Mariners reinstate Paul Sewald to Major League Roster

Per Team Release

Seattle Mariners Baseball Operations announced that President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto made the following roster moves Wednesday afternoon.

·       Paul Sewald, RHP, reinstated from Injured List.

·       Penn Murfee, RHP, returned to Triple-A Tacoma.

Seattle’s Major League, 40-man, remains full at 40 players.

Sewald (SEE-wald), 31, was placed on the Injured List on April 20. He has appeared in 4 games out of the Mariners bullpen this season, going 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 3.2 IP) with no walks and 3 strikeouts. In 2021, Sewald went 10-3 with 11 saves and a 3.06 ERA (22 ER, 64.2 IP) with 24 walks and 104 strikeouts. He became just the 4^th reliever in Mariners history to record at least 100 strikeouts in a season.

The right-hander was signed by Seattle to a minor league contract on Jan. 8, 2021. He was originally selected by the New York Mets in the 10^th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of San Diego. The Las Vegas native has appeared in 6 Major League seasons with New York-NL (2017-20) and Seattle (2021-22).

Murfee, 27, was selected as a substitute player for Sewald on April 20, but did not appear in a game with Seattle. In 5 games with the Rainiers this season, he is 2-0 with 2 saves and a 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 8.0 IP) with 1 hit allowed, 2 walks and 10 strikeouts.

Murfee was originally selected by Seattle in the 33rd round of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Santa Clara University. The Nashville, Tennessee native also attended Vanderbilt University. In 82 career minor league games (34 starts), he is 18-10 with 2 saves and a 4.09 ERA (106 ER, 233.0 IP) with 80 walks and 266 strikeouts.

SEWALD’s PLAYING RECORD

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YEAR	CLUB	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	SO	WP	BK
2012	Brooklyn	0-2	1.88	16	0	0	0	4	28.2	26	7	6	2	1	2	35	2	0
2013	Savannah	3-2	1.77	35	0	0	0	8	56.0	48	11	11	0	3	7	67	0	0
2014	St. Lucie	5-1	1.92	43	0	0	0	11	56.1	41	13	12	1	4	19	69	1	0
	Binghamton	1-0	4.15	3	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	2	0	2	3	7	0	0
2015	Binghamton	3-0	1.75	44	0	0	0	24	51.1	34	12	10	3	0	10	56	2	0
2016	Las Vegas	5-3	3.29	56	0	0	0	19	65.2	58	31	24	9	1	21	80	6	0
2017	Las Vegas	1-0	2.08	8	0	0	0	4	8.2	7	2	2	1	0	2	12	0	0
	NEW YORK-NL	0-6	4.55	57	0	0	0	0	65.1	58	36	33	8	3	21	69	3	1
2018	NEW YORK-NL	0-7	6.07	46	0	0	0	2	56.1	62	39	38	8	1	23	58	1	0
	Las Vegas	3-0	1.12	7	0	0	0	1	8.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	7	0	0
2019	Syracuse	3-3	3.35	41	0	0	0	3	51;0	56	23	19	6	4	15	52	3	0
	NEW YORK-NL	1-1	4.58	17	0	0	0	1	19.2	18	10	10	3	1	3	22	0	0
2020	NEW YORK-NL	0-0	13.5	5	0	0	0	0	6;0	12	9	9	1	1	4	2	0	0
2021	Tacoma	0-0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
	SEATTLE	10-3	3.06	62	0	0	0	11	64.2	42	24	22	10	0	24	104	2	0
2022	SEATTLE	0-0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Minor Lg Totals	23-11	2.32	252	1	0	0	74	330.0	280	100	85	22	13	77	388	14	0
ML Totals	11-17	4.67	191	0	0	0	14	215.2	192	118	112	30	6	75	258	6	1

MURFEE’s PLAYING RECORD

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YEAR	CLUB	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	SO	WP	BK
2018	Everett	3-2	6.55	19	0	0	0	0	33.0	35	25	24	6	5	12	23	0	0
2019	Tacoma	0-0	10.38	5	0	0	0	0	8.2	13	10	10	3	1	7	12	0	0
	Modesto	5-5	3.07	26	20	0	0	0	102.2	95	40	35	3	5	23	122	7	3
	Arkansas	1-0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
2020	Did not play due to cancellation of minor league season
2021	Arkansas	5-2	4.13	10	10	1	1	0	52.1	50	27	24	9	5	20	62	5	1
	Tacoma	2-1	4.44	16	4	0	0	0	26.1	22	13	13	2	2	15	35	1	1
2022	Tacoma	2-0	0.00	5	0	0	0	2	8.0	1	0	0	0	1	2	10	0	0
Minor Lg Totals	18-10	4.09	82	34	1	1	2	233.0	216	115	106	23	19	80	266	13	5

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