Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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If you missed it in Friday's News Tribune, here's the rundown with the Rainiers' revised rotation. Bobby Livingston, recently sent back to Triple-A by the Mariners, will remain a starter while Kevin Appier comes out of the rotation and goes into the bullpen.
Don't think this is any kind of a demotion for Appier, who has generally pitched well since getting over a strained calf he suffered late in spring training. Appier is positioning himself with a promotion to the majors if/when the Mariners need a reliever.
For Livingston, this means the experiment of him pitching out of the bullpen is over for now. The lefty's stuff and need to have the feel of his pitches is more suited for the rotation anyway.
