For Immediate Release

Monday, December 18, 2017

MARINERS RELEASE LEFT-HANDED PITCHER ANDREW ALBERS

Albers seeking opportunity to play in Japan
SEATTLE, Wash. Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today the following roster move:

Andrew Albers, LHP, released (player wishes to play in Japan).

Seattles Major League (40-man) roster is now at 38 players.

Albers, 32, was 5-1 with a 3.51 ERA in 9 games, 6 starts, with the Mariners last season. He was acquired by Seattle from
Atlanta in exchange for cash considerations in a minor league trade on Aug. 11. Following the trade, he was assigned to AAA
Tacoma but did not appear with the Rainiers prior to being selected by Seattle. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound left-hander went 12-
3 with a 2.61 ERA (35 ER, 120.2 IP) with 115 strikeouts and 19 walks in 26 games (17 starts) with AAA Gwinnett in the Atlanta
organization in 2017.

In parts of 4 Major League seasons with Minnesota (2013 and 2016), Toronto (2015) and Seattle (2017), Albers is 7-6 with a
4.10 ERA (55 ER, 120.2 IP) with 79 strikeouts and 25 walks in 26 games (18 starts). He made his Major League debut with
the Twins on Aug. 6, 2013 at Kansas City.

The native of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada was originally drafted by Milwaukee in the 12th round of the 2004 MLB
Draft out of John Paull II High School (North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada) but did not sign. He was selected and signed
by San Diego in the 10th round of the 2008 MLB Draft out of the University of Kentucky. He was teammates with James Paxton
at the University of Kentucky from 2007-08.

ALBERS PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2008 AZL Padres 1-0 0.00 5 2 0 0 0 7.0 3 1 0 0 0 3 7 0 0
2009 INJURED DID NOT PLAY
2010 Quebec 3-0 1.40 40 0 0 0 17 57.2 41 13 9 0 2 16 59 2 1
2011 Fort Myers 4-1 1.55 22 2 0 0 4 52.1 48 11 9 2 1 7 46 1 0
New Britain 4-1 2.91 13 5 0 0 0 43.1 44 15 14 0 5 7 34 2 0
2012 New Britain 4-3 3.75 19 17 0 0 0 98.1 111 41 41 7 2 12 73 6 3
GCL Twins 1-0 1.93 2 1 0 0 0 4.2 4 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0
2013 Rochester 11-5 2.86 22 22 3 1 0 132.1 124 46 42 14 0 32 116 0 1
MINNESOTA 2-5 4.05 10 10 1 1 0 60.0 64 34 27 6 2 7 25 0 1
2014 Hanwha 6-13 5.89 28 28 1 1 0 151.1 200 108 99 18 4 40 107 9 0
2015 Buffalo 2-11 5.70 20 15 1 0 0 83.2 110 57 53 7 4 26 53 2 1
TORONTO 0-0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0
2016 Lancaster 1-0 0.00 1 1 1 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0
Rochester 10-6 3.69 21 21 2 0 0 124.1 150 53 51 10 4 30 84 8 0
MINNESOTA 0-0 5.82 6 2 0 0 0 17.0 27 16 11 5 0 6 16 1 0
2017 Gwinnett 12-3 2.61 26 17 0 0 0 120.2 120 38 35 6 1 19 115 3 1
SEATTLE 5-1 3.51 9 6 0 0 1 41.0 43 22 16 6 2 10 37 1 0
Ind. Lg Totals 4-0 1.25 45 40 2 2 0 230.3 292 159 138 30 6 55 149 10 1
Korean Lg. Totals 6-13 5.89 28 28 1 1 0 151.1 200 108 99 18 4 40 107 9 0
Minor Lg Totals 49-30 3.32 150 102 6 1 4 666.2 714 263 246 46 17 139 531 22 6
ML Totals 7-6 4.10 26 18 1 1 1 120.2 135 73 55 18 4 25 79 2 1

#REHAB ASSIGNMENT

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