Seattle Mariners: Free Agents Most Likely to Sign
Most Likely – Pitchers
The resigning of an old friend could be on tap. Ok, so he’s not that old, but he did well during his short time with the Seattle Mariners. Of course, I’m talking about Tyler Anderson. The other option could be Matthew Boyd, but I’m giving the nod to Anderson since there’s some familiarity.
Look, the simple fact remains that as for highly talented as the young Seattle Mariners pitching prospects, not one of them is proven at the MLB level. The signing of Anderson gives the M’s another MLB-proven arm that can eat innings and help ease the young pitchers into the MLB.
Last year the Seattle Mariners bullpen was a real strength for the team a the end of the year. And knowing that it’s hard to expect relievers to duplicate their year-to-year success, it makes sense to add some relievers. Especially since a couple of relievers are returning from injury, Ken Giles and Andres Munoz.
Subsequently, the bullpen is skewed heavily with righties. This leads to the signing of Andrew Chafin and/or Brad Hand. Chafin is coming off a very good year, and for his career, he’s been very effective. Another good option is Yusmeiro Petit, who is right-handed, but has good career numbers against both right and left-handed hitters.
On the other Hand (see what I did there), he is coming off a roller coaster of a year. He had much better success with his NL teams than his AL team. These players would team up with the relievers the Seattle Mariners already have, forming one of the best and strongest bullpens in the league. Now, we’ll see how many of these I get right.
Highest strikeout rates ('20/'21) by free agent lefty relievers:
JAKE DIEKMAN, 33.0% 🤯 @JakeDiekman
Adam Morgan, 26.5%
Andrew Miller, 25.6%
Hector Santiago, 25.6%
Andrew Chafin, 24.8% pic.twitter.com/l8kuhbDwud— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) January 11, 2022
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