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Five Former Generals Promoted to Seattle as September Call-Ups

Published on September 3, 2013 under Southern League (SL1)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager Jack Zduriencik announced today the following roster moves:

- RHP Erasmo Ramirez recalled from AAA Tacoma (starting tonight)

- LHP James Paxton selected from AAA Tacoma

- RHP Chance Ruffin recalled from AAA Tacoma

- RHP Hector Noesi recalled from AAA Tacoma

- INF Carlos Triunfel recalled from AAA Tacoma

- Coach Howard Johnson added to staff for September (AAA hitting coach)

Ramirez (#50) will be the starting pitcher in tonight's game against the Kansas City Royals (7:10 pm CT/5:10 pm PT). Paxton (#65), Ruffin (#57), Noesi (#45) and Triunfel (#1) will also be in uniform for tonight's game. Johnson (#10) was the Tacoma Rainiers hitting coach and will join the staff for the month of September.

Ramirez, 23, earned the win in his last start Aug. 29 at Houston (5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 7 SO) to improve to 5-1 on the season. He was optioned to AAA Tacoma following the start, but remained with the team. In 9 appearances/8 starts, Ramirez is 5-1 with a 5.18 ERA (28 ER, 48.2 IP).

Paxton, 24, will be making his Major League debut with his first appearance. The left-hander went 8-11 with a 4.45 ERA (72 ER, 145.2 IP) in 28 appearances/26 starts. He struck out 131 batters and averaged 8.09 strikeouts per 9.0 innings. Paxton held left-handed batters to a .222 (30x135) batting average and did not allow a home run. Paxton was selected by Seattle in the 4th round of the 2010 June Draft after pitching collegiately at the University of Kentucky.

Ruffin, 24, returns to the Major Leagues for the first time since 2011. The right-hander split the minor league season between AA Jackson and AAA Tacoma, combining to go 5-6 with a 3.91 ERA (49 ER, 112.2 IP) in 31 appearances, 18 starts. In 13 relief appearances with the Rainiers he posted a 1.74 ERA (4 ER, 20.2 IP) while striking out 19 and walking only 3 batters.

Noesi, 26, will be in his fourth stint with the Mariners this season (4/18-5/17 & 5/27-6/5, 7/12-26, 9/3-current). In 9 appearances with the Mariners he is 0-1 with a 5.64 ERA (14 ER, 22.1 IP). In his most recent stint with Tacoma he went 1-2, 4.62 ERA (19 ER, 37.0 IP) in 7 starts. Overall with the Rainiers he went 3-3, 5.83 ERA in 15 games, 11 starts. Noesi was acquired by Seattle from the New York Yankees on Jan. 23, 2012.

Triunfel, 23, appeared in 9 games with the Mariners over two stints before the All-Star break (.083/2x24, RBI). In 100 games with the Rainiers he hit .282 (108x383) with 55 runs scored, 22 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs and 31 RBI. Triunfel ended the AAA season with hits in 8 of the last 10 games (.282/11x39). Triunfel was originally signed by the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent on Sept. 23, 2006. He made his MLB debut Sept. 7, 2012 vs. Oakland.

Johnson, 52, just completed his first season as a coach in the Mariners organization serving as the hitting coach for the Tacoma Rainiers. Under his tutelage the Rainiers finished 2nd in the Pacific Coast League with 146 home runs, including at least one homer by 26 different players. Johnson also served as a coach for the USA team in the annual Futures Game. Johnson enjoyed a 14-season Major League career with the Tigers, Mets, Rockies and Cubs, and was a two-time All-Star.

The Mariners active roster currently includes 32 players. With the addition of Paxton to the 40-man roster, the Mariners 40-man roster is now full at 40 players, with RHP Stephen Pryor on the 60-day disabled list and DH/1B Jesus Montero on the restricted list.

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 5-1 5.18 9 8 0 0 0 48.2 51 30 28 9 1 14 42 0 0

Everett 0-0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 1 0 0 1 10 1 0

Minor Lg Totals 44-20 3.16 103 97 2 0 1 586.2 574 263 206 39 37 102 472 25 2

ML Totals 6-4 4.18 25 16 0 0 0 107.2 98 56 50 15 4 26 90 0 0

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

Minor Lg Totals 24-20 3.48 70 68 2 1 0 364.2 342 167 141 19 6 162 390 37 2

RUFFIN's PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK

2011 Erie 3-3 2.12 31 0 0 0 10 34.0 23 9 8 2 1 16 43 2 0

Toledo 0-0 1.84 13 0 0 0 9 14.2 14 4 3 1 0 6 17 1 0

DETROIT 0-0 4.91 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0

SEATTLE 1-0 3.86 13 0 0 0 0 14.0 13 6 6 2 0 9 15 1 0

2012 Tacoma 0-5 5.99 50 0 0 0 1 70.2 75 55 47 8 3 35 54 7 0

2013 Jackson 4-4 3.90 16 16 1 0 0 83.0 82 40 36 11 7 23 57 2 1

Tacoma 1-2 3.94 15 2 0 0 0 29.2 28 13 13 3 3 6 25 2 0

Minor Lg Totals 8-14 4.15 125 18 1 0 20 232.0 222 121 107 25 14 86 196 14 1

ML Totals 1-0 4.08 15 0 0 0 0 17.2 18 8 8 4 0 9 18 1 0

NOESI's PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK

2005 DSL Yankees 5-3 1.60 13 10 0 0 0 50.2 34 19 9 2 5 8 36 2 1

2006 GCL Yankees 0-0 1.29 5 0 0 0 1 7.0 5 1 1 0 0 1 11 0 0

2007 Charleston 1-1 4.50 5 5 0 0 0 20.0 25 10 10 2 0 8 11 2 0

2008 GCL Yankees 2-1 3.65 9 2 0 0 0 24.2 23 11 10 2 1 3 24 1 0

Staten Island 1-1 3.00 5 5 0 0 0 24.0 20 12 8 5 1 7 31 3 1

2009 Charleston 3-4 2.38 17 11 0 0 0 75.2 62 24 20 3 0 11 78 0 1

Tampa 3-0 3.92 9 9 0 0 0 41.1 34 18 18 3 1 4 40 2 0

2010 Tampa 5-2 2.72 8 8 0 0 0 43.0 35 14 13 3 2 6 53 5 1

Trenton 8-4 3.10 17 16 2 1 0 98.2 90 37 34 7 2 18 86 5 0

Scranton/WB 1-1 4.82 3 3 1 0 0 18.2 23 10 10 1 1 4 14 1 0

2011 Scranton/WB 1-1 3.28 6 5 0 0 0 24.2 28 11 9 0 2 9 17 2 1

NEW YORK (AL) 2-2 4.47 30 2 0 0 0 56.1 63 29 28 6 2 22 45 4 0

2012 SEATTLE 2-12 5.82 22 18 0 0 0 106.2 107 71 69 21 2 39 68 1 2

Tacoma 2-6 5.74 11 11 0 0 0 64.1 80 46 41 7 2 22 55 5 0

2013 Jackson 1-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 5 0 0 0 1 3 12 0 0

SEATTLE 0-1 5.64 9 1 0 0 0 22.1 31 15 14 3 1 9 18 2 0

Tacoma 3-3 5.83 15 11 0 0 0 66.1 80 45 43 12 1 14 49 4 1

Minor Lg Totals 36-27 3.57 125 98 3 1 1 570.0 544 258 226 47 19 118 517 32 6

Mariners Totals 2-13 5.79 31 19 0 0 0 129.0 138 86 83 24 3 48 86 3 2

ML Totals 4-15 5.39 61 21 0 0 0 185.1 201 115 111 30 5 70 131 7 2

TRIUNFEL's PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP

2007 Wisconsin .309 43 152 18 47 59 8 2 0 14 3 1 3 5 23 4 8 .388 .342

AZL Mariners .273 3 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .231

High Desert .288 50 208 32 60 74 10 2 0 22 3 0 2 12 31 3 4 .356 .333

2008 High Desert .287 108 436 75 125 177 20 4 8 49 3 5 5 30 52 30 9 .406 .336

2009 West Tenn .231 7 26 2 6 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .269 .286

AZL Mariners .250 4 16 0 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .313 .250

2010 West Tenn .257 129 470 51 121 156 12 1 7 42 5 3 7 13 54 2 8 .332 .286

2011 Jackson .281 105 395 45 111 155 22 2 6 35 3 0 10 25 71 5 7 .392 .340

Tacoma .279 27 111 7 31 39 6 1 0 10 1 1 2 2 17 1 0 .351 .302

2012 Tacoma .260 131 496 74 129 194 31 2 10 62 7 4 13 23 89 3 2 .391 .308

SEATTLE .227 10 22 2 5 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 .318 .261

2013 Tacoma .282 100 383 55 108 151 22 3 5 31 2 1 10 17 76 6 4 .394 .328

SEATTLE .083 9 24 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 .083 .120

Minor Lg Totals .276 707 2704 360 745 1020 133 17 36 276 27 17 53 128 418 55 42 .377 .319

ML Totals .152 19 46 2 7 9 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 12 0 0 .196 .188

For more information, please contact the Seattle Mariners baseball information department at (206) 346-4000. More information on Seattle's roster is also available online at www.mariners.com . All Mariners news releases, game notes, statistics and multimedia files are also available by visiting the Mariners Virtual Press Box at www.MarinersMedia.com .

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