For Immediate Release

Friday, November 18, 2016

MARINERS GRANT RELEASE OF INF/OF STEFEN ROMERO

Romero to pursue opportunity to play in Japan.
SEATTLE, Wash. Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today that the club has requested unconditional release waivers on infielder/outfielder Stefen Romero to
allow him to pursue an opportunity to play in Japan.
This roster move leaves the Mariners Major League, 40-man roster, at 35.
Romero, 28, appeared in 9 games with Seattle over 2 separate stints in 2016, batting .235 (4x17) with 1 run scored, 1
double, 3 RBI and 1 walk. He spent the majority of the season with AAA Tacoma, batting .304 (127x418) with 70 runs
scored, 24 doubles, 6 triples, 21 home runs, 85 RBI and 36 walks in 106 games with the Rainiers. In his 4th season with
Tacoma, Romero was named to both the midseason and postseason Pacific Coast League All-Star teams while ranking
among the PCL leaders in slugging percentage (T5th/.541), OPS (6th/.902), RBI (T6th/85), total bases (7th/226), average
(T9th/.304), home runs (T9th/21), extra-base hits (T11th/51), hits (T17th/134) and on-base percentage (20th/.417).
Romero was originally selected by the Mariners in the 12th round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Oregon
State University. He has appeared with Seattle in parts of each of the last 3 seasons (2014-2016), batting .195 (42x215)
with 26 run scored, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 17 RBI and 8 walks in 94 games. In 6 minor league seasons in the
Seattle organization, Romero hit .306 (716x2341) with 372 runs scored, 148 doubles, 27 triples, 100 home runs, 442 RBI,
162 walks and 48 stolen bases in 588 games.
ROMEROs PLAYING RECORD
YEAR
2011
2012

CLUB
Clinton
High Desert
Jackson
2013
High Desert
Tacoma
2014
SEATTLE
Tacoma
2015
Tacoma
SEATTLE
2016
Tacoma
SEATTLE
Minor Lg Toals
ML Totals

AVG
.280
.357
.347
.278
.277
.192
.358
.292
.190
.304
.235
.306
.195

G
116
60
56
5
93
72
36
116
13
106
9
588
94

AB
429
258
216
18
375
177
151
476
21
418
17
2341
215

R
62
47
38
1
51
19
26
77
6
70
1
372
26

H
120
92
75
5
104
34
54
139
4
127
4
716
42

TB
198
150
134
6
168
53
101
235
8
226
5
1218
66

2B
22
19
15
1
23
6
7
37
1
24
1
148
8

3B
4
3
4
0
4
2
2
4
0
6
0
27
2

HR
16
11
12
0
11
3
12
17
1
21
0
100
4

RBI
65
51
50
2
74
11
36
79
3
85
3
442
17

SH
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2

SF
5
2
5
0
4
1
3
7
0
4
1
30
2

HB
11
3
5
1
4
6
1
4
0
4
0
33
6

BB
32
13
14
2
28
4
8
29
3
36
1
162
8

SO
69
35
37
1
87
48
28
85
6
67
4
409
58

SB
16
6
6
0
8
0
1
10
0
1
0
48
0

CS
9
2
3
0
4
4
3
1
0
1
0
23
4

SLG
.462
.581
.620
.333
.448
.299
.669
.494
.381
.541
.294
.520
.307

OBP
.342
.391
.392
.381
.331
.234
.387
.333
.292
.361
.263
.355
.242

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