UPDATE 8:00 p.m.:Josh Wilson has signed a major league deal with the team as well.

The Mariners just announced that Jose Lopez has been traded to the Colorado Rockies for right handed pitcher Chaz Roe.

“Chaz is a former first-round pick with a nice arm,” GM Jack Zduriencik said in a release.

Roe, 24, was a 32nd overall sandwich pick selected in the 2005 entry draft. He made 27 starts in Class AAA last season, going 9-13 with a 5.98 ERA.

Guess those reports about Lopez being non-tendered were premature.

This rates as somewhat higher than losing him for nothing.

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