Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto announced today the following roster moves:
• Jean Segura, INF, placed on the paternity list.
• Gordon Beckham, INF, selected from AAA Tacoma.
• John Andreoli, OF, designated for assignment.
With today's roster moves, Seattle's Major League, 40-man roster, remains at 40 players.
Beckham (#1) will be in uniform and available for tonight's (7:10 pm PT) game versus the Los Angeles Dodgers.
A player may be on the Paternity List for up to 3 days.
Segura, 28, is batting .314 (148x471) with 78 runs, 27 doubles, 2 triples, 9 home runs, 56 RBI,17 stolen bases and a .343 on-base percentage this season. Over his last 7 games (Aug. 9-current), he's hitting .452 (14x31) with a double, a home run and 3 RBI. Among American League leaders this season, the 5-foot-10, 205-pound shortstop ranks 1st in hits, T3rd in multi-hit games (43), 5th in batting average, T7th in runs scored and 11th in stolen bases. He leads the Major Leagues with 18 games of at least 3 hits and has more multi-hit games (43) than games without a hit (30) this season. He was voted to his 2nd career All-Star Game (also: 2013 with Milwaukee) and finished 2-for-2 with a home run, 2 runs and 3 RBI.
In parts of 7 Major League seasons with Los Angeles-AL (2012), Milwaukee (2012-15), Arizona (2016) and Seattle (2017-c), he is a career .287 (990x3444) hitter with 152 doubles, 35 triples, 63 home runs and 309 RBI in 871 career games. The native of San Juan, DR, was signed by the Angels as an international free agent on Jan. 22, 2007.
Beckham, 31, has hit .200 (7x35) with 1 run, 1 double, 1 RBI, 3 walks and 1 stolen base in 13 games over two stints (5/14-31 and 7/10-12) with the Mariners this season. In 82 games with AAA Tacoma this season, he has hit .311 (96x309) with 23 doubles, 1 triple, 9 home runs and 49 RBI with a .411 on-base percentage and a .479 slugging percentage (.890 OPS).
In parts of 10 Major League seasons with Chicago-AL (2009-14, 2015), Los Angeles-AL (2014), Atlanta (2016), San Francisco (2016) and Seattle (2017-c), he is a career .239 (758x3171) hitter with 174 doubles, 5 triples, 74 home runs and 336 RBI in 977 career games. The native of Atlanta, GA, was a 1st round selection (8th overall) by the Chicago White Sox in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.
Andreoli, 28, has had three stints with the Mariners this season: May 23-28, July 7-9 and July 20. Overall this season with the Mariners, he is 1-for-5 (.200) with 1 walk in 3 games. He made his Major League debut with the Mariners on May 23 at Oakland and went 1-for-3 with a walk while also making a sliding catch in right field to rob a base hit in the 8th inning. In 89 games with AAA Tacoma, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound outfielder is batting .287 (94x327) with 54 runs, 18 doubles, 5 triples, 3 home runs, 36 RBI, 55 walks, 19 stolen bases and a .397 on-base percentage. He was on the Rainiers disabled list from April 22 to May 2 with a sprained finger on his right hand.
Andreoli was signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on Dec. 8, 2017. The Worchester, MA, native was drafted by Chicago-NL in the 17th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Connecticut. In 8 minor league seasons (2011-current), he's appeared in 773 games, hitting a combined .270 (745x2763) with 127 doubles, 44 triples, 37 home runs and 256 RBI with 247 stolen bases.