The Mariners have claimed right-hander off waivers from the Angels, reports . The reliever was one of a handful of players waived by Los Angeles in a salary dump. Its the fourth organization of the season for Leone, who originally broke into the majors with Seattle nine years ago. He began on a minor league deal with Texas but didnt crack the Rangers MLB roster. Leone moved to the Mets via free Ehire Adrianza Jersey agency and turned in 30 2/3 innings of 4.40 ERA ball. He struggled with homers in Queens but posted better than average strikeout and walk marks. The Halos acquired Leone just before the August 1 trade deadline. As was the case for the bulk of the roster over the last few weeks, he struggled in Orange County. Leone was tagged for eight runs in 13 frames as an Angel. He walked nine while striking out 11. For the season, the 31-year-old now carries a 4.74 ERA acro s 43 2/3 frames. Hes striking hitters out at a league average 23.4% clip but has now walked just under 11% of batters faced. Its not the most dominant performance, but Leone has shown an intriguing arsenal on a pitch-for-pitch basis. Hes averaging just under 96 MPH on his heater and has gotten swinging strikes on a ma sive 15.7% of his offerings between the two clubs. Hell add a power arm to the middle innings, furthering deepening a very good Seattle relief corps. The combination of power stuff but inconsistent results explains both why the Ms rolled the dice on Leone and why so many other teams did not. Seattle had the #26 waiver priority, meaning everyone aside from the Rays, Orioles, Dodgers and Braves certainly pa sed. Seattle will need to clear a spot on the 40-man roster once they officially announce the claim. Leone can take the extra spot on the active roster during tomorrows expansion. Its a low-cost roll of the dice, as Seattle will take on roughly $258K in remaining salary on Leones $1.5MM contract. Hell be a free agent at seasons end. Darin Erstad Jersey