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It's pretty late in the day and I've already mentioned it a few times today, but here is the story in the Seattle Times today about Eric O'Flaherty joining the Mariner roster...for real this time.
M's Notes: O'Flaherty dials in, Dobbs sent to Tacoma
The phone calls flowed freely Wednesday when O'Flaherty joined the Mariners' 25-man roster, replacing Greg Dobbs, who was optioned to Tacoma. The move leaves Seattle with 13 pitchers so another roster move will likely occur in the next few days.
O'Flaherty, 21, is a left-handed pitcher, who attended Walla Walla High School. The velocity of his fastball is 90-94 mph, and he said a real breakthrough came last year in the second half of the season.
"I started throwing more of a slider/cutter type of pitch instead of a loopy, slurvy curveball that just wasn't getting it done," O'Flaherty
said.
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O'Flaherty had pitched twice for the Rainiers. The team was coming off a series in Portland when O'Flaherty was called on Tuesday morning and told to fly down to Oakland. That came with the caveat that he would be activated only if Rafael Soriano went on the disabled list.
When the Mariners decided to keep Soriano active, O'Flaherty had no spot on the roster. He couldn't be on the bench so he watched Tuesday's game from the clubhouse, though he did keep a uniform on.
"Just to feel like I was part of it," he said. After the game, O'Flaherty brought all his clothes and luggage from the clubhouse to the team hotel because he expected to be flying home on Wednesday morning.
"It was the most confusing day I've had in a long time," O'Flaherty said.
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