SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Guillermo Heredia, OF, recalled from AAA Tacoma on Monday and Marco Gonzales, LHP, was placed on the 10-day disabled list (retro to 8/24) with a cervical (neck) muscle strain.
Heredia (#5) will be in uniform and available for Tuesday night’s (7:10 pm PT) game vs. the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
Heredia, 27, is appearing in his 3rd stint with the Mariners this season (also: Opening Day – 4/22 and 5/1-8/19). In 105 games with the Mariners this season, he is batting .217 (57×263) with 22 runs, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 14 RBI. He was named to his 2ndcareer Opening Day roster this season. Since being optioned to AAA Tacoma on Aug. 19 (post-game), he went 3-for-16 (.188) with 2 runs, 2 RBI, 1 walk and 2 stolen bases in 5 games. Overall this season, he hit .276 (8×29) with 4 runs, 1 double, 2 RBI and 4 walks in 11 games with the Rainiers.
Heredia originally signed with the Mariners as a free agent on March 1, 2016. The native of Matanzas, Cuba, made his Major League debut with the Mariners on July 29, 2016 at the Cubs. In parts of 3 Major League seasons with Seattle (2016-c), he is batting .238 (176×741) with 77 runs, 29 doubles, 11 home runs and 50 RBI in 273 career games.
Gonzales, 26, is 12-9 with a 4.32 ERA (70 ER, 145.2 IP) with 128 strikeouts and 28 walks in 25 starts with the Mariners this season. He leads the club in wins, while ranking 2nd in starts, innings pitched and strikeouts and 3rd in quality starts (12). Through the end of July, he ranked among American League leaders in wins (T4th, 12), ERA (10th, 3.37), BB/9.0 IP (5th, 1.79) and K/BB ratio (7th, 4.44). Over his last 4 starts, the 6-foot-1, 199-pound left-hander is 0-4 with a 10.35 ERA (23 ER, 20.0 IP) with 17 strikeouts and 3 walks. He tossed his 1st career complete game on June 29 vs. Kansas City, holding the Royals to 1 run on 6 hits while striking out 7. He was named to his 1stcareer Opening Day roster this season.
Gonzales split the 2017 season between Seattle and St. Louis, going 1-1 with a 6.08 ERA (27 ER, 40.0 IP) with 32 strikeouts and 11 walks in in 11 games (8 starts). He was acquired by the Mariners from St. Louis in exchange for minor league outfielder Tyler O’Neill on July 21, 2017. Over his last 5 appearances (2 starts) of 2017, he went 1-0 with a 2.81 ERA (5 ER, 16.0 IP) with 17 strikeouts and 4 walks with the Mariners.
In parts of 4 Major League seasons with the Cardinals (2014-15, ’17) and Mariners (2017-c), he is 17-12 with a 4.72 ERA (117 ER, 223.0 IP) with 192 strikeouts and 61 walks in 47 games (39 starts). Gonzales, who resides in Seattle in the off-season, was drafted by St. Louis in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 2013 Draft out of Gonzaga University, becoming the highest draft pick in the history of the Bulldogs baseball program.
