For Immediate Release

Friday, January 12, 2018

MARINERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FIVE ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE PLAYERS:
LHP JAMES PAXTON, RHP DAVID PHELPS, RHP ERASMO RAMIREZ,
RHP NICK VINCENT AND CATCHER MIKE ZUNINO
The Mariners have no remaining arbitration eligible players.
SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today that the club has agreed to terms on 2018 contracts with five arbitration eligible players on the club’s
Major League, 40-man roster: right-handed pitchers David Phelps, Erasmo Ramirez & Nick Vincent; left-handed pitcher
James Paxton and catcher Mike Zunino. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
By agreeing to terms with the five players, the Mariners have no remaining arbitration-eligible players.

Paxton, 29, was 12-5 with 2.98 ERA (45 ER, 136.0 IP) in 24 starts and was named Mariners Pitcher of the Year by Seattle
chapter of Baseball Writers Association of America. He set career bests in wins (12), starts (24), innings (136.0), strikeouts
(156) and ERA (2.98). He had two stints on 10-day DL: May 5 (retro to 5/3)-May 31 with left forearm strain (1 rehab start
with AA Arkansas May 26 vs. Frisco) and Aug. 11-Sept. 14 with strained left pectoral muscle (suffered in 7th Aug. 10 vs.
LAA). He was named American League Pitcher of the Month for July on Aug. 2 after going 6-0 with a 1.37 ERA (6 ER, 39.1
IP) with 46 strikeouts and 6 walks in 6 starts in July, becoming the first Mariners pitcher to win 6 games in a single month.

Phelps, 31, was 2-1 with 3 holds and a 3.12 ERA (3 ER, 8.2 IP) in 10 relief appearances with 11 strikeouts and 5 walks
after being acquired by the Mariners from Miami on July 20 last season. Overall, he was 4-5 with 21 holds and a 3.40 ERA
(21 ER, 55.2 IP) with 62 strikeouts and 26 walks in 54 combined appearances with the Mariners and Marlins last season.
He made two trips to the disabled list with Seattle: was on 10-day DL Aug. 8 (retro to Aug. 7) to Aug. 23 with an impingement
in his right elbow and returned to DL Sept. 1-end of season with a right elbow posterior impingement. He had surgery on
his right elbow on Sept. 13 to remove a bone spur. At the time of his first DL placement (Aug. 8), he ranked second among
Major League relievers in holds (21) and T15th in innings pitched (54.0).

Ramirez, 27, was acquired by Seattle from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for right-handed pitcher Steve Cishek on July
28, 2017. In 11 starts with Seattle, he went 1-3 with a 3.92 ERA (27 ER, 62.0 IP), including recording 7 quality starts.
Ramirez began the season with the Rays, going 4-3 with 1 save, 6 holds and a 4.80 ERA (37 ER, 69.1 IP) in 26 games, 8
starts. In six Major League seasons with Seattle (2012-14, 2017) and Tampa Bay (2015-17), he is 30-35 with 3 saves and
a 4.20 ERA (276 ER, 592.0 IP) with 463 strikeouts in 182 games, including 82 starts. Ramirez was traded by Seattle to
Tampa Bay on March 31, 2015 in exchange for left-handed pitcher Mike Montgomery. The native of Rivas, Nicaragua was
originally signed by Seattle in 2007 and made his Major League debut in 2012, posting a 3.36 ERA (22 ER, 59.0 IP) in 16
games, including 8 starts that season. 

Vincent, 31, was 3-3 with 29 holds and a 3.20 ERA (23 ER, 64.2 IP) with 50 strikeouts in 69 relief appearances last season.
Set career highs in games, innings and holds and led the club’s relievers in games and ERA and was second in innings. His
29 holds were second-most in the Majors last season (Taylor Rogers, 30) and were the second-most in Mariners history (A.
Rhodes, 32, 2001). Vincent did not allow a run in 57 of his 69 appearances, and was named the Mariners Unsung Hero by the
Seattle chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America at the conclusion of the year.

Zunino, 26, appeared in 124 games with Seattle in 2017, setting career highs in runs scored (52), hits (97), doubles (25),
home runs (25) and RBI (64). His 25 home runs ranked third in the Majors among catchers, trailing only Gary Sanchez-
NYY (33) and Salvador Perez-KC (27). He also ranked among all ML catches (min. 425 PA) in slugging percentage
(2nd/.509) and OPS (4th/.840). Zunino also appeared in 12 games with AAA Tacoma (5/5-21), batting .293 (12x41) with 7
runs scored, 2 doubles, 5 home runs and 11 RBI. He was originally selected by the Mariners in the first round (3rd overall)
in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Florida. He made his Major League debut for Seattle in 2013
and has appeared in 474 Major League games over 5 seasons.
PAXTON’s PLAYING RECORD
YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2010 Grand Prairie 1-2 4.08 4 4 0 0 0 17.2 15 9 8 1 0 7 18 1 0
2011 Clinton 3-3 2.73 10 10 0 0 0 56.0 45 21 17 1 1 30 80 6 0
Jackson 3-0 1.85 7 7 0 0 0 39.0 28 10 8 2 1 13 51 3 1
2012 Jackson 9-4 3.05 21 21 0 0 0 106.1 96 43 36 5 1 54 110 13 1
2013 Tacoma 8-11 4.45 28 26 2 1 0 145.2 158 84 72 10 3 58 131 14 0
SEATTLE 3-0 1.50 4 4 0 0 0 24.0 15 5 4 2 0 7 21 0 0
2014 SEATTLE 6-4 3.04 13 13 0 0 0 74.0 60 29 25 3 1 29 59 7 0
Tacoma # 0-1 4.35 3 3 0 0 0 10.1 13 7 5 2 0 6 14 0 0
Everett # 0-1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0
2015 SEATTLE 3-4 3.90 13 13 0 0 0 67.0 67 34 29 8 0 29 56 5 0
2015 Tacoma # 0-1 8.10 3 3 0 0 0 6.2 12 6 6 0 0 3 4 2 0
2016 Tacoma 4-3 3.73 11 11 0 0 0 50.2 43 24 21 6 0 15 53 4 0
SEATTLE 6-7 3.79 20 20 0 0 0 121.0 134 62 51 9 1 24 117 5 0
2018 SEATTLE 12-5 2.98 24 24 0 0 0 136.0 113 47 45 9 3 37 156 15 1
Arkansas# 0-0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 1 0
Minor Lg Totals 27-24 3.61 85 83 2 1 0 421.1 402 199 169 28 6 180 450 44 2
ML Totals 30-20 3.28 74 74 0 0 0 422.0 389 177 154 31 5 126 409 32 1
 PHELPS’ PLAYING RECORD
YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2008 Staten Island 8-2 2.72 15 15 0 0 0 72.2 67 28 22 4 1 18 52 1 1
2009 Charleston 10-3 2.80 19 19 0 0 0 112.2 117 48 35 9 4 25 90 5 2
Tampa 3-1 1.17 7 7 0 0 0 38.1 34 9 5 1 0 6 32 2 0
2010 Trenton 6-0 2.04 14 14 0 0 0 88.1 63 21 20 2 2 23 84 2 3
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4-2 3.07 12 11 0 0 0 70.1 76 31 24 4 1 13 57 1 1
2011 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6-6 3.19 18 18 1 1 0 107.1 115 42 38 11 4 26 90 0 0
GCL Yankees 1-1 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
2012 NEW YORK-AL 4-4 3.34 33 11 0 0 0 99.2 81 38 37 14 6 38 96 2 2
Tampa 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 5.1 7 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
Trenton 1-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0
2013 NEW YORK-AL 6-5 4.98 22 12 0 0 0 86.2 88 50 48 8 5 35 79 2 0
Trenton # 0-0 3.52 2 2 0 0 0 7.2 5 3 3 2 0 5 12 0 0
2014 NEW YORK-AL 5-5 4.38 32 17 1 0 1 113.0 115 62 55 13 7 46 92 2 1
2015 MIAMI 4-8 4.50 23 19 0 0 0 112.0 119 59 56 11 4 33 77 2 0
2016 MIAMI 7-6 2.28 64 5 0 0 4 86.2 61 23 22 6 2 38 114 0 1
2017 MIAMI 2-4 3.45 44 0 0 0 0 47.0 42 20 18 5 0 21 51 0 0
SEATTLE 2-1 3.12 10 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 3 3 0 1 5 11 0 0
Minor Lg. Totals 40-15 2.53 93 92 1 1 0 523.0 493 184 147 33 12 122 445 11 7
AL Totals 17-15 4.18 97 40 1 0 1 308.0 293 153 143 35 19 124 278 6 3
NL Totals 13-18 3.52 131 24 0 0 4 245.2 222 102 96 22 6 92 242 2 1
ML Totals 30-33 3.89 228 64 1 0 5 553.2 515 255 239 57 25 216 520 8 4

RAMIREZ’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2008 VSL Mariners 4-1 2.86 13 11 1 0 0 63.0 67 23 20 2 2 9 46 5 2
2009 VSL Mariners 11-1 0.51 14 13 0 0 0 88.0 54 10 5 1 7 5 80 4 0
2010 Clinton 10-4 2.97 26 23 1 0 1 151.2 142 63 50 13 13 21 117 2 0
2011 Jackson 7-6 4.73 19 19 0 0 0 110.1 127 74 58 10 8 19 81 5 0
Tacoma 3-2 5.10 7 7 0 0 0 42.1 51 27 24 4 2 13 35 0 0
2012 SEATTLE 1-3 3.36 16 8 0 0 0 59.0 47 26 22 6 3 12 48 0 0
Tacoma 6-3 3.72 15 15 0 0 0 77.1 81 45 32 5 4 18 58 8 0
2013 Jackson 0-0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
Tacoma 3-3 3.09 7 7 0 0 0 43.2 43 17 15 4 1 14 42 0 0
SEATTLE 5-3 4.98 14 13 0 0 0 72.1 79 44 40 12 3 26 57 0 0
Everett 0-0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 1 0 0 1 10 1 0
2014 SEATTLE 1-6 5.26 17 14 0 0 0 75.1 82 44 44 13 6 34 60 3 0
High Desert 0-1 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 5 2 0 2 7 0 0
Tacoma 6-5 3.65 15 14 0 0 0 86.1 92 43 35 8 4 13 67 9 0
2015 TAMPA BAY 11-6 3.75 34 27 0 0 0 163.1 145 73 68 16 9 40 126 3 0
2016 TAMPA BAY 7-11 3.77 64 1 0 0 2 90.2 90 39 38 14 4 26 63 7 0
2017 TAMPA BAY 4-3 4.80 26 8 0 0 1 69.1 66 39 37 10 1 16 55 1 0
SEATTLE 1-3 3.92 11 11 0 0 0 62.0 57 31 27 12 1 15 54 0 0
Minor Lg Totals 50-26 3.26 119 112 2 0 1 679.0 674 312 246 49 41 117 546 34 2
ML Totals 30-35 4.20 182 82 0 0 3 592.0 566 296 276 83 27 169 463 14 0

VINCENT’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2008 Eugene 3-3 5.40 16 8 0 0 2 43.1 42 32 26 6 2 20 38 3 0
Portland 0-1 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 0 0
2009 Lake Elsinore 4-2 3.08 59 0 0 0 2 64.1 66 27 22 3 1 18 74 0 0
2010 Lake Elsinore 4-0 1.87 48 1 0 0 0 81.2 60 24 17 7 5 23 76 1 1
2011 San Antonio 8-2 2.27 66 0 0 0 3 79.1 54 20 20 6 3 20 89 1 0
2012 Tucson 1-1 5.82 23 0 0 0 2 21.2 27 14 14 2 2 11 19 1 0
San Antonio 1-0 1.86 9 0 0 0 0 9.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 15 0 0
SAN DIEGO 2-0 1.71 27 0 0 0 0 26.1 19 5 5 2 1 7 28 1 0
2013 Tucson 4-3 3.55 24 0 0 0 0 25.1 26 11 10 4 1 12 24 1 0
SAN DIEGO 6-3 2.14 45 0 0 0 1 46.1 33 11 11 1 2 11 49 0 0
2014 SAN DIEGO 1-2 3.60 63 0 0 0 0 55.0 44 22 22 5 2 11 62 1 0
Lake Elsinore 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2015 SAN DIEGO 0-1 2.35 26 0 0 0 0 23.0 25 8 6 0 0 10 22 0 0
El Paso 5-3 3.04 40 0 0 0 1 50.1 48 21 17 5 0 15 68 0 0
2016 SEATTLE 4-4 3.73 60 0 0 0 3 60.1 53 26 25 11 1 15 65 0 0
Everett # 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
SEATTLE 3-3 3.20 69 0 0 0 0 64.2 62 23 23 3 0 13 50 0 0
Minor Lg Totals 30-15 3.07 289 11 0 0 10 383.2 332 155 131 34 16 120 411 7 1
ML Totals 16-13 3.00 290 0 0 0 4 275.2 236 95 92 22 6 67 276 2 0

ZUNINO’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP
2012 Everett .373 29 110 29 41 81 10 0 10 35 0 1 4 18 26 1 0 .736 .474
Jackson .333 15 51 6 17 30 4 0 3 8 0 1 0 5 7 0 0 .588 .386
2013 Tacoma # .227 52 203 38 46 97 12 3 11 43 0 4 5 17 66 0 0 .478 .297
SEATTLE .214 52 173 22 37 57 5 0 5 14 0 1 3 16 49 1 0 .329 .290
2014 SEATTLE .199 131 438 51 87 177 20 2 22 60 0 4 17 17 158 0 3 .404 .254
2015 SEATTLE .174 112 350 28 61 105 11 0 11 28 8 2 5 21 132 0 1 .300 .230
Tacoma .317 10 41 7 13 24 2 0 3 8 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 .585 .349
2016 Tacoma .286 79 280 47 80 146 15 0 17 57 0 4 8 35 69 0 1 .521 .376
SEATTLE .207 55 164 16 34 77 7 0 12 31 0 1 6 21 65 0 0 .470 .318
2017 SEATTLE .251 124 387 52 97 197 25 0 25 64 0 1 8 39 160 1 0 .509 .331
Tacoma .293 12 41 7 12 29 2 0 5 11 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 .707 .356
Minor Lg Totals .288 197 726 134 209 407 45 3 49 162 0 10 19 79 181 1 1 .561 .368
ML Totals .209 474 1512 169 316 613 68 2 75 197 8 9 39 114 564 2 4 .405 .280

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