Anthony

Vasquez

Now the owner of a 8.89 ERA and 1.90 WHIP through his first 27 1/3 big-league innings, it’s looking pretty safe to say Vasquez won’t challenge for a spot in the Mariners’ 2012 rotation.

The move clears him from the 40-man roster. Vasquez was terrible in seven starts down the stretch, posting an 8.90 ERA and 13/10 K/BB ratio over 29 1/3 innings.

The 26-year-old left-hander began experiencing vision problems while working out at the Mariners’ spring training complex in Peoria, Arizona and an examination by doctors showed a ruptured blood vessel in his brain. Vasquez is resting now and should be ready to resume baseball activities in a couple of months. He had a 6.53 ERA in 60 2/3 innings this summer at Triple-A Tacoma.

He struck out a pair and hit a batter. It was easily Vasquez’s best start since being promoted, but unfortunately for him, he was outdone by Everett Teaford in the unlikely pitcher’s duel. The owner of a 7.29 ERA and 1.67 WHIP, Vasquez will start next weekend against the Rangers in a matchup where he should certainly be avoided.

Vasquez, who last in appeared in the majors in 2014 with the Mariners, had a 3.08 ERA and 119/43 K/BB ratio over 172 1/3 innings between the Phillies’ Double- and Triple-A affiliates in 2016. The 30-year-old will function as veteran rotation depth in the minors.

Vasquez hasn’t appeared in the majors since 2011, when he posted an ugly 8.90 ERA in 29 1/3 innings with the Mariners. The left-hander needed major surgery in November 2012 for a ruptured blood vessel in his brain.

Vasquez, 29, held a 4.10 ERA over 134 innings between Double- and Triple-A in the Phillies organization last season. He hasn’t appeared in the majors since 2011 and is merely a depth guy.

Vasquez hasn’t appeared in a major league game since 2011 and didn’t post very good numbers last season in the Orioles’ minor league system. The 28-year-old left-hander needed major surgery in November 2012 for a ruptured blood vessel in his brain.

Vasquez was scratched from his start with Triple-A Tacoma on Monday night, so it appears he is at least under consideration. The 24-year-old left-hander has a 3.64 ERA over 21 starts between Double-A and Triple-A this season, averaging 5.8 K/9 and 2.1 BB/9. He would be replacing Erik Bedard in the rotation, at least for one start.

Anthony Vasquez was knocked around for six runs (five earned) over 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut Tuesday, but the Mariners could keep him around to ease the workload on Michael Pineda, among others. “We still have some off-days, so we’ll pick and choose how we want to handle these guys,” said Wedge. “Obviously, everybody is well aware of Pineda. We have some other young pitchers. And even Felix.” Pineda has thrown a career-high 147 innings in his rookie season while King Felix is second in the American League with 200 1/3 innings pitched.