Mariners active Paxton, promote six others

The Seattle Mariners activated ace left-hander James Paxton from the disabled list to start Saturday night's game against the Oakland Athletics.

The Seattle Mariners activated ace left-hander James Paxton from the disabled list to start Saturday night's game against the Oakland Athletics.

Paxton has been sidelined since taking a line drive off his pitching forearm on Aug. 14 against the Athletics. He was struck in the first inning of that start by Jed Lowrie's sharply hit ball.

Paxton is 10-5 with a 3.68 ERA in 24 starts this season.

The 29-year-old Paxton struck out a career-high 16 in seven innings against Oakland on May 2.

Seattle also expanded its roster by promoting right-handers Chasen Bradford, Ryan Cook and Justin Grimm, left-hander James Pazos, catcher David Freitas and infielder/outfielder Kristopher Negron from Triple-A Tacoma.

The Mariners also designated right-hander Rob Whalen for assignment and outrighted right-hander Christian Bergman to Tacoma.

Bradford is 5-0 with a 3.23 ERA in 38 appearances for Seattle this season. Cook is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in 11 appearances, Grimm went 1-3 with a 13.50 ERA in 16 appearances with the Royals before later joining the Seattle organization, and Pazos is 3-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 49 appearances with the Mariners.

Freitas is batting .192 in 78 at-bats with Seattle, while Negron was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. Negron played in two games for Arizona this season and went 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Whalen made one relief appearance for Seattle this season and worked four scoreless innings. Bergman went 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA in three appearances (two starts) with Seattle.

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