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Former Wizards pitcher, Jared Wells has had an interesting 2008 season. He started the year with the Padres as the 64th former Wizard to make his MLB debut, went to China, then got sent back to Triple-A before being traded to Seattle.

Thanks to Erik Bedard hitting the DL and Seattle’s release of Richie Sexson, Wells was back in the Bigs despite not putting up stellar numbers with Triple-A Tacoma. In 16 games and 16 innings of work with the Rainiers, Wells went 0-2 with a 4.41 ERA. He gave up 13 hits and eight earned runs with 20 strikeouts and six saves. However, his opposing batting average was just .217 against him. He’s also seemed to have turned a corner of sorts, giving up just two earned runs in his last 8 outings.

BUT WAIT! Maybe there was no room for him after all. One day later, when the Mariners have activated right-hander, Felix Hernandez, from the 15-day disabled list, they optioned Jared Wells back to Triple-A Tacoma.

But here’s the real kicker:

Wells was named to the Pacific Coast League Triple-A All-Star team. But since he was on the big league roster, he was replaced on the team by infielder Oswaldo Navarro. So now he isn’t on the MLB squad AND he isn’t pitching in the All-Star Game.

Wells was a 31st Round (925th overall) pick in the 2002 Major League Draft. He joined the Wizards in 2002. During that season, he started 14 games and compiled a 4.09 ERA with one complete game and 72 strikeouts over 81.1 innings pitched.

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