Leo

Rivas

Turner fouled a ball off his lower half, and while he was able to stay in to finish the at-bat — a fielder’s choice out — the 39-year-old was clearly in pain and not able to continue. Dylan Moore moved over to first base with Leo Rivas taking over at second.

With the score tied at 5-5, Rivas poked a single into center to score Dylan Moore and give the Mariners a much-needed win in a game they trailed 5-1 in the eighth. Rivas has more than held his own since taking over as the starting shortstop with a .288/.362/.346 slash. He just doesn’t drive the ball enough nor steal enough bases to be a reliable fantasy option.

Rivas returns for another stint in the big leagues with starting shortstop J.P. Crawford hitting the injured list ahead of Tuesday’s game with a right hand fracture. The 26-year-old infielder figures to come off the bench for Seattle moving forward and won’t make much of a fantasy impact, if any.

Rivas spent three days on the Mariners roster while Dylan Moore was on paternity leave and made one appearance as a pinch-runner.

Rivas got six plate appearances in four weeks on the Mariners roster while J.P. Crawford was out, and now he doesn’t even that working to his advantage. He’ll be sent back down when Dylan Moore comes off the paternity list.

Not given much of a chance with Dylan Moore playing well at shortstop, Rivas went 2-for-6 with a triple in 25 days with the Mariners.

The 26-year-old will come up as the team placed J.P. Crawford on the injured list. The young infielder has played well at the Triple-A level where he’s slashed a .883 OPS with two homers, 11 RBI and five stolen bags in 18 games.

The 25-year-old infielder spent the 2022 season in the Reds organization where he slashed a paltry .228/.318/.344 with seven homers, 35 RBI and 18 stolen bases in 95 games between Double-A Chattanooga and Triple-A Louisville. He’ll function as organizational infield depth for the M’s at Triple-A Tacoma to begin the season.

Rivas, 23, is a switch-hitting shortstop who signed with the Angels all the way back in 2014. He has a career average of .252 in his 386 minor league games and has hit just 15 homers in that timeframe, but he’s a slick defender who can also provide some value on the bases. Rivas could compete for a spot on the Reds’ bench this spring, but there’s not much fantasy appeal in his profile.