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For Immediate Release Wednesday, December 2, 2015

MARINERS ACQUIRE CATCHER STEVE CLEVENGER FROM BALTIMORE 1B/OF Mark Trumbo and LHP C.J. Riefenhauser and traded to Orioles.

SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto announced today that the club has acquired catcher Steve Clevenger from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for first baseman/outfielder Mark Trumbo and left-handed pitcher C.J. Riefenhauser.

“Adding Steve to our roster further addresses our desire to build depth and balance behind the plate,” Dipoto said. “He’s coming off of a season in which his bat clicked at the Major League level the way it always has in the minors.”

Clevenger, 29, hit .287 (29x101) with 11 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 15 RBI in 30 games over two stints with the Orioles in 2015 (May 26-June 4 & Aug. 14-end of season). The left-handed hitting catcher spent a majority of the season with Triple-A Norfolk and was named to the International League All-Star team, batting .305 (80x262) with 28 runs scored, 11 doubles, 4 home runs and 32 RBI in 75 games.

Clevenger was originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 7th round of the 2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Chipola College (Marianna, FL). He began his career as a middle infielder before converting to a catcher in 2007. He made his Major League debut with the Cubs on September 26, 2011 at San Diego (0x3) and spent parts of three seasons with the Cubs before being traded to Baltimore along with RHP Scott Feldman in exchange for RHP Jake Arrieta, RHP Pedro Strop and international signing bonus slots 3 and 4 on July 2, 2013. Over parts of five seasons in the Majors with Chicago-NL (2011-13) and Baltimore (2013-15), he is batting .228 (95x416) with 30 runs scored, 26 doubles, 3 triples, 3 home runs and 41 RBI over 148 career games. Clevenger has a career .310 (769x2477) average with 321 runs scored, 155 doubles, 11 triples, 34 home runs and 348 RBI in 733 games over 10 seasons in the minor leagues.

Trumbo, 29, hit .262 (133x508) with 62 runs scored, 23 doubles, 3 triples, 22 home runs and 64 RBI in 142 combined games between Seattle and Arizona in 2015. With Seattle he hit .263 (88x334) with 39 runs scored, 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 41 RBI in 96 games, including .302 (77x255) with 35 runs, 12 doubles, 12 home runs, 36 RBI and an .849 OPS in 74 games after July 4. He was acquired by Seattle on June 3 along with LHP Vidal Nuño as part of 6-player trade with Arizona in exchange for RHP Dominic Leone, C Welington Castillo, OF Gabby Guerrero & INF Jack Reinheimer. In seven Major League seasons, he has hit .250 (639x2554) with 317 runs scored, 118 doubles, 10 triples, 131 home runs and 409 RBI in 690 career games.

Riefenhauser, 25, was acquired by the Mariners as part of a six-player trade along with RHP Nathan Karns and OF Boog Powell from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for 1B Logan Morrison, INF/OF Brad Miller and RHP Danny Farquhar on November 5. He made 17 appearances over four separate stints with the Rays in 2015, combining for a 1-0, 5.52 mark, all in relief. In his final 11 appearances (Sept. 1-end of season) he posted a 2.16 ERA (2 ER, 8.1 IP), closing the season with a career-high 7 consecutive scoreless appearances. Overall, he was with Tampa Bay April 17-May 28 (including a stint on the 15-day DL April 23-May 28 with left shoulder inflammation), June 12-17, July 1-4 and September 1 – end of season. He appeared in 29 games (all in relief) with AAA Durham, posting a 4-2, 2.86 mark with 1 save (11 ER, 34.2 IP).

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CLEVENGER’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP 2006 Boise .286 63 220 35 63 79 8 1 2 21 1 1 1 26 28 5 2 .359 .363 2007 Boise .373 22 83 10 31 40 9 0 0 18 0 1 0 4 6 0 0 .482 .398 Daytona .323 43 164 21 53 69 8 1 2 24 1 4 1 13 5 0 0 .421 .368 2008 Daytona .313 84 284 36 89 115 20 0 2 39 1 4 1 39 41 7 3 .405 .393 Tennessee .247 29 89 5 22 32 5 1 1 15 2 3 0 10 10 0 0 .360 .314 2009 Tennessee .364 26 77 12 28 41 4 3 1 10 1 0 1 10 8 0 0 .532 .443 2009 Iowa .265 68 230 21 61 75 12 1 0 26 2 3 1 15 31 4 3 .326 .309 2010 Tennessee .317 88 271 37 86 125 24 0 5 47 0 1 2 20 28 0 6 .461 .367 2011 Tennessee .295 95 312 42 92 140 27 3 5 39 1 3 0 35 39 1 0 .449 .363 Iowa .407 25 86 9 35 49 3 1 3 15 0 2 0 9 7 1 0 .570 .454 CHICAGO-NL .250 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .400 2012 CHICAGO-NL .201 69 199 16 40 55 12 0 1 16 0 0 0 16 39 0 1 .276 .260 Iowa .462 5 13 5 6 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .846 .533 2013 CHICAGO-NL .125 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .125 .222 Iowa # .327 15 52 14 17 31 5 0 3 11 0 0 0 9 7 0 0 .596 .426 GCL Orioles .231 4 13 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .231 .214 Aberdeen .389 5 18 4 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .389 .450 Norfolk .324 20 71 12 23 31 2 0 2 11 0 1 0 10 9 0 0 .437 .402 BALTIMORE .267 4 15 1 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .267 2014 BALTIMORE .225 35 89 8 20 30 8 1 0 8 0 0 0 8 19 0 0 .337 .289 Norfolk .305 64 226 28 69 88 13 0 2 30 0 4 1 23 30 1 0 .389 .366 Aberdeen .667 2 6 2 4 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.500 .714 2015 Norfolk .305 75 262 28 80 103 11 0 4 32 0 6 1 32 37 0 1 .393 .375 BALTIMORE .287 30 101 11 29 43 4 2 2 15 0 0 0 4 13 0 0 .426 .314 Minor Lg Totals .310 733 2477 321 769 1048 155 11 34 348 9 34 9 260 289 19 15 .423 .373 ML Totals .228 148 416 38 95 136 26 3 3 41 0 0 1 29 76 0 1 .327 .280

TRUMBO’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP 2005 Orem .274 71 299 45 82 137 23 1 10 45 0 2 1 21 67 2 2 .458 .322 2006 Cedar Rapids .220 118 428 43 94 152 19 0 13 59 0 7 3 44 99 5 5 .355 .293 2007 Cedar Rapids .272 128 471 57 128 201 27 2 14 76 0 5 6 34 98 10 8 .427 .326 2008 Rancho Cucamonga .283 103 407 70 115 225 28 2 26 68 0 2 3 26 67 7 3 .553 .329 Arkansas .276 32 123 13 34 61 7 1 6 25 2 2 0 7 29 1 2 .496 .311 2009 Arkansas .291 137 533 54 155 241 35 3 15 88 2 8 1 37 100 6 3 .452 .333 2010 Salt Lake .301 139 532 103 160 307 29 5 36 122 0 4 1 58 126 3 4 .577 .368 LA ANGELS .067 8 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 .067 .125 2011 LA ANGELS .254 149 539 65 137 257 31 1 29 87 0 4 5 25 120 9 4 .477 .291 2012 LA ANGELS .268 144 544 66 146 267 19 3 32 95 0 2 4 36 153 4 5 .491 .317 2013 LA ANGELS .234 159 620 85 145 281 30 2 34 100 0 4 0 54 184 5 2 .453 .294 2014 ARIZONA .235 88 328 37 77 136 15 1 14 61 0 5 1 28 89 2 3 .415 .293 AZL D-backs # .462 4 13 5 6 13 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 .500 Reno # .455 3 11 6 5 14 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.273 .500 2015 ARIZONA .259 46 174 23 45 88 10 3 9 23 0 0 0 10 39 0 0 .506 .299 SEATTLE .263 96 334 39 88 140 13 0 13 41 0 1 0 26 93 0 0 .419 .316 Minor Lg Totals .277 735 2817 396 779 1351 169 14 125 495 4 30 15 229 591 34 27 .480 .331 AL Totals .252 556 2052 257 517 946 93 6 108 325 0 11 9 142 558 18 11 .461 .302 NL Totals .243 134 502 60 122 224 25 4 23 84 0 5 1 38 128 2 3 .446 .295 ML Totals .250 690 2554 317 639 1170 118 10 131 409 0 16 10 180 686 20 14 .458 .300

RIEFENHAUSER’s PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2010 Princeton 1-0 2.84 11 0 0 0 1 19.0 14 6 6 1 0 6 16 1 0 Bowling Green 1-0 1.00 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 2011 Bowling Green 6-5 2.31 18 18 1 1 0 101.1 77 32 26 7 2 25 99 2 1 Charlotte 1-3 4.14 8 7 0 0 0 37.0 35 21 17 3 1 11 24 2 0 2012 Charlotte 7-8 4.76 23 14 0 0 1 96.1 98 55 51 11 6 32 103 2 1 Montgomery 1-1 3.44 9 1 0 0 0 18.1 15 7 7 4 3 8 15 0 0 Phoenix 0-0 2.19 9 1 0 0 0 12.1 6 4 3 0 0 5 14 2 0 2013 Montgomery 4-0 0.51 34 0 0 0 11 53.0 28 10 3 3 1 11 48 0 0 Durham 2-1 3.05 17 0 0 0 0 20.2 14 9 7 2 0 8 22 1 0 2014 Durham 3-3 1.40 39 0 0 0 1 57.2 41 13 9 3 2 25 53 4 0 TAMPA BAY 0-0 8.44 7 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 5 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 2015 Charlotte 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Durham 4-2 2.86 29 0 0 0 1 34.2 25 12 11 1 3 7 34 1 0 TAMPA BAY 1-0 5.52 17 0 0 0 0 14.2 15 10 9 3 0 7 7 0 0 Minor Lg Totals 30-23 2.77 191 42 1 1 15 448.0 354 166 138 35 18 136 419 13 2 ML Totals 1-0 6.30 24 0 0 0 0 20.0 21 15 14 3 0 10 9 0 0

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