Veteran righty Kevin Gregg has opted out of his minor league deal with the Mariners, Triple-A Tacoma announcer Mike Curto reports. Gregg signed with Seattle a few weeks back.
The 36-year-old started the year with the Reds, but was released after struggling to a 10.13 ERA in 10 2/3 innings. Gregg did show an ability to miss bats in that stint, racking up 14 strikeouts (against five walks). Gregg put up better results at Tacoma, putting up 9 1/3 innings of 2.89 ERA ball with an 8-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
I don’t see where he thinks he stands to benefit from doing that, it’s not like someone is going to give him a ML deal. He’s always been horrible. He really should just retire.
Can’t argue with anything you said. The fork has been in Gregg a long time ago.
I can’t blame Gregg for opting out or retiring…it was going to be almost impossible for him to every pitch in the Mariners bullpen.
With an ERA north of 10, it doesn’t seem like he missed too many bats.