May 3, 201016 yr http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/05/ms-release-eric-byrnes.html The Mariners have released Eric Byrnes, according to Admin LaRue of The News Tribune. The veteran outfielder has posted a .443 OPS this season in 34 plate appearances. The 34-year-old agreed to a one-year deal with Seattle in late January. While Byrnes is earning $11MM in the final year of the three-year pact he signed with the D'Backs, the Mariners are responsible for just $400K of that sum. Seattle has also made a trio of in-house adjustments, sending Matt Tuiasosopo to Triple-A while promoting Ryan Langerhans and Josh Wilson. All four roster moves have been confirmed by a team press release. Shannon Drayer of ESPN Radio Seattle (via Twitter) points out that Langerhans and Wilson were not on the 40-man roster, meaning that another move is on the horizon. He later tweeted that the move will not be shifting a player to the 60-day DL and it will likely not involve a player on the 25-man roster (also via Twitter). Earlier this evening, both Dave Cameron of U.S.S. Mariner and Admin Stone of The Seattle Times predicted that Byrnes' days in Seattle were numbered. He's really fallen off the map offensively and I hope we don't go after him but I do wish him the best, this guy plays with a lot of heart or at least he used to.
May 3, 201016 yr That's a contract that doesn't get talked about enough as far as really bad contracts in recent years.
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