Taveras went unclaimed after hitting the waiver wire, which isn’t a huge surprise considering how badly he’s struggled with both Texas and Seattle along with a (relatively) high salary. Taveras will need to be added back to the 40-man roster to rejoin the Mariners.

The Taveras experiment is over for the Mariners after just 28 games where he batted .174/.198/.272 with two homers and three steals. The 26-year-old center fielder remains a solid defender, but he simply hasn’t produced enough at the dish in recent years to deserve an everyday role at the highest level. He’s young enough that there’s probably another organization out there willing to roll the dice, but he’s unlikely to make much of an impact for fantasy purposes no matter where he winds up.

Taveras’s two non-hits today were 102.5 and 93.9 mph lineouts, so it was a particularly encouraging day for a guy who had been 3-for-40 with 17 strikeouts since joining the Mariners. He also stole a base. The go-ahead blast off Mike Vasil was his second homer in 130 plate appearances on the season. Including his time with the Rangers, he’s batting .220/.242/.333 with a 40/4 K/BB.

Taveras has made four consecutive starts for Seattle in right field since being claimed off waivers last week from the division-rival Rangers. The 26-year-old appears poised to continue playing everyday, but hasn’t made much of an impact at the dish so far, hitting .214 (3-for-14) with three RBI and one steal.