For Immediate Release

Friday, November 3, 2017

MARINERS CLAIM INF ZACH VINCEJ FROM CINCINNATI

Vincej made his Major League debut last season with the Reds.
SEATTLE, Wash. Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto
announced today that the club has claimed infielder Zach Vincej off waivers from Cincinnati.

Seattles 40-man roster currently stands at 37.

Vincej (pronounced VINCE-ee), 26, made his Major League debut with the Reds in 2017, appearing in 9 games and going
1-for-9 (.111) with 2 runs. The 6-foot, 190-pound shortstop spent most of the 2017 season with AAA Louisville, where he
hit .270 (102x378) with 36 runs, 21 doubles, 4 triples, 3 home runs and 38 RBI in 110 games.

In 2016, Vincej earned a Minor League Rawlings Gold Glove Award at shortstop after leading all minor league shortstops
with a .991 fielding percentage. The 2016 season his 2nd straight full season with AA Pensacola, where he hit .281 (112x399)
with 45 runs, 24 doubles, 3 triples, 3 home runs and 47 RBI in 121 games. Vincej earned his first invite to Cincinnatis Major
League spring training camp for the 2017 spring.

In parts of 6 minor league seasons in the Reds organization, Vincej is a career .272 (546x2011) hitter with 270 runs, 106
doubles, 13 triples, 16 home runs, 195 RBI and 46 stolen bases in 578 career games. Vincej, a native of San Diego, Calif.,
was selected by Cincinnati in the 37th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Pepperdine University. He was
the recipient of the Brooks Wallace Award, honoring the nations top collegiate shortstop, as a junior in 2012. Vincej was
also named West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-WCC First-Team that season.

VINCEJs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP
2012 Billings .336 38 143 27 48 62 11 0 1 17 0 4 7 9 23 4 4 .434 .393
2013 Dayton .263 104 377 51 99 135 17 5 3 31 2 4 6 36 72 13 7 .358 .333
2014 Bakersfield .271 115 428 72 116 144 23 1 1 40 4 2 3 44 73 11 8 .336 .342
2015 Pensacola .241 90 286 39 69 94 10 0 5 22 2 3 4 44 48 7 7 .329 .347
2016 Pensacola .281 121 399 45 112 151 24 3 3 47 4 4 6 25 85 7 6 .378 .329
2017 Louisville .270 110 378 36 102 140 21 4 3 38 8 2 4 28 49 4 3 .370 .325
CINCINNATI .111 9 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 .111 .333
Minor Lg Totals .272 578 2011 270 546 726 106 13 16 195 20 19 30 186 350 46 35 .361 .339
ML Totals .111 9 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 .111 .333

For more information, please contact the Seattle Mariners baseball information department at (206) 346-4000. More
information on Seattles roster is also available online at www.mariners.com. All Mariners news releases, game notes,
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