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Refsnyder

Refsnyder loses his spot on Seattle’s roster with Taylor Ward coming over at the trade deadline. The 35-year-old hit .140 (16-for-114) with four homers and 11 RBI in 53 games for the Mariners this season.

Refsnyder returns to a lefty-mashing platoon role with Seattle following a one-month absence due to right knee inflammation.

The 35-year-old has been shelved since June 27 due to inflammation in his right knee. He’s going to need at least a few games against live pitching before he’s an option to rejoin the Mariners. Barring any setbacks, he should be ready to go at some point during the upcoming week.

Refsnyder is dealing with a knee issue. It’ll be newly acquired Buddy Kennedy taking his spot on Seattle’s roster prior to Monday’s contest against the division-rival Angels.

Raley remains stapled to Seattle’s bench for the sixth straight contest, but figures to be available to pinch-hit at some point. He struck out as a pinch-hitter during Saturday’s contest. The 31-year-old masher has been dealing with an illness in addition to a lingering back issue for the better part of the last week. It’ll be Dominic Canzone heading out to right field with lefty-masher Rob Refsnyder at DH to face his former club.

Refsnyder’s third homer was a 368-footer that would have stayed in play in 15 of the 30 parks. Mariners manager Dan Wilson has been getting criticism for sticking with Refsnyder against lefties amid a horrible start to his season. Even after today, the 35-year-old Refsnyder is hitting just .122/.200/.243 in 85 plate appearances.

Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Friday that Refsnyder is dealing with a couple minor ailments, which explains why he was kept out of Friday’s lineup. The 35-year-old veteran lefty-mashing specialist should be ready to return in a couple days, if not sooner.

Refsnyder came up to hit against Jojo Romero off the bench, and he launched his second homer of the season to give Seattle the 3-2 lead and ultimately the victory. He still is hitting just .121/.211/.303 on the season, but Refsnyder has been too good against southpaws to be remotely concerned about his roster spot. He’s not going to get enough playing time against right-handers to garner roster consideration in fantasy leagues.

Dad strength. Refsnyder’s first hit as a Seattle Mariner comes shortly after returning off paternity leave, and it was a leadoff blast off MacKenzie Gore. The 35-year-old is still hitting just .045/.180/.182, but his history of destroying left-handed pitching makes it hard to be too concerned after just a three-week sample.

Refsnyder had been away from the team since Tuesday. The 35-year-old is hitless in 17 at-bats for the Mariners this season with a 5/3 K/BB ratio in his limited action.