SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners have picked up needed depth at catcher after acquiring Carlos Ruiz from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for left-handed pitcher Vidal Nuno on Monday at the start of the general manager meetings.First and foremost, Carlos brings us a veteran presence with outstanding leadership qualities and a winning pedigree, Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement. His combination of strong on-base skills, situational awareness and game-calling ability are a welcome addition to the Mariners.As part of the trade, the Mariners exercised the option on Ruiz for the 2017 season worth $4.5 million.The acquisition of Ruiz fills an immediate need for Seattle after the Mariners declined the option on Chris Iannetta for 2017. Ruiz, who will turn 38 before the start of next season, hit .264 with three home runs and 15 RBI in 62 games last season with the Phillies and Dodgers. Ruiz was traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in August.Ruiz also gives Seattle three options behind the plate heading into spring training along with Mike Zunino and Jesus Sucre. Zunino started last season at Triple-A but became Seattles primary catcher for the second half of the season, appearing in 53 of the final 67 games of the season. Zunino hit .207 with 12 home runs and 31 RBI.Nuno appeared in a career-high 55 games last season for Seattle, with one start, and was 1-1 with a 3.53 ERA. Nuno has been used as both a starter and reliever in his time with the Mariners. Nuno was acquired from Arizona during the 2015 season and has appeared in 126 career games with 42 starts. Fake Shoes Discount . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. Fake Jordan Shoes . 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Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has defended the teams Austrian Grand Prix tyre strategy after another disappointing race for the Italian outfit.Ferrari had been expected to challenge Mercedes in Spielberg and Kimi Raikkonen was running second in the early stages of the race. However, a curiously timed pit stop saw him lose track position to both Red Bulls and meant he had to settle for third behind Max Verstappen.Teammate Sebastian Vettel had started ninth after a gearbox penalty but led after 26 laps while in the latter stages of a long stint on super-soft tyres, only for his right rear to explode out of the blue on the start-finish straight. Arrivabene insists Ferrari made the right calls on strategy for both drivers.?[Vettel] was supposed to be out for a certain number of laps and we were asking to him and he was supposed to give feedback on tyres, Arrivabene said. We had no signs on telemetry, no sign from Seb, and no sign from the sensor of the tyre that suddenly the tyre was collapsing. Zero sign. The performance was okay.As per Sebastian, we felt that what Kimi gave us was good. We were continuing thinking that like its happened to [Daniel] Ricciardo, that the guys were going in and if not to overtake. In fact in the last lap in Turn 3, wheere he overtake Ricciardo, but we had the yellow flags, we were very lucky.dddddddddddd Its ironic.Arrivabene says Ferrari was happy to sacrifice Raikkonens track position to Red Bull as it thought the team was going to stop again, and was sure it could have caught both cars in the instance it did not.We were thinking that Red Bull would stop again but the data that we have was quite precise. We took a risk because with our data Kimi was able to overtake Verstappen two laps before the race and we were nearly there.Concerning Seb, I think that without this tyre failure he would be very high in the podium, I dont know where but very high. Because we diverse the two strategies, they were different from one driver to the other.I dont think it was a missed opportunity. We followed totally our strategy and sometimes we cant talk to the driver because the rules are very clear but the drivers can give us feedback at certain points.Kimi decided to carry on like this and we went on one other option for strategy but without the yellow flags he wasnt going to overtake Verstappen. I think what we have to say is hes done a great race. ' ' '
