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Diamondbacks Sign Tom Wilhelmsen

By Jeff Todd | February 10, 2017 at 6:05pm CDT

The Diamondbacks have announced a minor-league deal with righty Tom Wilhelmsen. He’ll receive an invitation to participate in MLB camp; salary provisions and other terms remain unreported.

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Wilhelmsen, 33, represents an interesting bounceback candidate for an Arizona team that has some potential openings. He’ll surely need to earn a spot in camp, but figures to have a solid chance of cracking the Opening Day roster.

The 2016 season was a tough one for Wilhelmsen, who had been a solid late-inning option for the Mariners before being dealt last winter to the Rangers. He scuffled badly in Texas, coughing up 25 earned runs on 38 hits in his 21 1/3 innings before being cut loose.

Things did improve when Wilhelmsen landed back with the M’s. He provided 25 frames of 3.60 ERA ball with 6.1 K/9 against 3.6 BB/9. Still, even those peripherals lagged his peak efforts. While Wilhelmsen still brought his fastball at a typical ~95 mph average velocity in 2016, he allowed far more contact on pitches in the zone (91.5%) than ever before (85.2% career average) and proved highly susceptible to the long ball (20.4% HR/FB rate and 2.14 HR/9).

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  1. trace

    5 years ago

    .

    Reply
    • pinkerton

      5 years ago

      enthralling!

      Reply
      • slimjones92

        5 years ago

        Haha

        Reply
    • CompanyAssassin

      5 years ago

      ..

      Reply
      • pinkerton

        5 years ago

        rave reviews

        Reply
  2. markb

    5 years ago

    What was Tommy John busy

    Reply
  3. Weighed

    5 years ago

    The Bar Tender!
    Good luck “Tall Tom from Tucson”.

    Reply
  4. markmc1235

    5 years ago

    This move is just bizarre. Why would they sign him. He’ll probably just suck anyway.

    Reply
    • myaccount

      5 years ago

      It’s a minor league deal. Those are never “bizarre”. It’s called depth.

      Reply
      • markmc1235

        5 years ago

        I was just bring sarcastic. I like the move actually

        Reply
  5. marinerfan

    5 years ago

    The Bartender had some ups and downs with the M’s but he’s a good guy and deserves a chance. Good luck Tommy!

    Reply
  6. whereslou

    5 years ago

    He’ll end up back in Seattle somehow he just does. Good luck in Arizona we will see you later this year.

    Reply
  7. Solaris611

    5 years ago

    My tarot cards, crystal ball, and magic 8 ball are all giving me the same answer regarding Wilhelmsen’s future: DFA.

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