For Immediate Release

Friday, November 18, 2016

MARINERS COMPLETE 5-PLAYER TRADE WITH TAMPA BAY

Seattle acquires INF/OF Taylor Motter & INF/OF Richie Shaffer.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today the following trade:

Taylor Motter, INF/OF, acquired from Tampa Bay.

Richie Shaffer, INF/OF, acquired from Tampa Bay.
Dalton Kelly, INF, traded to Tampa Bay.
Andrew Kittredge, RHP, traded to Tampa Bay.
Dylan Thompson, RHP, traded to Tampa Bay.

The Mariners Major League 40-man roster is now at 37.

Motter and Shaffer help us create the depth that is critical to our success, said Dipoto. They are two defensively versatile
players who have offensive skill; Shaffer brings power and Motter brings on-base ability and speed. Their additions gives
us players with Major League experience who allow us to maintain our roster flexibility throughout the season.
Motter, 27, hit .188 (15x80) with 11 runs, 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 RBI and 11 walks in 34 games with Tampa Bay last
season. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound infielder/outfielder made his Major League debut on May 16, 2016 at Toronto. Motter
appeared defensively at shortstop (9 games, 7 starts), left field (7 G, 4 GS), second base (6 G, 4 GS), right field (6 G, 2
GS), third base (4 G, 3 GS) and first base (1 G, 1 GS) with the Rays last season. He also became the 6th position player in
Rays history to pitch in a game on July 1 vs. Detroit. He began the 2016 season with AAA Durham, where he hit .229
(80x350) with 44 runs, 17 doubles, 13 home runs, 46 RBI and 33 walks in 88 games.
In parts of 6 minor league season in the Rays organization, Motter is a career .272 (538x1981) hitter with 125 doubles, 56
home runs and 263 RBI in 553 career games. He was named to the International League midseason and postseason AllStar team in 2015 and added to the Rays 40-man roster following the season. The native of West Palm Beach, Fla., was
drafted by the Rays in the 17th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of Coastal Carolina University. He made his
pro debut with Princeton in the Appalachian Rookie League in 2011.
Shaffer, 25, appeared in 20 games over three stints with Tampa Bay in 2016 (8/3-10, 8/20-24 & 9/6-end of season). Overall
he hit .250 (12x48) with 5 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 home run, 4 RBI and 5 walks, while appearing in games at first base,
third base and designated hitter. The 6-foot-3, right-handed batter spent the majority of the season with AAA Durham in the
International League, batting .227 (97x428) with 49 runs scored, 27 doubles, 11 home runs, 48 RBI, 65 walks and 4 stolen
bases in 119 games. Shaffer was recently rated by Baseball America as the Best Infield Arm in the Rays organization
following the 2016.
Shaffer was selected by Tampa in the first round (25th overall) in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Clemson
University. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round in the 2009 draft out of Providence
(Charlotte, NC) High School, but did not sign. He made his Major League debut with the Rays in 2015 and appeared in 31
games at 4 different positions (1B, 3B, RF, DH) during his rookie campaign. Shaffer recorded his first career hit, a solo
home run, in his second career start on August 4, 2015 at Chicago-AL off Daniel Webb. Over 5 seasons in the minor leagues
with the Rays, Shaffer hit .246 (452x1834) with 251 runs scored, 120 doubles, 8 triples, 71 home runs, 283 RBI, 226 walks
and 18 stolen bases in 501 games. He was named the Rays Minor League Player of the Year following the 2015 season
after leading all Rays minor leaguers with 26 home runs and tying for 2nd with 72 RBI between AA Montgomery and AAA
Durham. He also started at third base and hit cleanup for the U.S. team in the 2015 All-Star Futures Game at Great American
Ballpark in Cincinnati.
Kelly, 22, reached base safely in 112 of 130 games with Clinton in 2016, batting .293 (141x481) with 70 runs scored, 30
doubles, 4 triples, 7 home runs, 58 RBI, 11 HBP, 63 walks and 21 stolen bases. He was the one of four LumberKings to be
selected to the Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star team, going 1-for-3 with 1 run scored, 1 double and 1 RBI as the
starting first baseman. Kelly was selected in the 38th round by the Mariners in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of
UC Santa Barbara. In two minor league seasons in the Mariners organization, he batted .281 (162x577) with 93 runs scored,
33 doubles, 8 triples, 7 home runs and 69 RBI in 161 games.
Kittredge, 26, went 3-3 with 7 saves and a 3.50 ERA (28 ER, 72.0 IP) in 37 games/5 starts combined between AA Jackson
and AAA Tacoma in 2016. The right-handed reliever limited opponents to a .268 (76x284) average, while walking 19 and
striking out 84. The Spokane, WA native, Kittredge attended the University of Washington from 2009-11 and signed with
Seattle as a non-drafted free agent on August 21, 2011. In 6 seasons in the minor leagues for the Mariners, Kittredge went
16-12 with 17 saves and a 4.49 ERA (171 ER, 342.2 IP) in 186 games/9 starts.
Thompson, 22, appeared in only 3 games/1 start with Rookie Arizona League Mariners in 2016 due to injuries. He was
originally selected by the Mariners in the 4th round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of
Minnesota. In his professional debut in 2015, he with 2-1 with a 2.36 ERA (7 ER, 26.2 IP) in 9 games/5 starts with the
Mariners in the Arizona League.

MOTTERs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR
2011

CLUB
Princeton
Bowling Green
2012
Bowling Green
2013
Charlotte
GCL Rays
2014
Montgomery
2015
Durham
2016
Durham
TAMPA BAY
Minor Lg Totals
ML Totals

AVG
.323
.182
.244
.290
.364
.274
.292
.229
.188
.272
.188

G
46
3
99
67
4
119
127
88
33
553
33

AB
158
11
303
210
11
452
486
350
80
1981
80

R
37
1
41
26
1
60
74
44
11
284
11

H
51
2
74
61
4
124
142
80
15
538
15

TB
76
5
110
88
6
197
229
136
24
847
24

2B
13
0
17
14
2
19
43
17
3
125
3

3B
0
0
2
2
0
3
1
0
0
8
0

HR
4
1
5
3
0
16
14
13
2
56
2

RBI
23
3
37
21
0
61
72
46
9
263
9

SH
0
0
5
5
0
6
1
0
0
17
0

SF
3
0
0
1
0
9
9
2
1
24
1

HB
1
0
3
1
0
5
5
2
1
17
1

BB
33
1
50
22
2
34
57
33
11
232
11

SO
26
4
60
29
1
71
95
65
19
351
19

SB
22
1
24
20
0
15
26
19
0
127
0

CS
2
0
12
8
0
7
8
4
1
41
1

SLG
.481
.455
.363
.419
.545
.436
.471
.389
.300
.428
.300

OBP
.436
.250
.357
.359
.462
.326
.366
.297
.290
.349
.290

SF
1
9
2
1
4
1
2
1
19
2

HB
4
6
5
1
3
3
1
0
20
3

BB
16
35
56
23
31
10
65
5
226
15

SO
31
106
119
49
74
32
135
18
514
50

SB
0
6
4
3
1
0
4
0
18
0

CS
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2

SLG
.487
.399
.440
.470
.582
.392
.367
.438
.437
.410

OBP
.406
.308
.318
.362
.355
.307
.329
.315
.333
.310

SF
0
5
5

HB
2
11
13

BB
24
63
87

SO
35
114
149

SB
10
21
31

CS
0
10
10

SLG
.333
.416
.402

OBP
.385
.384
.384

SHAFFERs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR
2012
2013
2014
2015

CLUB
Hudson Valley
Charlotte
Montgomery
Montgomery
Durham
TAMPA BAY
2016
Durham
TAMPA BAY
Minor Lg Totals
ML Totals

AVG
.308
.254
.222
.262
.270
.189
.227
.250
.246
.213

G
33
122
119
39
69
31
119
20
501
51

AB
117
469
427
149
244
74
428
48
1834
122

R
25
55
58
22
42
11
49
5
251
16

H
36
119
95
39
66
14
97
12
452
26

TB
57
187
188
70
142
29
157
21
801
50

2B
5
33
28
10
17
3
27
6
120
9

3B
2
1
4
0
1
0
0
0
8
0

HR
4
11
19
7
19
4
11
1
71
5

RBI
26
73
64
27
45
6
48
4
283
10

SH
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0

KELLYs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR
CLUB
2015
AZL Mariners
2016
Clinton
Minor Lg Totals

AVG
.219
.293
.281

G
31
130
161

AB
96
481
577

ERA
4.50
0.84
1.80
5.81
6.23
7.27
5.87
4.35
6.75
0.00
3.03
5.31
3.44
3.55
4.49

G
1
5
4
16
17
10
14
42
3
1
15
21
14
23
186.0

R
23
70
93

H
21
141
162

TB
32
200
232

2B
3
30
33

3B
4
4
8

HR
0
7
7

RBI
11
58
69

SH
1
4
5

KITTREDGEs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR
2011
2012

CLUB
Everett
Clinton
Jackson
High Desert
2013
Jackson
Tacoma
High Desert
2014
High Desert
Jackson
Everett
2015
Jackson
Tacoma
2016
Jackson
Tacoma
Minor Lg Totals

W-L
0-0
1-0
0-0
2-1
1-3
0-0
0-2
6-1
0-0
1-0
2-1
0-1
1-1
2-2
16-12

GS
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
1
9

CG
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

SHO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

SV
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
7
17

IP
2.0
10.2
5.0
26.1
21.2
17.1
23.0
82.2
4.0
3.0
32.2
42.1
34.0
38.0
342.2

H
3
8
5
32
39
24
28
91
6
1
29
46
37
39
388

R
1
1
3
17
16
14
17
47
4
0
12
25
17
18
192

ER
1
1
1
17
15
14
15
40
3
0
11
25
13
15
171

HR
0
1
1
4
0
3
6
11
0
0
1
5
0
5
37

HB
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
8

BB
1
1
4
9
12
9
3
25
6
0
11
18
10
9
118

SO
2
16
2
25
27
8
23
112
3
2
31
29
37
47
364

WP
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
7
1
1
0
3
2
0
20

BK
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
4

ER
7
3
10

HR
0
0
0

HB
4
0
4

BB
8
4
12

SO
25
6
31

WP
3
0
3

BK
0
0
0

THOMPSONs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR
CLUB
2015
AZL Mariners
2016
AZL Mariners
Minor Lg Totals

W-L
2-1
0-1
2-2

ERA
2.36
5.79
2.87

G
9
3
12

GS
5
1
6

CG
0
0
0

SHO
0
0
0

SV
0
0
0

IP
26.2
4.2
31.1

H
18
6
24

R
8
3
11

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