a bullpen role we’ll see some velocity, maybe towards the higher end, like we saw here,” general manager Jerry Dipoto said after the trade deadline Monday. “He was 93, 95 [mph] in June. Or we let him start and continue to do the things he’s doing — he threw seven shutout innings Friday night for the Orioles’ Triple-A club — and we’ll see where we go from there with Ariel.”
Miranda made his first and only career Major League appearance …
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