Jesse

Hahn

He’s back. Hahn made a pair of scoreless relief appearances earlier this month before being jettisoned from Seattle’s 40-man roster. The 35-year-old journeyman righty returns to the fold as emergency relief depth at Triple-A Tacoma.

Hahn made a pair of relief appearances last week for Seattle, his first big-league outings since 2021, and was promptly removed from the club’s 40-man roster. The 35-year-old journeyman could potentially return on a new minor league pact, but he’ll test the free agent waters for now.

No one grabbed Hahn after allowing one unearned run in four innings over two appearances for the Mariners. That was the 35-year-old’s first major league action since 2021. He can opt for free agency, but he might as well stay put.

The Mariners need the 40-man and 26-man roster room for Casey Lawrence, and since Hahn worked multiple innings Tuesday and wouldn’t be available Wednesday, he was deemed expendable. If/when Hahn goes unclaimed, he likely will return to Triple-A Tacoma.

Hahn will take the roster spot of Tayler Saucedo, who was optioned to Triple-A in the corresponding move. Hahn will be a middle-inning option in his first go-around with Seattle.

Hahn was in Mariners camp this spring as a non-roster invitee and will stick around with the organization as extra minor-league relief depth. The 35-year-old journeyman hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since the 2021 season.

Pomeranz and Hahn were in Mariners camp this spring as non-roster invitees. They’ve been given their release to pursue opportunities elsewhere after failing to make Seattle’s season-opening bullpen mix.

Hahn hasn’t appeared in the majors since the 2021 season, but he’ll head to Seattle in the hopes of getting back to the big leagues. The 35-year-old journeyman spent last year with the Dodgers at Triple-A Oklahoma City, posting a respectable 4.54 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 44/33 K/BB ratio across 41 2/3 innings (35 appearances). He’s made 82 appearances (50 starts) in the majors between the Padres, Athletics and Royals dating back to 2014.

Hahn signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers back in January and went on to post a respectable 4.54 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 44/33 K/BB ratio across 41 2/3 innings (35 appearances) this season for Triple-A Oklahoma City. The 35-year-old righty hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since the 2021 season at this point and it’s fair to wonder if this is the end of the road. He made 82 appearances (50 starts) in the majors from 2014-2021 between the Padres, Athletics and Royals.

With the Dodgers and Padres set to open the regular season sooner than the rest of the league, expect them to trim down their rosters more quickly than the rest of the league. Knack, 26, had been a dark horse to see occasional starts as part of a six-man rotation to begin the season, but he’ll start out as excess depth at the Triple-A level instead.