SEATTLE — The Mariners have declined 2018 options on upright-handed pitchers Hisashi Iwakuma and Yovani Gallardo,making both eligible for free agency. Seattle also claimed utilityman Andrew Romine off waivers from Detroit on Thursday. Romine appeared in 124 games final season for the Tigers. Most of his time was spent in the infield. Gallardo gets a $2 million buyout payable next July 1 rather than a $13 million salary, which would have included $3 million deferred to July 1, or 2021. […]
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