For Immediate Release

Monday, August 14, 2017

MARINERS RECALL RHP THYAGO VIEIRA FROM AAA TACOMA

RHP Christian Bergman optioned to AAA Tacoma.
SEATTLE, Wash. Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today the following roster moves:

Thyago Vieira, RHP, recalled from AAA Tacoma.

Christian Bergman, RHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma (post-game 8/13).

Vieira (#40) will be in uniform and available for tonights (7:10 p.m.) game vs. the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field.

Vieira (pronounced chee-AH-go vee-AIR-ah), 24, will be making his Major League debut with his first appearance. He
earned 2 saves while posting a 3.18 ERA (4 ER, 11.1 IP) with 10 strikeouts and 6 walks in 7 appearances with AAA Tacoma.
Prior to being promoted to Tacoma on July 19, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound right-hander made 29 outings with AA Arkansas.
He went 2-3 with 2 saves and a 3.72 ERA (15 ER, 36.1 IP) with 35 strikeouts and 15 walks. Overall, he is 2-3 with 4 saves
and a 3.59 ERA (19 ER, 47.2 IP) while striking out 45 and walking 21 in 36 combined games. He struck out multiple batters
in 10-of-his-29 outings with Arkansas and 3-of-his-7 games with Tacoma, including a season-high 5 strikeouts over 2.0
innings on April 22 vs. Springfield. Vieira was named to the World Team (Brazil) roster for the 2017 All-Star Futures Game.
He struck out 1 while allowing 1 hit and 1 walk in 0.2 scoreless innings on July 9 vs. the U.S. Futures squad.

In 2016, he went 1-0 with 8 saves and a 2.84 ERA (14 ER, 44.1 IP) with 53 strikeouts and 18 walks in 34 games with
advanced-A Bakersfield. His 8 saves ranked T9th in the California League. The native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, originally signed
by Seattle as a non-drafted free agent on Sept. 21, 2010. In parts of 7 minor league seasons with the Mariners, Vieira is 14-
18 with 13 saves and a 4.53 ERA (143 ER, 284.1 IP) with 237 strikeouts and 146 walks in 144 career games (28 starts).

Bergman, 29, made 2 relief appearances with the Mariners since being selected from AAA Tacoma prior to Saturdays
game. He combined for 5.0 scoreless innings in relief including 4.0 scoreless innings yesterday vs. the Angels scattering
2 hits and 1 hit batsman while striking out 3. Overall, the 6-foot-1, 195-pound right-hander is 4-4 with a 4.91 ERA (28 ER,
51.1 IP) with 33 strikeouts and 14 walks in 11 games (8 starts) over two stints (5/7-6/20 and 8/12-13) with Seattle this
season. In 14 starts with AAA Tacoma, Bergman is 8-3 with a 4.88 ERA (43 ER, 79.1 IP) with 60 strikeouts and 16 walks.

In 4 Major League seasons with Colorado (2014-16) and Seattle (2017), he is 11-13 with a 5.56 ERA (123 ER, 199.0 IP)
with 123 strikeouts in 66 games (23 starts). He was selected by Colorado in the 24th round of the 2010 MLB Draft.

VIEIRAs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2011 VSL Mariners 2-0 4.00 12 2 0 0 0 18.0 20 11 8 0 1 22 8 8 1
2012 VSL Mariners 3-5 6.05 13 13 0 0 0 55.0 67 40 37 2 12 17 35 12 0
2013 Everett 4-5 3.84 14 13 0 0 0 68.0 60 30 29 2 16 34 51 8 1
2014 Clinton 1-1 5.31 13 0 0 0 1 20.1 16 12 12 1 2 14 23 4 0
2015 Clinton 1-4 6.97 22 0 0 0 0 31.0 35 32 24 2 4 20 22 9 0
2016 Bakersfield 1-0 2.84 34 0 0 0 8 44.1 37 19 14 1 2 18 53 9 0
2017 Arkansas 2-3 3.72 29 0 0 0 2 36.1 30 18 15 1 2 15 35 4 1
Tacoma 0-0 3.18 7 0 0 0 2 11.1 9 4 4 0 0 6 10 7 1
Minor Lg Totals 14-18 4.53 144 28 0 0 13 284.1 274 166 143 9 39 146 237 61 4

BERGMANs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2010 Casper 1-4 5.96 14 5 0 0 0 48.1 62 39 32 5 1 11 37 4 0
2011 Tri-City 7-5 2.59 15 15 2 2 0 97.1 83 31 28 4 4 11 68 2 0
2012 Modesto 16-5 3.65 27 27 0 0 0 162.2 161 73 66 16 3 37 121 4 0
2013 Tulsa 8-7 3.37 27 27 1 1 0 171.0 162 76 64 25 5 23 111 0 0
2014 Colorado Springs 5-5 4.21 15 15 0 0 0 92.0 96 48 43 11 2 18 60 1 0
COLORADO 3-5 5.93 10 10 0 0 0 54.2 75 37 36 9 1 10 31 0 0
Tulsa 0-1 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 1 0 5 5 2 0
2015 COLORADO 3-1 4.74 30 4 0 0 0 68.1 82 36 36 8 0 15 37 4 0
Albuquerque 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0
2016 COLORADO 1-3 8.39 15 1 0 0 0 24.2 39 24 23 7 0 6 22 0 0
Albuquerque 3-3 3.66 10 10 0 0 0 51.2 52 24 21 8 2 12 33 1 0
2017 Tacoma 8-3 4.88 14 14 1 1 0 79.1 90 44 43 5 1 16 60 1 0
SEATTLE 4-4 4.91 11 8 0 0 0 51.1 55 29 28 11 3 14 33 0 0
Minor Lg Totals 48-33 3.77 126 117 4 4 0 716.1 716 338 300 75 18 135 501 15 0
ML Totals 11-13 5.56 66 23 0 0 0 199 251 126 123 35 4 45 123 4 0

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