Seattle Mariners Announce Trade with Minnesota Twins, Make Spring Training Roster Moves

Seattle Mariners sends catcher Jair Fernandez to Minnesota Twins in exchange for rights to RHP RA Dickey

LAS VEGAS, 03/30/2008 -- Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager Bill Bavasi announced the following roster moves on Saturday:

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Traded to Minnesota Twins:
Seattle Mariners traded Minor League catcher Jair Fernandez to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for the Twins rejecting Seattle's offer to return Rule 5 Draft player RA Dickey.

Optioned to AAA Tacaoma (1):
Right-Handed Pitcher (1): RA Dickey

Reassigned to Minor League Camp (5):
Left-Handed Pitcher (1): Arthur Rhodes
Right-Handed Pitcher (2): Roy Corcoran, Chris Reitsma
Infielders (2): Tug Hulett, Greg Norton.

Today's roster moves leaves the Seattle Mariners with 26 players in their Major League Camp, all roster players.

Here's a look at the club's current spring roster:

Pitchers (12)
45 Bedard, Erik LHP
34 Hernandez, Felix RHP
52 Silva, Carlos RHP
56 Washburn, Jarrod LHP
43 Batista, Miguel RHP
58 Baek, Cha Seung RHP
59 O'Flaherty, Eric LHP
18 Rowland-Smith, Ryan LHP
65 Garcia, Anderson RHP
54 Green, Sean RHP
57 Lowe, Mark RHP
20 Putz, J.J. RHP

Catchers (2)
15 Burke, Jamie C
2 Johjima, Kenji C

Infielders (8)
29 Beltre, Adrian INF
5 Betancourt, Yuniesky INF
16 Bloomquist, Willie INF
13 Cairo, Miguel INF
4 Lopez, Jose INF
12 Morse, Mike INF
44 Sexson, Richie INF
3 Vidro, Jose INF

Outfielders (4)
28 Ibanez, Raul OF
25 Jimerson, Charlton OF
51 Suzuki, Ichiro OF
6 Wilkerson, Brad OF

Source: MLB