The Seattle Mariners have quietly had a constructive offseason.
After ending very, very near a postseason berth final 12 months, they’ve made a number of doubtlessly impactful additions to their roster.
Sure, they misplaced Eugenio Suarez and Teoscar Hernandez, however they introduced in high-upside hitters in Luke Raley and Luis Urias, a stable hitting catcher in Mitch Garver, and two dependable veterans in Jorge Polanco and Mitch Haniger.
That’s simply the lineup: for the pitching employees, they added Austin Voth, Jackson Kowar, Gregory Santos, and now one other helpful veteran arm in Ryne Stanek.
The Mariners bullpen is robust: they’ve the flame-throwing Andres Munoz plus Gabe Speier, Santos, Tayler Saucedo, and Voth, amongst others.
Stanek is a stable center reliever with a little bit of a management drawback.
Throughout his seven-year profession, he has given up 175 walks in simply 347 innings: that’s an excessive amount of.
He did handle to get that quantity beneath management final 12 months, with 21 bases on balls in 50.2 frames.
His 3.45 profession ERA could possibly be a lot decrease if not for the problems discovering the strike zone, however he’s a high quality pitcher nonetheless.
His strikeout stuff typically will get him out of bother: he has fanned 406 hitters in these 347 frames.
His position in Seattle stays to be seen.