Reading Time: 5 minutesYou’ve likely read by now the Seattle Mariners optioned left-hander James Paxton to Triple-A Tacoma and thereby announcing right-hander Nate Karns will be the final piece to the starting rotation behind Felix Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma, Wade Miley and Taijuan Walker.
Why Paxton was optioned
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou’ve likely read by now the Seattle Mariners optioned left-hander James Paxton to Triple-A Tacoma and thereby announcing right-hander Nate Karns will be the final piece to the starting rotation behind Felix Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma, Wade Miley and Taijuan Walker.