LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto announced tonight from the MLB Winter Meetings the following roster move:

· Seth Frankoff, RHP, released (player wishes to play in Korea).

Seattle’s Major League (40-man) roster is now at 36 players.

Frankoff, 29, who will pursue a playing opportunity in Korea, was claimed off waivers by Seattle from the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 4, 2017. He appeared in one Major League game with Chicago this season. Frankoff spent most of the season with AAA Iowa, going 2-8 with a 4.40 ERA (57 ER, 116.2 IP) with 119 strikeouts in 24 games, including 21 starts.

In eight minor league seasons with Oakland (2010-15), Los Angeles-NL (2016) and Chicago-NL (2017), he is 27-33 with a 3.80 ERA (269 ER, 637.0 IP) with 631 strikeouts in 266 games, including 70 starts.

Frankoff was selected by Oakland in the 27th round of the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington