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LOS ANGELES — The Mariners on Sunday acquired outfielder Ryan Langerhans from the Washington Nationals in a trade for Mike Morse. Langerhans, a left-handed hitter, plays all three outfield positions as well as first base, and all indications are that he will be joining the Mariners on Tuesday in New York. “This gives us a degree of flexibility,” general manager Jack Zduriencik said. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Langerhans was hitting .278 with nine home runs and 40 RBI in 64 games for Class AAA Syracuse. Morse was hitting .312 for AAA Tacoma with 10 homers and 52 RBI in 66 games. Acquired in the Freddy Garcia trade in 2004, he hit .300 in 107 games for Seattle, but he faded out of their plans last year after dislocating his shoulder five games into the season and undergoing season-ending surgery.
LOS ANGELES — The banged-up Mariners acquired an outfielder on Sunday that could provide the kind of defensive skills lost in the season-ending knee injury to Endy Chavez nearly two weeks ago. In a trade that has been discussed for the past several days, general manager Jack Zduriencik announced that he had traded Mike Morse to the Nationals for left-handed-hitting outfielder Ryan Langerhans.
