"The disappointing, tortured tenure of Milton Bradley with the Mariners finally came to an end Monday after an embarrassing series of events that occurred over the weekend.

Bradley was designated for assignment, along with outfielder Ryan Langerhans, as the team called up outfielders Mike Wilson and Carlos Peguero to replace them in time for a series that starts Tuesday in Baltimore. As for Bradley and Langerhans, they must be released, traded or outrighted to the minors within 10 days.

The moves come after the Mariners scored just two runs their final two games — both losses — against the Chicago White Sox, while Bradley generated negative headlines during all three days of the series.

On Friday, Bradley was ejected in the eighth inning of a tie game for arguing a strikeout, leaving the Mariners with a short-handed bench that prevented them from pinch-running in a key situation. Bradley was booed after failing to get to several balls hit his way Saturday. Then on Sunday, his poor throw led to a disastrous chain of events and two critical Chicago runs on the same play.

"We just felt that Milton was not part of our future and he is not part of our present," Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said in a conference call with reporters on Monday.

Zduriencik said there wasn't "any particular instance" that led to the decision, but that he and manager Eric Wedge agreed something had to be done. Mariners president Chuck Armstrong and CEO Howard Lincoln also signed off on the move after a conference call in which Zduriencik laid out the reasoning.

Asked to elaborate, Zduriencik said such internal discussions were private. He also could not say whether Bradley was having a negative impact on the clubhouse of a team that has managed to win eight of its past 12 games."